Valkyrie
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One of the [virginal] women in [Norse Mythology] who searched the battlefields for the souls of dead men fit to become einherjar (pronounced ine-hair-ee-are), which were then taken up to Valhalla (the equivalent of heaven) and trained to fight in the battle of [Ragnarok] (equivalent of apocalypse). Also served wine and food to the einherjar in the great hall.
Valkyrie meaning & definition 1 of Valkyrie.
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Each of Odins twelve handmaidens who conducted the slain warriors of their choice from the battlefield to Valhalla.
Valkyrie meaning & definition 2 of Valkyrie.