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| | Encyclopedia article on Valkyrie [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | The Valkyries ("choosers of the slain", alternative spelling: Walkyries, Old Norse valkyrja, pl. valkyrjur, Walachuriá (Old High German), Valakusjó (Gothic), wælcyrge (OE)) are figures of Norse mythology. |
 | | Whereas the wolf was the Valkyrie's horse, the Valkyrie herself was, quite unromantically represented by the raven[1] (http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/valkyrie.htm). |
 | | In Wagner's treatment the Valkyries are nine daughters of Wotan (Odin) and Erda (Jörd) 'Earth' and are named: Brünnhilde, Helmwige, Ortlinde, Gerhilde, Waltraute, Siegrune, Rossweisse, Grimgerde, and Schwertleite. |
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