valkyrie

Noun
  1. (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla (synset 109613946)
    referred to in: norse mythology - the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity
    is an instance of: mythical being - an imaginary being of myth or fable
    specific instances: brunhild, brunnhilde, brynhild - a Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried; when he deceived her she had him killed and then committed suicide

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