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Hlaðguðr svanhvít

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In Norse mythology, Hlaðguðr svanhvít (Old Norse Hlaðguðr "swan-white"[1]) is a valkyrie. Hlaðguðr svanhvít is attested in the Poetic Edda poem Völundarkviða as the sister of the valkyrie Hervör alvitr (both daughters of King Hlödvér), and as the seven-year wife of Slagfiðr.

Valkyries with swan skins

Notes

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  1. ^ Simek (2007:151).

References

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  • Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. D.S. Brewer ISBN 0-85991-513-1
  • Völundarkviða in Old Norse and English translation Archived 2004-11-07 at Bibliotheca Alexandrina


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