Sváfa
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In Norse mythology, Sváfa or Sváva is a valkyrie and the daughter of king Eylimi. Consequently, she was probably the maternal aunt of Sigurd, the dragon slayer, although this is not explicitly mention
Helgi, Sváfa and Heðinn. An illustration from Fredrik Sander's 1893 Swedish edition of the Poetic Edda
Suebi
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The Suebi were a large group of Germanic peoples first reported by Julius Caesar in the 1st century BC. In different contexts over several centuries, peoples within this umbrella category were sometim
Sváfa
…in Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar where Sváfa's story appears. The etymology of the valkyrie's name has been theorized as meaning "sleep-maker" or as "Suebian", and it may not be a coincidence that a king Sváfnir and the kingdom Sváfaland also appears in this poem (it is also mentioned in the Þiðrekssaga…
Osterby Man from northern Germany showing a Suebian knot, dated beween 75 and 130 AD
Mušov Cauldron, a Roman bronze cauldron found in 1988 in a Germanic chieftain's grave in Mušov, Czech Republic, dating to the 2nd century A.D. The cauldron is decorated by four cast heads of Germanic men wearing a Suebian knot hairstyle
A chained prisoner wears breeches and has a suebian knot. 2nd century AD bronze, Vienna
Roman bronze statuette. Bibliothèque Nationale de France