Valkyrie
noun/ˈvælkəri/
/ˈvælkəri/
- (in ancient Scandinavian stories) one of the twelve female servants of the god Odin. The Valkyries selected men who had been killed in battle and took them to Valhalla.Word Originfrom Old Norse Valkyrja, literally ‘chooser of the slain’, from valr ‘the slain’ + kyrja ‘chooser’.
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