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, Hlaðguðr svanhvít (Old Norse ''Hlaðguðr'' "

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-white"Simek (2007:151).) is a valkyrie. Hlaðguðr svanhvít is attested in the '' Poetic Edda'' poem '' Völundarkviða'' as the sister of the valkyrie Hervör alvitr (both daughters of King Hlödvér), and as the seven-year wife of Slagfiðr.

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* Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. ''Dictionary of Northern Mythology''.

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Völundarkviða in Old Norse and English translation
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