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	Valkyrie.eu
		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.
		Moreover, artistic licence permitted the name Valkyrie to be used for mortal women in Old Norse poetry, or to quote Snorri Sturluson's Skáldskaparmál on the various names used for women: Woman is also metaphorically called by the names of the Asynjur or the Valkyrs or Norns or women of supernatural kind.
		In the second and third lays, the valkyries are led by Sigrun, who is the daughter of King Hogni; she marries the hero Helgi Hundingsbani and bears him sons.
	www.valkyrie.eu (1276 words)

	Valkyrie Summary
		A primary function of the valkyries is indicated by the etymology of the word valkyrja, a compound of valr (carrion) and a nomen agentis based on the verb kyrja (to choose).
		Gunn and Rota [two valkyries] and the youngest norn, called Skuld, always ride to choose who shall be slain and to govern the killings”.
		Whereas the wolf was the valkyrie's mount, the valkyrie herself appears to be akin to the raven, flying over the battlefield and "choosing" corpses ([1]).
	www.bookrags.com /Valkyrie (1618 words)

	Valkyrie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Valkyrie's Vigil, by the Pre-Raphaelite painter Edward Robert Hughes.
		In modern art, the valkyries are sometimes depicted as beautiful shieldmaidens on winged horses, armed with helmets and spears.
		In the second and third lays, the valkyries are led by Sigrun, who is the daughter of King Hogni; she marries the hero Helgi Hundingsbani and bears him sons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Valkyrie (1150 words)

	John Arnott MacCulloch — Eddic Mythology — Chapter 24
		Where the Valkyries come to the battle-field the wolf (“the horse of the giantess”) and their birds, the ravens, are gorged with the slain.
		At Balder’s funeral Frigg and the Valkyries rode with Odin.
		The derivation of the Valkyries from nightmare demons, favoured by some scholars, rests mainly on the idea of the herfjoturr as indicating “panic terror,” a paralysis of the limbs equivalent to the effects supposed to be caused by the nightmare demon.
	www.vaidilute.com /books/mythology/macculloch-24.html (2740 words)

	The Valkyrie
		The Valkyrie were depicted on small amulets and ancient stones show the figure of a beautiful woman welcoming heroes to Valhalla with a horn full of mead.
		Freya is said to be the first of the Valkyrie, called Valfreyja, "Mistress of the Slain," she pours ale at the feasts of the Aesir while the Valkyrie serve the warriors wearing pure white robes.
		The Valkyrie are also Odin's messengers and when they ride forth on their errands, their armor causes the strange flickering light that is called the "Aurora Borealis" (Northern Lights).
	members.tripod.com /valdis_sca/rvalkyrie.html (536 words)

	Valkyrie
		The Valkyries ("choosers of the slain", alternative spelling: Walkyries) are figures of Norse mythology.
		Generally held to be daughters of Odin, they appear as the beautiful warrior-maidens on winged horses, armed with helmets and spears.
		Richard Wagner adapted one of the Valkyrie myths, dealing with the Valkyrie Brunhilde and her love for the warrior Siegfried, into his opera Die Walkure.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wa/Walkyries.html (122 words)

	Valkyries
		The other two Valkyries were Brynhild ("bright battle") and Gudrun ("battle-rune"), and these two were associated with the hero Sigurd, another son of Sigmund.
		I have already written articles on the Valkyries Brynhild, Gudrun and Sigrun, so here are a list of other Valkyries, where only their names survived, but they have no myths of their own.
		Gunn and Rota and the youngest norn, called Skuld, always ride to choose who shall be slain and to govern the killings.
	www.timelessmyths.com /norse/valkyries.html (4758 words)

	CJS Place: Glossary - G (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gunn met Angel and was suspicious of the ensouled vampire, but after he helped Gunn's group that changed.
		Gunn began a romantic relationship with Fred, much to the chagrin of Wesley, who was also interested in her.
		Gunn was afraid that he would lose Fred if she killed a human, and instead chose to kill the man himself.
	www.cjsplace3.com /glossary/g.html (3102 words)

