Valkyrie

  1. Noun.  (Norse mythology) Any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin, minor female deities said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla. Often in reference to Wagner's ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (published 1853).
  2. Noun.  (alternative spelling of, Valkyrie) .

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