Walkyries

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Walkyries

(Scand.)

Called the “choosers of the dead”. In the popular poetry of the Scandinavians, these goddesses consecrate the fallen heroes with a kiss, and bearing them from the battle‐field carry them to the halls of bliss and to the gods in Walhalla. (TG).

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• Quotes: H. P. Blavatsky

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Shortly: Called the “choosers of the dead”. In the popular poetry of the Scandinavians, these goddesses conse...