	Valkyries (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Valkyries (Old Norse Valkyrjr, "choosers of the slain"), in Norse mythology, daughters of the principal god Odin, often called Odin's maidens, These Girls are also considered Asynjur.
		Valkyries also had the power to determine who would be the victors and who the defeated in such conflicts.
		The Valkyries were depicted as young, beautiful, but fierce women who dressed splendidly in full armor and swords when riding their horses.
	www.nastrond.net /valkyries.html (385 words)

	Valkyrie Myths
		To be chosen by a Valkyrie and carried off on her white steed to Valhalla was considered an honor to the dying Viking warrior, for Valkyries only chose the bravest of the slain, gathering souls found deserving of an afterlife.
		The word for Valkyrie was used by Anglo-Saxon scholars to polish the names of the Greco-Roman goddesses of vengeance and retribution, the Furies or Erinyes, as well as for the Roman goddess of war, Bellona.
		In later historical periods, the Valkyries, as a Demi-goddess of death, had their legend replaced with the folklore motif of the swan maiden (young girls who are able to take on the form of a swan, sometimes as the result of a curse).
	www.hillcountryroofing.net /VQ/myths.htm (1382 words)

	The Valkyrie
		The Valkyrie were depicted on small amulets and ancient stones show the figure of a beautiful woman welcoming heroes to Valhalla with a horn full of mead.
		Freya is said to be the first of the Valkyrie, called Valfreyja, "Mistress of the Slain," she pours ale at the feasts of the Aesir while the Valkyrie serve the warriors wearing pure white robes.
		The Valkyrie are also Odin's messengers and when they ride forth on their errands, their armor causes the strange flickering light that is called the "Aurora Borealis" (Northern Lights).
	valdis.sca.dragonshadow.info /rvalkyrie.html (532 words)

	Valkyrie
		Valkyries were thought of as mounted female warriors splendidly adorned, who could venture over water and through the air.
		Therefore, the skaldic phrase is an allusion to the valkyrie which feeds on the flesh of the dead.
		In the second act of what is one of the oldest (1841) of the classical ballets, Giselle, the spirits of betrayed young women called willis, at the command of their ruthless queen, Myrta, attempt to induce the devious nobleman who seduced the heroine, to dance to his death.
	www.khandro.net /dakini_north.htm (1066 words)

	forum
		However, of these at least 25 Valkyries whose individual names are known, the Danish navy chose the name of only one, Rota, to name some of the Danish navy's combat warships - as opposed to non-combat, auxiliary naval vessels in the Danish navy.
		In this regard, the names of at least some of the other Valkyries, such as Gunn, Hild, Goendul, and Sloegul, are supposedly variations of the expressions for battle or the sound of battle.
		One thing we know about Rota is that she rides out to battle with another Valkyrie, Gunn, and with a Norn called Skuld, to choose which warriors are to be slain in battle and to oversee the killing - however, this is supposedly the same role that all Valkyries perform.
	www.milhist.dk /debat/viewmsg.asp?id=539&ForumID=8 (512 words)

	Valkyries \| English \| Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
		Valkyries [from Icelandic, Swedish Valkyrja from val choice, death + kyrja to crown, possibly akin to kyrra calm] Among some of the most intriguing mysteries of Norse mythology are these "crowners of the slain" who select the heroes "slain" in battle when they aid the gods in their eternal struggle against the forces of darkness.
		There is a vast and complex symbology attached to the tales of Odin's warrior-maidens who daily revive those slain on Vigridsslatten (the field of consecration), and bear them to Valhalla to feast with the gods on the mead of their life experience.
		The valkyries represent the higher self of the human "warrior," his inner spiritual mentor and teacher, as we learn in the tale of Sigurd Fafnesbane who seeks his sleeping valkyrie and is taught by her.
	www.babylon.com /definition/Valkyries/English (355 words)

