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VALKYRIES (Old Norse valkyriur, "choosers of the slain ")

This article appears in Volume V27, Page 861 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TUM-VAN
VALKYRIES (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
' The form valectus led to the spelling valeet in transcribing from Latin documents.
to determine the course of battles and to select brave warriors for
Valhalla
  (q.v.). 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, (Sec.). See
TEUTONIC
  PEOPLES, ad fin. (H. M. C.)


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