 The Old Norse poems Völuspá , Grímnismál , Darraðarljóð and the Nafnaþulur section of the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál , provide lists of valkyrie names . In addition , some valkyrie names appear solely outside of these lists , such as Sigrún ( who is attested in the poems Helgakviða Hundingsbana I and Helgakviða Hundingsbana II ) . Many valkyrie names emphasize associations with battle and , in many cases , on the spear — a weapon heavily associated with the god Odin . Some scholars propose that the names of the valkyries themselves contain no individuality , but are rather descriptive of the traits and nature of war @-@ goddesses , and are possibly the descriptive creations of skalds . 
