Geiravör

"Walkyrien" (1905) by Emil Doepler.

In Norse mythology, Geiravör (Old Norse "spear-vör"^[1]) is a valkyrie attested in the longer of the two Nafnaþulur lists found in the Prose Edda.^[2]

According to Rudolf Simek, the section part of the name—vör—may be identical to the name of the Norse goddess Vör, and would therefore mean "spear-goddess" or the suffix may simply reflect the suffix vör that appears in personal names such as Geirvör and Hervör.^[1]

Notes

1 2 Simek (2007:102).
↑ Jónsson (1973:678).

References

Jónsson, Finnur (1973). Den Norsk-Islandske Skjaldedigtning. Rosenkilde og Bagger.
Simek, Rudolf (1996). Dictionary of Northern Mythology. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-0-85991-513-7.

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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