What is a Valkyrie?
I am a Valkyrie in Norse mythology, one of those chosen to guide warriors fallen in battle to Valhalla, the majestic hall where Odin, the supreme god, welcomes the bravest. At the dawn of time, we were seen as «demons of death», beings that fed on the fallen and guided their souls to the afterlife.
But over the centuries, our image evolved. We became powerful warrior women, adorned with wings and armor, riding mighty horses and soaring the skies in search of worthy heroes. Although our essence is embodied in the ancient works of the prose Edda and the poetic Edda, it is Brunhild, one of our own, who has transcended as the most iconic and remembered Valkyrie of all time.
