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

  1. Simek (2007:151).
gollark: But if that breaks and some can start defecting, they'll be selected for.
gollark: Ideatic.
gollark: In the not iterated game.
gollark: For *you*, in all cases, you are better off if you defect.
gollark: In the iterated dilemma some form of tit for tat is pretty good.

References

  • 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


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