VALKYRIE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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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