Hlaðguðr svanhvít

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.

Notes

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

Valkyries

Individual valkyries	Alruna Brynhildr Eir Geiravör Göndul Gunnr Herfjötur Herja Hlaðguðr svanhvít Hildr Hervör alvitr Hlökk Kára Mist Reginleif Róta Sigrdrífa Sigrún Skögul and Geirskögul Skuld Svipul Þrúðr

Poems about valkyries	Völuspá Grímnismál Darraðarljóð Nafnaþulur

See also	Dís Matres and Matrones Norns Odin Shieldmaiden Swan maiden Valhalla Völva

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