Valkyrie
Female spirits in Norse tradition that lead the souls of dead warriors to Valhalla. They serve as choosers of the slain, determining which warriors are worthy of the afterlife in Odin's hall.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 500 BCE
- Attested period
- -500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in 13th-century compilations from earlier traditional sources, 14th-century charms, runic inscriptions, and Old English manuscripts.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Vâlvă, Valravn, Vampire, Vanara, Vântoase, Vârcolac, Vardøger, Vedrfolnir, Veļi, Věri Şělen, Víbria, Vila, Vilkacis, Viruñas, Vision Serpent, Vishap, Vitore, Víðópnir, Vodyanoy, Vrykolakas, Vucub-Caquix, Vættir, Eve, Khem, Al-Uzza, Sleipnir, Vetala, Varaha, Vadātājs, Vahana, Vaibhavi, Einherjar, Satan, Hecate, Diana, Lilith, Astarte, Bastet, Set, Baphomet, Ištar, Artemis (Diana)
- serves
- Odin
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Valkyrie (Norse) – Female spirit that leads souls of dead warriors to Valhalla”
#5556 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The word valkyrie derives from Old Norse valkyrja (plural valkyrjur), which is composed of two words: the noun valr (referring to the slain on the battlefield) and the verb kjósa (meaning 'to choose'). Together, they mean 'chooser of the slain'.”
#14709 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The album contains many mythological and occult references, encompassing Set, the Valkyrie, Hecate, Baphomet, Artemis, Bastet, Astarte, Ishtar, Khem, Al-Uzza, Eve, Aleister Crowley, Diana and Lilith.”
#17949 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Above the rider on the Tjängvide image stone is a horizontal figure holding a spear, which may be a valkyrie, and a female figure greets the rider with a cup. The scene has been interpreted as a rider arriving at the world of the dead”
#38580 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“A common criticism was directed at the death sequence where a Valkyrie collects the player's body as being too long.”
#41106 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001