Valkyries were responsible for choosing which soldiers should die on the battlefield. These assistants to the Norse god of war then accompanied the dead warriors to Valhalla, where they served ...

Norse myths, called sagas, tell of female figures called valkyries (from the Old Norse valkyrja meaning “chooser of the slain”). The valkyries were sent to battlefields by the god Odin to ...

Carolyne Larrington has recently published The Old Norse Myths that Shape the Way ... the feminine divine in the form of valkyries and shield-maidens, and finally, the looming threat of ragna ...

Over a decade after the last chapter of Square Enix’s Norse-themed JRPG series, Valkyrie Elysium departs from its predecessors’ turn-based roots in favor of a new action-heavy, hack-and-slash ...

Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo/ Photo by Børre Høst The Valkyrie (1869), a painting by ... Thor (from the old Norse Þórr) is a prominent god associated with the protection of humankind, and a model ...

Their name, valkyrie, or valkyrja in Old Norse, means chooser of a dead man on the battlefield. It’s also the name of the WNBA’s new team, the Golden State Valkyries, who will build their ...

What it tells us about the past: This cast silver figurine of a Valkyrie — a mythological maiden who assists Odin, the Norse god of war — is a unique example of Viking Age metalworking that ...