Mist (valkyrie)

In Norse mythology, Mist (Old Norse "cloud"^[1] or mist) is a valkyrie. Mist appears in valkyrie list in the Poetic Edda poem Grímnismál and both of the Nafnaþulur valkyrie lists. No further information is provided about her. Rudolf Simek says that her name, Mist, is likely related to Old Norse mistr, meaning "cloud, mist," and that this "reminds us of the way in which valkyries can ride through the air and over water," such as in the Poetic Edda poems Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar and Helgakviða Hundingsbana II.^[2]

Notes

Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-34520-2
Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. D.S. Brewer ISBN 0-85991-513-1

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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