 In chapter 31 , poetic terms for referring to a woman are given , including " [ a ] woman is also referred to in terms of all Asyniur or valkyries or norns or dísir " . In chapter 41 , while the hero Sigurd is riding his horse Grani , he encounters a building on a mountain . Within this building Sigurd finds a sleeping woman wearing a helmet and a coat of mail . Sigurd cuts the mail from her , and she awakes . She tells him her name is Hildr , and " she is known as Brynhildr , and was a valkyrie " . 
