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- DictionaryValkyrie/ˈvalkɪri/
noun
- 1. each of Odin's twelve handmaids who conducted the slain warriors of their choice from the battlefield to Valhalla.
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In Norse mythology, a valkyrie is one of a host of female figures who guide souls of the dead to the god Odin's hall Valhalla. There, the deceased warriors become einherjar (Old Norse "single (or once) fighters"). When the einherjar are not preparing for the cataclysmic events of Ragnarök, the valkyries bear them mead. Valkyries also appear as lovers of heroes and other mortals, where they are som... Wikipedia