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== H. P. Blavatsky == | == [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] == | ||
'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Walkyries}}'''. 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. | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|Walkyries}}'''. 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. | ||
{{Quote source HPB TG|Walkyries}} | {{Quote source HPB TG|Walkyries}} | ||
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H. P. Blavatsky
Walkyries. 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.
Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Walkyries