Look up: valkyrie

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   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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   Valkyrie
   Operational code name for the Schwarze Kapelle plot to overthrow the Hitler regime - July 1944
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   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...
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   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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   Valkyrie
   In Norse mythology the `valkyries` (Old Norse `Valkyrja` `Choosers of the Slain`) are `dísir`, minor female deities, who served Odin. The valkyries' purpose was to choose the most heroic of those who had died in battle and to carry them off to Valhalla where they became einherjar. This was necessary because Odin needed warriors to fight at his side at the preordained battle at the end of the world, Ragnarök. In Valhalla the valkyries also `serve ...
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   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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