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What (who) is Valkyr - definition
Valkyrie
![''The Norns'' (1889) by [[Johannes Gehrts]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Die Nornen (1889) by Johannes Gehrts.jpg?width=200 "''The Norns'' (1889) by [[Johannes Gehrts]]")
![''Freya'' (1882) by [[Carl Emil Doepler]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Freya by C. E. Doepler.jpg?width=200 "''Freya'' (1882) by [[Carl Emil Doepler]]")
![An illustration of valkyries encountering the god [[Heimdallr]] as they carry a dead man to Valhalla (1906) by [[Lorenz Frølich]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Heimdallr and valkyries by Frølich.jpg?width=200 "An illustration of valkyries encountering the god [[Heimdallr]] as they carry a dead man to Valhalla (1906) by [[Lorenz Frølich]]")
![Robert Engels]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Helgi Hundingsbane and Sigrún by Robert Engels.jpg?width=200 "Robert Engels]]")
![''Helgi und Sigrun'' (1901) by [[Johannes Gehrts]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Helgi und Sigrun by Johannes Gehrts.jpg?width=200 "''Helgi und Sigrun'' (1901) by [[Johannes Gehrts]]")
![''Ride of the Valkyries'' (around 1890) by [[Henry De Groux]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry De Groux001.jpg?width=200 "''Ride of the Valkyries'' (around 1890) by [[Henry De Groux]]")
![The valkyries Hildr, Þrúðr and Hlökk bearing ale in Valhalla (1895) by [[Lorenz Frølich]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hild, Thrud and Hløkk by Frølich.jpg?width=200 "The valkyries Hildr, Þrúðr and Hlökk bearing ale in Valhalla (1895) by [[Lorenz Frølich]]")
![Jugendstil]] advertisement](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jugend-magazine-valkyrie-rheingold-advertisement-I.jpg?width=200 "Jugendstil]] advertisement")
![[[Brünnhilde]] wakes and greets the day and [[Siegfried]], illustration of the scene of [[Wagner's Ring]] inspired by the [[Sigrdrífumál]], by [[Arthur Rackham]] (1911).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ring48.jpg?width=200 "[[Brünnhilde]] wakes and greets the day and [[Siegfried]], illustration of the scene of [[Wagner's Ring]] inspired by the [[Sigrdrífumál]], by [[Arthur Rackham]] (1911).")
![The [[Rök runestone]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rökstenen.jpg?width=200 "The [[Rök runestone]]")
![[[Sermo Lupi ad Anglos]]}}](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sermo Lupi.jpg?width=200 "[[Sermo Lupi ad Anglos]]}}")
![burial mound]] at [[Sutton Hoo]] in [[Suffolk]], [[England]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sutton Hoo Burial Mound.jpg?width=200 "burial mound]] at [[Sutton Hoo]] in [[Suffolk]], [[England]]")
![''The Valkyrie's Vigil'' (1906) by [[Edward Robert Hughes]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Valkyrie's Vigil.jpg?width=200 "''The Valkyrie's Vigil'' (1906) by [[Edward Robert Hughes]]")
![Kastellet]] in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ValkyrieOnHorse.jpg?width=200 "Kastellet]] in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark")
![''Valkyrie'' (1835) by [[Herman Wilhelm Bissen]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Valkyrie (1834-1835) by H. W. Bissen.jpg?width=200 "''Valkyrie'' (1835) by [[Herman Wilhelm Bissen]]")
![''Walkyrien'' (c. 1905) by [[Emil Doepler]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walkyrien by Emil Doepler.jpg?width=200 "''Walkyrien'' (c. 1905) by [[Emil Doepler]]")
![Björkö]], [[Uppland]], [[Sweden]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Valkyrie.jpg?width=200 "Björkö]], [[Uppland]], [[Sweden]].")
![A female figure bears a horn to a rider on an eight-legged horse on the [[Tjängvide image stone]] in Sweden.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arrival at Valhalla.jpg?width=200 "A female figure bears a horn to a rider on an eight-legged horse on the [[Tjängvide image stone]] in Sweden.")
![U 1163]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/U 1163, Drävle (Sigrdrífa).JPG?width=200 "U 1163]].")
ONE OF A HOST OF FEMALE FIGURES WHO DECIDE WHICH SOLDIERS DIE IN BATTLE AND WHICH LIVE
Walkyries; Valkyries; Walkyrie; Göl; Valkyrjur; Skeggjald; Valkyr; Gol (Valkyrie); Goll (Valkyrie); Hair link; Valkyrs; Valkyrie (Norse mythology); Valkyre; Valkryie; Valkaria; Valkrie; Choosers of the Slain; Choosers of the slain; Valmeyjar; Waelcyrge; Valcyrie; Wælcyrge; Wælcyrige
In Norse mythology, a valkyrie ("chooser of the slain") is one of a host of female figures who guide half of the souls of the dead to the god Odin's hall Valhalla, whereas the other half go to Freyja's afterlife field, Fólkvangr. There, the deceased warriors become (Old Norse "single (or once) fighters"Orchard (1997:36) and Lindow (2001:104).
Valkyrie
ONE OF A HOST OF FEMALE FIGURES WHO DECIDE WHICH SOLDIERS DIE IN BATTLE AND WHICH LIVE
Walkyries; Valkyries; Walkyrie; Göl; Valkyrjur; Skeggjald; Valkyr; Gol (Valkyrie); Goll (Valkyrie); Hair link; Valkyrs; Valkyrie (Norse mythology); Valkyre; Valkryie; Valkaria; Valkrie; Choosers of the Slain; Choosers of the slain; Valmeyjar; Waelcyrge; Valcyrie; Wælcyrge; Wælcyrige
[val'k??ri, 'valk?ri]
¦ noun Scandinavian Mythology each of Odin's twelve handmaids who conducted slain warriors of their choice to Valhalla.
Origin
from ON Valkyrja, lit. 'chooser of the slain', from valr 'the slain' + kyrja 'chooser'.
