noun
definition
Any of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla.
example
Wagner's “Der Ring des Nibelungen” (1853) famously features valkyries.
Examples of valkyries in a Sentence
The swan played a part in classical mythology as the bird of Apollo, and in Scandinavian lore the swan maidens, who have the gift of prophecy and are sometimes confused with the Valkyries, reappear again and again.
He believes that he is once more with Briinnhilde on the Valkyries' mountain height; and the harmonies of her awakening move in untroubled splendour till the light of life fades with the light of day and the slain hero is carried to the Gibichung's hall through the moonlit mists, while the music of love and death tells in terrible triumph more of his story than he ever knew.
In some cases the Norns are not easily to be distinguished from the Valkyries.
We hear also a good deal of witches and valkyries, and of charms and magic; as an instance we may cite the fact that certain (Runic) letters were credited, as in the North, with the power of loosening bonds.
In addition to the above there were yet other classes of supernatural beings (see Norns and Valkyries).