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In Norse mythology, Mist (Old Norse "cloud" or mist) is a valkyrie. Mist appears in valkyrie list in the Poetic Edda poem Grímnismál and both of the Nafnaþulur valkyrie lists. No further information is provided about her. Rudolf Simek says that her name, Mist, is likely related to Old Norse mistr, meaning "cloud, mist," and that this "reminds us of the way in which valkyries can ride through the air and over water," such as in the Poetic Edda poems Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar and Helgakviða Hundingsbana II.

Notes

1. Orchard (1997:194).
2. Simek (2007:218).

References

• Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-34520-2
• Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. D.S. Brewer ISBN 0-85991-513-1

v t e Valkyries
Individual valkyries	Alruna Brynhildr Eir Geiravör Göndul Gunnr Herfjötur Herja Hlaðguðr svanhvít Hildr Hervör alvitr Hljod Hlökk Kára Mist Róta Sigrún Skögul and Geirskögul Skuld Sváfa Svipul Þrúðr
Poems about valkyries	Völuspá Grímnismál Darraðarljóð Nafnaþulur Sigrdrífumál
See also	Dís Matres and Matronae Norns Odin Shield-maiden Swan maiden Valhalla Völva
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• Valkyries