Valkyries, The

Valkyries, The
   From Norse mythology, these warrior women presided over the battlefield and decreed the victory or death of male warriors. They conducted the souls of slain heroes to Valhalla. The leader of the Valkyries was Brunhild. See Amazon Women.

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