Valkyrie
noun, Scandinavian Mythology.
1.
any of the beautiful maidens attendant upon Odin who bring the souls of slain warriors chosen by Odin or Tyr to Valhalla and there wait upon them.
noun
1.
(Norse myth) any of the beautiful maidens who serve Odin and ride over battlefields to claim the dead heroes and take them to Valhalla
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