The Valkyries

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THE "VALKYRIES "("CHOOSERS OF THE SLAIN") ARE A GROUP OF BEAUTIFUL,YOUNG FIERCE BATTLE-ORIENTED GODDESSES WHO MOUNTED UPON WINGED HORSES ANd ARMED WITH HELMETS AND SPEARS. THEY ARE NORMAL VIEWED AS THE MAIDENS OF "ODIN". THE "VALKYRIES" SCOUT THE BATTLEFIELDS TO CHOOSE THE BRAVEST OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SLAIN AND ESCORT THESE HEROES TO "VALHALLA", "ODIN'S HALL" WHERE THEY SERVE FOOD AND DRINK TO BOTH THE GOD AND HIS GUESTS....THOSE BRAVE WARRIORS KILLED IN BATTLE......AND WHEN THEY AREN'T WAITING ON THESE BLESSED MEN, THEY CAN FOUND OVERSEEING ALL BATTLES THAT ARE WAGING ON THE WORLD. THEY NOT ONLY VISIT EVERY BATTLE, BUT THEY CHOOSE WHO WILL WIN THE CONFLICT AND WHO WILL PERISH. THEIR PURPOSE IS TO BRING ABOUT THE DEATH OF ANY WARRIOR CHOSEN BY "ODIN" TO BECOME A NEW MEMBER IN HIS FORCE. WHEN A "VALKYRIE" CHOOSES A FAVORITE MORTAL, SHE WILL TEACH THIS PERSON SPECIAL SKILLS OF MAGIC AND PROTECT HER CHOSEN BY WARNING OF UPCOMING DANGER AND CONFLICT. SHE WILL REMAIN THIS PERSON'S GUARDIAN SPIRIT THROUGHOUT HIS OR HER LIFETIME.THE "VALKYRIE" HAS THE GIFT OF PROPHECY, AND WILL SOMETIMES EVEN TAKE THE FORM OF A MORTAL WOMAN IN ORDER TO MARRY THE HERO OF HER HEART.

THE "VALKYRIES" ARE ALSO "ODIN'S "MESSENGERS, AND WHEN THEY RIDE FORTH ON THEIR ERRANDS, THEIR ARMOR CAUSES A STRANGE FLICKERING LIGHT. WE CALL IT THE "AURORA BOREALIS OR "NORTHERN LIGHTS". THE VALKYRIE IS RELATED TO THE CELTIC WARRIOR-GODDESS, THE "MORRIGAN," WHO LIKEWISE MAY ASSUME THE FORM OF THE RAVEN.

SONG OF DARRAOAR

fROM THE ICELANDIC "NJAL'S SAGA". A MAN CALLED "DARRAOAR" HAS A VISION THAT TWELVE "VALKYRIES" ARE WEAVING THE FATE OF AN ON-GOING BATTLE ON A GRISLY LOOM...

"BLOOD RAINS FROM THE CLOUDY WEB"

" ON THE BROAD LOOM OF SLAUGHTER."

" THE WEB OF MAN GREY AS ARMOR"

" IS NOW BEING WOVEN; THE VALKYRIES"

" WILL CROSS IT WITH A CRIMSON WEFT."

" THE WARP IS MADE OF HUMAN ENTRAILS; "

" HUMAN HEADS ARE USED AS HEDDLE-WEIGHTS;"

" THE HEDDLE RODS ARE BLOOD-WET SPEARS;"

" THE SHAFTS ARE IRON-BOUND AND ARROWS ARE THE SHUTTLES."

" WITH SWORDS WE WILL WEAVE THIS WEB OF BATTLE."

" THE VALKYRIES GO WEAVING WITH DRAWN SWORDS, "

" HILDR AND HJ"oRthRIMUL, SANGR'idR AND SVIPUL."

" SPEARS WILL SHATTER SHIELDS WILL SPLINTER,"

" SWORDS WILL GNAW LIKE WOLVES THROUGH ARMOR."

" LET US NOW WIND THE WEB OF WAR "

" WHICH THE YOUNG KING ONCE WAGED."

" LET US ADVANCE AND WADE THROUGH THE RANKS,"

" WHERE FRIENDS OF OURS ARE EXCHANGING BLOWS."

" LET US NOW WIND THE WEB OF WAR "

" AND THEN FOLLOW THE KING TO BATTLE"

" GUNNR AND G"oNDUL CAN SEE THERE"

" THE BLOOD-SPATTERED SHIELDS THAT GUARDED THE KING."

" LET US NOW WIND THE WEB OF WAR "

" WHERE THE SACRED BANNER IS FORGING FORWARD"

" LET HIS LIFE NOT BE TAKEN;"

" ONLY THE VALKYRIES CAN CHOOSE THE SLAIN."

" LANDS WILL BE RULED BY NEW PEOPLES "

" WHO ONCE INHABITED OUTLYING HEADLANDS."

" WE PRONOUNCE A GREAT KING DESTINED TO DIE;"

" NOW AN EARL IS FELLED BY SPEARS."

" THE MEN OF IRELAND WILL SUFFER A GRIEF "

" THAT WILL NEVER GROW OLD IN THE MINDS OF MEN."

" THE WEB IS NOW WOVEN AND THE BATTLEFIELD REDDENED;"

" THE NEWS OF DISASTER WILL SPREAD THROUGH LANDS."

" IT IS HORRIBLE NOW TO LOOK AROUND "

" AS A BLOOD-RED CLOUD DARKENS THE SKY."

" THE HEAVENS ARE STAINED WITH THE BLOOD OF MEN,"

" AS THE VALKYRIES SING THEIR SONG."

" WE SANG WELL VICTORY SONGS "

" FOR THE YOUNG KING; HAIL TO OUR SINGING!"

" LET HIM WHO LISTENS TO OUR VALKYRIE SONG"

" LEARN IT WELL AND TELL IT TO OTHERS."

" LET US RIDE OUR HORSES HARD ON BARE BACKS, "

" WITH SWORDS UNSHEATHED AWAY FROM HERE!"

"And then they tore the woven cloth from the loom and ripped it to pieces, each keeping the shred she held in her hands... The women mounted their horses and rode away, six to the south and six to the north."

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