	Dansk Militærhistorie - Forum
		However, of these at least 25 Valkyries whose individual names are known, the Danish navy chose the name of only one, Rota, to name some of the Danish navy's combat warships - as opposed to non-combat, auxiliary naval vessels in the Danish navy.
		In this regard, the names of at least some of the other Valkyries, such as Gunn, Hild, Goendul, and Sloegul, are supposedly variations of the expressions for battle or the sound of battle.
		One thing we know about Rota is that she rides out to battle with another Valkyrie, Gunn, and with a Norn called Skuld, to choose which warriors are to be slain in battle and to oversee the killing - however, this is supposedly the same role that all Valkyries perform.
	www.forum.itet.dk /svar/?eid=539&up (556 words)

	iBrimstone > Brimstone Online 2001 - Norse Mythology > Valkyries
		The Valkyries rode through the air in brilliant armour, directed battles, distributed death lots among the warriors, and conducted the souls of slain heroes to Valhalla, the great hall of Odin.
		By this later time, the Valkyries, as demigoddesses of death, had their legend conflated with the folklore motif of the swan maiden (young girls who are able to take on the form of a swan, sometimes as the result of a curse).
		The descriptions of Odin's hall describe the Valkyries as foster-daughters, just as the einherjar (the chosen warriors of Odinn) are foster sons Freyja is said to be the first of the Valkyries, called Valfreyja, "Mistress of the Slain," she pours ale at the feasts of the Aesir.
	www.angelfire.com /art/brim2001/norse_valkyries.htm (959 words)

	Viking Answer Lady Webpage - Valkyries, Wish-Maidens, and Swan-Maids
		The Valkyrie is, in the oldest strata of belief, a corpse goddess, represented by the carrion-eating raven.
		The Valkyrie is related to the Celtic warrior-goddess, the Morrigan, who likewise may assume the form of the raven.
		The valkyrie who can weave victory can also weave defeat, for the valkyrie had the art of the war-fetter, which allowed the valkyrie to bind a warrior with terror, or release a favored warrior from those same bonds.
	www.vikinganswerlady.com /valkyrie.shtml (1834 words)

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		Valkyries In Norse mythology the valkyries are dísir, minor female deities, who serve Odin.
		Gunn and Rota [two valkyries] and the youngest norn, called Skuld, always ride to choose who shall be slain and to govern the killings”.
		Whereas the wolf was the valkyrie's mount, the valkyrie herself appears to be akin to the raven, flying over the battlefield and "choosing" corpses ([1]).
	www.thorsvalhalla.com /page5.html (651 words)

	The viking age, Nornor...
		The valkyries represent the heroical-mythical shape of the dísir.
		They are portrayed as spear-wielding, helmet-wearing, mounted maidens of war, who on Odhins command interfere with the bloody battles of the princes and call the chosen ones to Valhall.
		Gunn, Hild, Goendul, Sloegul are simply variations of the expression for battle or the sound of battle; other Valkyrie-names have a similar meaning.
	www.luth.se /luth/present/sweden/history/gods/johannes/nornorna (2320 words)

	Film Review — ‘Slither’
		Slither" takes Gunn light years away from CG dogs and into the heart of small town terror, looking to ick out the audience with goopy special effects and the primal terror found in having otherworldly slugs try to crawl down your throat.
		Gunn has written some awfully hackneyed small town hick characters with little attention to detail, and fed them lines mostly consisting of cursing in progressively more unimaginative ways.
		Gunn is so busy trying to arrange the story, and then pay it off with an unusual amount of plot detail and elaborate creature effects, that he forgets the joyride angle to the whole enterprise.
	www.collider.com /entertainment/archive_detail.asp/aid/2063/cid/1/tcid/1 (706 words)

	Valkyries - Who Were They? quiz -- free game
		The valkyries is probably the mythological equivalence to the fighting women who sometimes appeared in Norse armies.
		Three valkyries are mentioned as those who most often ride down to the battles of earth.
		The names of the valkyries reflect what their task is. Now I will name some of the valkyries and you will tell me what their names mean.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=18264 (217 words)

	Valkyrie - PaganWiki (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Valkyries ("Choosers of the Slain") are beautiful young women, mounted upon winged horses and armed with helmets and spears.
		Odin needs many brave warriors for the oncoming battle of Ragnarok, and the Valkyries scout the battlefields to choose the bravest of those who have been slain.
		Some of the Valyries are Brynhildr, Göll, Göndul, Gudr, Gunn, Herfjoturr, Hildr, Hladgunnr, Hlokk, Hrist, Sigrdrifa, Sigrún, and Svafa.
	www.paganwiki.org /wiki/index.php?title=Valkyries (145 words)

