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Valkyries
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(Old Norse valkyriur, "choosers of the slain"), figures of Northern mythology, generally represented as divine (less frequently human) maidens who ride through the air on Odin's service. Clad in full armour they are sent forth 1 The form valectus led to the spelling valect in transcribing from Latin documents.
to determine the course of battles and to select brave warriors for Valhalla. Beings with the same name (waelcyrgean) were known also in England, where we find them associated with witches. The name is used in Anglo-Saxon glossaries to translate various Latin terms for "War-goddess" or "Fury" (Bellona, Erinys, &c.). See TEUTONIC PEOPLES, ad fin. (H. M. C.)
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Valkyries'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​v/valkyries.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Valkyries'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​v/valkyries.html. 1910.