Hervör (Old Norse: Hervǫr) is the name shared by two female characters in the Tyrfing Cycle, presented in The Saga of Hervör and Heidrek with parts found...

In Norse mythology, Hervör alvitr (Old Norse, alvitr possibly meaning "all-wise" or "strange creature") is a valkyrie. Hervör alvitr is attested in the...

commanded by Hervor, the sister of Angantyr and Hlöd, together with Ormar, her foster-father. One morning as the sun was rising above the steppes, Hervor stood...

Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks (The Saga of Hervör and Heidrek) is a legendary saga from the 13th century combining matter from several older sagas in Germanic...

mentioned by name in the Norse sagas include Brynhildr in the Vǫlsunga saga, Hervor in Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks, the Brynhildr of the Bósa saga ok Herrauðs...

so that it would no longer cause any harm. However Angantyr's daughter Hervor would later return and claim Tyrfing as her own. This event is known as...

issuing his challenge and his death, and through her had a daughter Hervor. Hervor was brought up as a bond-servant, and inherited her father's prowess...

in English translation as The Waking of Angantyr, or The Incantation of Hervor) is an Old Norse poem from the Hervarar saga, and which is sometimes included...

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...

host was far superior in numbers, so that Hervör's troops began to suffer heavy losses; and in the end Hervör fell, and a great part of her army round...

inheritance, Angantýr refused to split evenly and war ensued, claiming first Hervör, their sister, then Hlöðr himself as casualties. The first verses frame...

Sigrid and Leif's wedding. Rahul Kohli as Egill Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Hervor Hakeem Kae-Kazim as Baldr Peter Franzén as Glaumar Paget Brewster as Jarnglumra...

by the Norwegian artist Peter Nicolai Arbo in his 19th century painting Hervor's Death, though when she falls as if dead, the film scene looks in her opinion...

3 vols., (Saint Louis: CPH, 1920), 3:575: "Hieraus geht sicher so viel hervor, daß die abgeschiedenen Seelen der Gläubigen in einem Zustande des seligen...

Romanized populations. According to Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks (The Saga of Hervör and Heidrek), a 13th-century legendary saga, Árheimar was the capital of...

daughters of King Hlödvér are named Hlaðguðr svanhvít ("swan-white") and Hervör alvitr (possibly meaning "all-wise" or "strange creature"); the third, daughter...

him from sacrificing his last son, Egil.[citation needed] In the Saga of Hervor and Heidrek, Heidrek agrees to the sacrifice of his son in exchange for...

Angantýr!   vekr þik Hervǫr, eingadóttir   ykkr Sváfu! Selðu ór haugi   hvassan mæki þann's Svafrlama   slógu dvergar. Awaken, Angantyr! Hervor awakens you; your...

Norrøne Tekster og Kvad. English translation by N. Kershaw: "The Saga of Hervör and Heithrek" Archived December 27, 2006, at the Wayback Machine in Stories...

In another version, Völundr married the swan maiden Hervör, and they had a son, Heime, but Hervör later left Völundr. In both versions, his love left...

Basketball Association where he served until 1983. Helgi is married to Hervör Jónasdóttir and together they have four children. Their granddaughter is...

Reformed Church (Dutch: Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk, pronounced [ˈneːdərlɑntsə ɦɛrˈvɔr(ə)mdə ˈkɛr(ə)k], abbreviated NHK [ˌɛnɦaːˈkaː]) was the largest Christian...

meaning "ruler, king". Heidrek was the son of king Höfund and his wife Hervor, a shieldmaiden. Like his mother in her youth, he was ill-natured and violent...

Mirkwood, where there was a fortress under the command of Hervör, Angantyr's sister. In the battle Hervör was killed and her armies were defeated. After Angantyr...

svanhvít ok Hervör alvitr, in þriðja var Ölrún Kjársdóttir af Vallandi. Two of them were daughters of King Hlothver, Hlathguth the Swan-White and Hervor the All-Wise...

Norrøne Tekster og Kvad. English translation by N. Kershaw: "The Saga of Hervör and Heithrek" Archived December 27, 2006, at the Wayback Machine in Stories...

Norrøne Tekster og Kvad. English translation by N. Kershaw: "The Saga of Hervör and Heithrek" Archived 2006-12-27 at the Wayback Machine in Stories and...

2007-05-08 at the National and University Library of Iceland "The Saga of Hervör and Heithrek, in Stories and Ballads of the Far Past, translated from the...

long: later in the film, Éowyn takes the same position as the shield maiden Hervor in the painting, lying on a field strewn with dead bodies, where her brother...

Guðröðr and Halfdan the Valiant, sons of a Gothic princess called Hervor (or Hild). Hervor's husband was Harald the Old, son of Valdar, son of Roar (Hroðgar)...