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Hildisvíni

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Hildisvíni (Old Norse: “[the] battle swine”) is a giant boar which belongs to the goddess Freyja, often accompanying her into battle. Hildisvíni is attested to in Hyndluljóð, an Old Norse poem found in the Poetic Edda.