Valkyrie: The Women of the Viking World

Valkyrie: The Women of the Viking World

Valkyries: the female supernatural beings that choose who dies and who lives on the battlefield. They protect some, but guide spears, arrows and sword blades into the bodies of others. Viking myths ab…

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