Valkyrie
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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. When the einherjar are not
The picture stone Lilbjärs III, showing a helmeted woman receiving a man with a horn of mead. On picture stones, the recurring motif of a woman receiving a man with a horn is generally interpreted as a dead man being received by a valkyrie at Valhalla.
The valkyries Hildr, Þrúðr and Hlökk bearing ale in Valhalla (1895) by Lorenz Frølich
The Valkyræ, by Johann Georg Heck
Walkyrien (c. 1905) by Emil Doepler
Valhalla
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In Norse mythology, Valhalla is described as a majestic hall located in Asgard and presided over by the god Odin. There were five possible realms the soul could travel to after death. The first was Fó
Valkyrie
…val-KEER-ee; from Old Norse: valkyrja, lit. 'chooser of the slain') 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 ('single fighters' or 'once fighters'). When the einherjar are not preparing for the cataclysmic events…
Walhalla (1896) by Max Brückner in a scenic backdrop for Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen
Hundingbane's Return to Valhalla (1912) by Ernest Wallcousins
Gylfe Stood Boldly Before Odin (1908) by George Hand Wright