 Some valkyrie names may be descriptive of the roles and abilities of the valkyries . The valkyrie name <unk> has been theorised as pointing to a connection to the name of the goddess <unk> , 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 <unk> — a Germanic concept of fate . 
