Now are numbered
The maidens of Herjan,[[283]]
The Valkyrias ready
To ride over the ground.
So we see that originally the number of Valkyrias belonging to Odin was only six, afterwards their number increased. Sometimes they appear nine together, at others treble that number.
Others are mentioned in Grimnismal. Odin, speaking to Geirrod, says—
“I want Hrist and Mist
To carry the horn to me;
Skeggjöld and Skögul,
Hild and Thrúd,