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".Faulkes (1995:94). 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".Faulkes (1995:102).
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".Faulkes (1995:94). 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".Faulkes (1995:102).