Valkyries

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Mythological beings Supernatural female entities

Valkyries are warrior maidens from Norse mythology who serve Odin by choosing those who die in battle and escorting them to the afterlife.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mythological beings ⓘ
Supernatural female entities ⓘ
associatedAfterlifeRealm Fólkvangr GENERATED ⓘ
Valhalla GENERATED ⓘ
associatedSymbol Helmet ⓘ
Horse ⓘ
Shield ⓘ
Spear ⓘ
associatedWith Battle ⓘ
Death in battle ⓘ
Fate of warriors ⓘ
Odin’s einherjar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Odin’s hall Valhalla NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture Norse ⓘ
describedIn Poetic Edda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prose Edda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sagas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Skaldic poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ
etymologyMeaning Chooser of the slain ⓘ
gender Female ⓘ
individualMembersInclude Brynhildr NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gunnr NERFINISHED ⓘ
Göndul NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hildr NERFINISHED ⓘ
Reginleif NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sigrún NERFINISHED ⓘ
Skögul NERFINISHED ⓘ
linkedConcept Heroic death ⓘ
Ragnarök NERFINISHED ⓘ
Warrior honor ⓘ
mythology Norse mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction Escort chosen dead warriors to the afterlife ⓘ
Select warriors who die in battle ⓘ
role Choosers of the slain NERFINISHED ⓘ
selectFor Einherjar NERFINISHED ⓘ
serveAs Odin’s messengers ⓘ
Psychopomps for slain warriors ⓘ
serveDeity Odin NERFINISHED ⓘ
sometimesDepictedAs Carrying shields ⓘ
Carrying spears ⓘ
Riding horses ⓘ
Riding over the sea ⓘ
Riding through the air ⓘ
Wearing armor ⓘ
sometimesInterpretedAs Agents of fate in warfare ⓘ
Personifications of battle ⓘ
taskInValhalla Attend to warriors preparing for Ragnarök ⓘ
Serve mead to the einherjar ⓘ
transport Slain warriors to Valhalla ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Valhalla → hasResidents → Valkyries ⓘ
Valhalla → servedBy → Valkyries ⓘ
Valhalla → selectionOfWarriorsBy → Valkyries ⓘ
Valknut → relatedConcept → Valkyries ⓘ
Choosers of the slain → alsoKnownAs → Valkyries ⓘ
The Einherjar → selectedBy → Valkyries ⓘ
subject surface form: Einherjar
The Einherjar → transportedBy → Valkyries ⓘ
subject surface form: Einherjar
Weapons of Odin → relatedTo → Valkyries ⓘ
Helgakviða Hundingsbana I → hasMainCharacter → Valkyries ⓘ