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