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VALKYRIE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)
Domain category:
Norse mythology (the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity)
Instance hyponyms:
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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