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((Short description|Viking and shield maiden characters))
((For|the valkyrie married by Völund in the Poetic Edda poem|Hervör alvitr))
((More citations needed|date=December 2022))
[[Image:Peter Nicolai Arbo-Hervors død.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Hervor, daughter of Heidrek, dying at the [[Hlöðskviða|Battle of the Goths and Huns]], a painting by [[Peter Nicolai Arbo]].]]
'''Hervör''' ([[Old Norse]]: ''Hervǫr'') is the name shared by two female characters in the [[Tyrfing Cycle]], presented in ''[[Hervarar saga|The Saga of Hervör and Heidrek]]'' with parts found in the ''[[Poetic Edda]]''. The first, the Viking Hervör, challenged her father [[Angantýr]]'s ghost in his gravemound for his cursed sword [[Tyrfing]]. She had a son, [[Heidrek]], father of the other Hervör. The second Hervör was a commander killed in battle with her brother.

The two are thought by some academics to be the same character, duplicated.<ref>[http://vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/The%20Saga%20Of%20King%20Heidrek%20The%20Wise.pdf The Saga Of King Heidrek The Wise]</ref>

==Hervör, daughter of Angantyr==
===Childhood===
Hervör was born after her father [[Angantyr]] died during a duel against the Swedish hero [[Hjalmar]]. Her mother was Svafa, who was daughter of a Jarl Bjarmar. Rather than take on sewing or be raised as a [[Bondmaid|bond-maid]] like other girls, Hervör proved to be as strong as the boys and learned [[archery]], [[swordsmanship]], and [[Equestrianism|horse riding]].

She dressed like a man, fought, killed and pillaged under her male surname ''Hjörvard''.
When she learned of her father's identity, she decided to live as her father and to find Tyrfing, the magic sword.

===Summoning the dead===
[[File:Christian-gottlieb-kratzenstein-stub-hervor-henter-sværdet-hos-angartyr.jpg|thumb|((w|Hervör)) wakes her father ((w|Angantýr))'s ghost from his barrow to demand the cursed sword ((w|Tyrfing)) Oil painting by [[Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein-Stub]] (1783–1816)]]
((main|Hervararkviða))
((see also|Death in Norse paganism#Raising the dead))

One day, Hervör arrived with her fleet to [[Munarvágr]] on [[Samsø]] (''Samsey''), but she was the only one who dared go ashore upon the haunted island. The remainder of her crew feared the nightly activities around the [[tumulus|barrow]]s on the island. As she approached the barrows, she saw a fire shining above them, and she approached the largest one. She then spoke with a loud voice summoning her father Angantyr to reveal himself. She said that as his daughter she was entitled to her rightful inheritance, the cursed sword Tyrfing. She went on to summon her eleven uncles and did so with such a loud voice and such harsh words that finally, her father's voice was heard and he asked not to pursue her quest. She did not give in but continued to ask for her rightful inheritance.

Finally, the grave opened, and in its centre, a fire was shining. There she saw her father, and he warned her not to ask for the sword as it would bring death to their whole [[Norse clans|clan]] if she used it. Still, she persisted. Finally the sword was cast out of the grave, and she eagerly gripped it, bid farewell to her dead kinsmen and walked to the shore.

However, when she arrived at the shore, the ships were gone. Her crew had been scared away by the fires and the thunder from the barrows.

===After retrieving Tyrfing===
Eventually, she managed to leave the island and arrived at the court of [[Gudmund]] of [[Glæsisvellir]]. She still dressed herself as a man and called herself Hervarðr. Cunningly, she helped the king to win playing [[tafl]]. However, she also slew a courtier who tried to unsheathe Tyrfing after she had left it on a chair. Then, she resumed her Viking activities, and travelled far and wide.

===Settling down===
After a while she grew tired of the adventures and returned to her foster-father Bjartmar. At Bjartmar's residence, she began sewing and embroidering like other girls, and was considered to be a beautiful and good-mannered girl.

King Gudmund's son Höfund, then arrived to [[Marriage proposal|ask for her hand]], and she agreed. The old king Gudmund arranged a grand wedding, and entrusted the kingdom in the hands of the young couple. They lived happily and had two sons who were given the names Angantyr and [[Heidrek]].

The sword Tyrfing would continue its ill work, and Heidrek slew his brother Angantyr with the sword. For the continued adventures of Tyrfing, see [[Heidrek]].

==Hervör, daughter of Heidrek==
Heidrek had a daughter who he named Hervör. She was a [[shieldmaiden]] and was the commander of a Gothic fort facing [[Myrkviðr]], and she would fall in battle against the [[Huns]] (see [[Hlöd]], [[Hlöðskviða]]). When her foster-father Ormar reported Hervör's death to king Angantyr, he said:
{|
|
:''Sunnan em ek kominn''
:''at segja spjöll þessi:''
:''sviðin er öll mörk''
:''ok Myrkviðar heiðr,''
:''drifin öll Goðþjóð''
:''gumna blóði.''
:''Mey veit ek Heiðreks,''
:''systur þína,''
:''svigna til jarðar;''
:''hafa Húnar''
:''hana fellda''
:''ok marga aðra''
:''yðra þegna,''
:''léttari gerðist hún at böð''
:''en við biðil ræða'
:''eða í bekk at fara''
:''at brúðar gangi.''
|
:"From the south I've come
:to say this news:
:burnt is Mirkwood Heath
:and the whole forest,
:[[Goths|Goth-folk]] all blotched
:with blood of men.
:Down, I hear,
:is Heidrek's lass;
:heard your sister,
:the [[Huns]] felled her &mdash;
:and of your people
:plenty more.
:More cheery in battle
:than chatting to suitors
:or taking the bench
:at a bridal feast."
|
|}
When King Angantyr heard this, he grinned and was slow to speak, but at last he said:
:''Óbróðurliga vartu leikin, in ágæta systir.''
:"Unbrotherly the bloody game they played with you, excellent sister."

==See also==
*[[Tofa (Poetic Edda)]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==Sources==
*Herikson, Alf. (1998), ''Stora mytologiska uppslagsboken''.
((owl))
* [http://www.germanicmythology.com/FORNALDARSAGAS/HERVARARKERSHAW.html N. Kershaw's English translation of the Hervarar saga] (from the H-text) with facing Old Norse text 
((Norse mythology))
((Tyrfing))

[[Category:Articles about multiple fictional characters]]
[[Category:Gothic women]]
[[Category:Gothic warriors]]
[[Category:Germanic women warriors]]
[[Category:Heroes in Norse myths and legends]]
[[Category:Women in mythology]]
[[Category:Tyrfing cycle]]

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