	Franks Casket - Pictures - Fylgja and Valkyrie
		Valkyries prefer to fly away as swans (Völundarkviða), and due to that they are also known as ”swan maidens”.
		So the rune in a pre-Christian version of the may have been closely linked with the Valkyrie, and, in fact, on the Franks Casket it is used to denote her.
		There are amulets, too, which show the Valkyrie with a 'drenchorn', and similar depictions on the Swedish standing stones with the same motif, where the Valkyrie receives the dead warrior with her drinking horn.
	www.franks-casket.de /english/extro03.html (3414 words)

	Valkyrie: Norse Mythology, Mythical Creature, Valkyries Mythology, Norse Myth - valkrie valkry
		Valkyries were originally sinister spirits of slaughter, dark angels of death who soared over the battlefields like birds of pray, meting out fate in the name of Odin.
		In later Norse myth, the Valkyries were romanticized as Odin's Shield-Maidens, virgins with golden hair and snowy arms who served the chosen heroes everlasting mead and meat in the great hall of Valhalla.
		Idealized Valkyries were definitely more vulnerable than their more fierce predecessors, and often fell in love with mortal heroes.
	www.mythicalrealm.com /legends/valkyries.html (653 words)

	gunn - OneLook Dictionary Search
		We found 6 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word gunn:
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		Phrases that include gunn: marcus gunn syndrome, adam gunn, archie gunn, brynley gunn, budd gunn, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=gunn&ls=a (126 words)

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		The Valkyries hovered over the battlefield in anticipation, and they chanted this song: 1.
		Far and wide with fall of the dead The warp is stretched and streams down blood A spear-grey fabric forms on the loom Woof of warriors we valkyries fill Binding and crossing with blood-red weft 2.
		According to Njal’s Saga, the poem is a vision suffered by a certain Dorruðr, who sees the Valkyries in the poem enter a small house, and work at a monstrous loom.
	scanorthernlights.org /results/2007/E7_Poetry_Song_of_Spears.doc (1438 words)

	Dictionary - Norse Mythology - G (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Her thrice death in the hall of the Aesir is what sparked the war between the Aesir and Vanir to begin.
		Gunn- A valkyrie (4) Gunn, Rota and the norn, Skuld always ride to the battle together to choose who will be slain according to Snorri.
		Gunnar- A king who was the husband of the valkyrie Brynhildr and brother of Gudhrun.
	www.assiah.net /mythology-and-myth/norse/mythology/g.htm (2302 words)

	Valkyrie (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This was necessary because Odin needed warriors to fight at his side at the preordained battle at the end of the world, Ragnarok.
		Any maiden who became a Valkyrie would, generally held belief states, remain immortal and invulnerable--as long as she remained a virgin.
		Richard Wagner adapted one of the Valkyrie myths, dealing with the Valkyrie Brunhilde and her love for the warrior Siegfried, into his opera Die Walküre.
	www.gotmo.net /info/valkyrie.htm (253 words)

	parterre box the queer opera zine
		I finally after years of avoiding Nathan Gunn heard him (or should I say barely heard him) last night in the Met Romeo.
		Well, to start with, Nathan Gunn is NOT a "big burly man".
		I've heard Dessay, Battle and Gunn at the Met at various times, and I think he's the one who carries least (Dessay carried beautifully as Zerbinetta both times I heard her!).
	parterre.com /2007/12/lets-be-buddies.html (968 words)

	Final Haven
		The continent is very diverse insipight of its size, but due to the Valkyrie trading is regulated and any Vanir technology has been confiscated or destroyed along with all ruins.
		Due to their small size they are left separate of the affairs of the Valkyrie to some extent.
		The island states are constantly fighting over what little territory they have, due to this supplies in all the states run low very frequently and guests are most often not welcome unless they are of some use or have a merchant ship.
	www.final-haven.com /VT/Valkyrie.htm (1282 words)

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