 may be related to the Odinic name (roughly meaning "wish fulfiller"), referring to the fact that Odin receives slain warriors in Valhalla.Valkyries are mentioned or appear in the "Poetic Edda" poems "Völuspá", "Grímnismál", "Völundarkviða", "Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar", "Helgakviða Hundingsbana I", "Helgakviða Hundingsbana II" and "Sigrdrífumál".In stanza 30 of the poem "Völuspá", a völva (a travelling seeress in Norse society) tells Odin that "she saw" valkyries coming from far away who are ready to ride to "the realm of the gods".