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VALKYRIE [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

a handmaiden of Odin riding through the air to choose the heroes to be slain and brought to Valhalla.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-07-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mythology
  • History of Religions
DEF

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.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mythologie
  • Histoire des religions
DEF

Divinités féminines apparentées aux Nornes, envoyées par Odin pour choisir les héros tombés au combat (les einherjar), qu'elles emmènent au Val-Hall, où ils trouveront une vie éternelle et orgiaque.

Spanish

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