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right|thumb|A detail from the Stora Hammars stones|Stora Hammars I stone, a [[picture stone on Gotland.]] right|thumb|A detail from the Smiss (I) stone, an image stone on [[Gotland.]]

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right|thumb|A detail from the Stora Hammars stones|Stora Hammars I stone, a [[picture stone on Gotland.]] right|thumb|A detail from the Smiss (I) stone, an image stone on [[Gotland.]]

In Norse mythology, Hildr (Old Norse "battle") is a valkyrie. Hildr is attested in the Prose Edda as Högni's daughter and Hedin's wife in the Hjaðningavíg. She had the power to revive the dead in battlefields and used it to maintain the everlasting battle between Hedin and Högni.

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