Hljod

Hljóð (Old Norse for "howling"), Hjlod or Ljod is a gýgr (giantess) and valkyrja in Norse mythology. According to the Vǫlsunga saga, Hljóð, daughter of Hrímnir, married the hero Vǫlsungr. She bore him ten sons, one of whom was Sigmundr, and a daughter, Signý. She had earlier brought the apple from the gods that enabled Vǫlsungr's mother to conceive him.

The passage in which Hljóð is sent is:

And so it is said that Óðinn hears their prayer, and Freyja no less hearkens wherewith they prayed unto her: so she, never lacking for all good counsel, calls to her her casket-bearing may.

For example, Margaret Clunies Ross says that "Óðinn sends a valkyrie by name of Hljóð".

Later in the same chapter, the report of her marrying Vǫlsungr repeats the story of the apple: