 Some valkyrie names may be descriptive of the roles and abilities of the valkyries . The valkyrie name Herja has been theorised as pointing to a connection to the name of the goddess Hariasa , who is attested from a stone from 187 CE . The name Herfjötur has been theorised as pointing to the ability of the valkyries to place fetters . The name Svipul may be descriptive of the influence the valkyries have over wyrd or ørlog — a Germanic concept of fate . 
