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1. Valkyrie
   [n] - (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla
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2. Valkyrie
   Operational code name for the Schwarze Kapelle plot to overthrow the Hitler regime - July 1944
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3. Valkyrie
   In Norse mythology, any of the female attendants of Odin. They directed the course of battles and selected the most valiant warriors to die; half being escorted to
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4. Valkyrie
   noun (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla
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5. Valkyrie
   in Norse mythology, any of a group of maidens who served the god Odin and were sent by him to the battlefields to choose the slain who were worthy of ... [1 related articles]
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6. Valkyrie
   Valkyrie was the name of three British yachts, owned by Lord Dunraven, which were prominent in connexion with his attempts to win the America Cup, between 1893 and 1895. Valkyrie I competed in 1893, being beaten by the Vigilant. In 1894 she was sunk in the Firth of Clyde after colliding with another...
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7. Valkyrie
   In Norse mythology, any of the female attendants of Odin. They directed the course of battles and selected the most valiant warriors to die; half being escorted to Valhalla, and the remainder to Sessrumnir, the hall of Freya. Each night they would prepare banquets for the slain, and serve them liberally with food, beer, and hydromel (an intoxic...
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8. Valkyrie
   (magazine) `Valkyrie` was a UK role-playing magazine published by Partisan Press and edited originally by Dave Renton (original editor of Role Player Independent) and then taken over by Jay Forster. Some claimed it is was the successor to White Dwarf amongst the UK role-playing community with...
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9. Valkyrie
   In Norse mythology, a `valkyrie` (from Old Norse `valkyrja` "chooser of the slain") is one of a host of female figures who decide who will die in battle. Selecting among half of those who die in battle (the other half go to the goddess Freyja`s afterlife field Fólkvangr), the val...
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10. Valkyrie
    (Marvel Comics) `Valkyrie` is a fictional character and Marvel Comics superhero. An Asgardian demi-goddess by birth, her real name is `Brunnhilde`. Among her other aliases are Barbara Denton-Norriss, Samantha Parrington, and Sian Bowen who all were host bodies to the spirit of Brunnhilde. For...
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11. Valkyrie
    (film) `Valkyrie` is a 2008 American historical thriller film set in Nazi Germany during World War II. The film depicts the 20 July plot in 1944 by German army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and to use the Operation Valkyrie national emergency plan to take control of the country....
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12. Valkyrie
    (band) `Valkyrie` is a rock metal band from Harrisonburg, Virginia. Biography: Driven by brothers Jake and Pete Adams, Valkyrie draws from pre-metal style to create a rich and earthy stoner metal sound. They formed in summer 2002 as a three-piece consisting of vocalist/guitarist Jake Adams, b...
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