valkyrie
Sign in to savethumb|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. thumb|The Valkyrie from Hårby|The "valkyrie from Hårby", silver-gilt figurine depicting a female figure with a sword and shield, often interpreted to be a valkyrie. In Norse mythology, a valkyrie ( or ; from ) 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
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In Norse mythology, a valkyrie is a female figure who guides the souls of dead warriors to Valhalla, the hall of the god Odin. These figures appear in ancient Norse sources such as picture stones and small figurines, where they are typically depicted receiving the dead with symbols of hospitality like horns of mead.
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- Etymology
- Old Norse attestations
- ''Poetic Edda''
- ''Völuspá'' and ''Grímnismál''
- ''Völundarkviða''
- ''Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar''
- ''Helgakviða Hundingsbana I''
- ''Helgakviða Hundingsbana II''
- ''Sigrdrífumál''
- ''Prose Edda''
- ''Hrafnsmál''
- ''Njáls saga''
- ''Heimskringla''
- ''Fagrskinna''
- Ragnhild Tregagás charm
- Old English attestations
- Archaeological record
- Female figures, cups, and horn-bearers
- Runic inscriptions
- Valkyrie names
- Theories
- Old English {{lang|ang|wælcyrge}} and Old English charms
- Merseburg Incantation, fetters, {{lang|non|dísir}}, {{lang|non|idisi}} and norns
- Origins and development
- Freyja and Fólkvangr
- Modern art
- See also
- Citations
- General and cited references
- External links
thumb|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. thumb|The Valkyrie from Hårby|The "valkyrie from Hårby", silver-gilt figurine depicting a female figure with a sword and shield, often interpreted to be a valkyrie. In Norse mythology, a valkyrie ( or ; from ) 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 ('single fighters' or 'once fighters'). When the 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 sometimes described as the daughters of royalty, sometimes accompanied by ravens and sometimes connected to swans, boars or wolves.
Valkyries are attested in the Poetic Edda (a book of poems compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources), the Prose Edda, the (both by Snorri Sturluson) and the (one of the Sagas of Icelanders), all written—or compiled—in the 13th century. They appear throughout the poetry of skalds, in a 14th-century charm, and in various runic inscriptions.