Herja
In Norse mythology Herja (Old Norse) is a valkyrie attested in the longer of the two Nafnaþulur lists found in the Prose Edda.[1]
Rudolf Simek says the name is etymologically related to the Old Norse herja and Old High German herjón (meaning "devastate"), and derives from Proto-Germanic word *Herjaza. Simek notes that the Continental Germanic goddess name Hariasa (attested from a now lost 2nd century stone found in Cologne, Germany) also derives from *Herjaza, but says that "it is almost impossible to say whether Herja was an original name of a goddess including among the North Germanic peoples," and that "an independent development is equally likely in the case of a 'goddess of war'."[2]
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References
- Finnur Jónsson (1973). Den Norsk-Islandske Skjaldedigtning. København: Rosenkilde og Bagger.
- Simek, Rudolf (2008). Dictionary of Northern Mythology. Cambridge: D, S. Brewer. ISBN 978-0-85991-513-7.
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