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).

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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