| NOUN | person | Valkyrie | (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla |
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| Meaning | (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla. | |
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| Category | Norse mythology | The mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity |
| Instances | Brunhild, Brunnhilde, Brynhild | A Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried |
| Instance of | mythical being | An imaginary being of myth or fable |
| Spanish | valquiria | |
| Catalan | valquíria | |
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