Valkyries "The Choosers of the Slain"

Have you ever heard the name Valkyries?In most of the the game,movies,or song?Have you ever wondered what the real Valkyries are?Is it like the one we've seen in the games or movies?Different or not,let's check it now.

In the Norse Mythology,Valkyries are the sign of Choosers of the slain.It always a female and a deity.But in modern art,Valkyries are always described as beautiful young women riding a pegasus or winged horse and it also armored with helmet nad spears as their weapon, not only that,the women must be a deity as well,and they always served King Odin,their king.

What about their job?Yes they serve King Odin.They must be loyal to him,everytime,everywhere,although they know that their king is wrong.They have main reason is to determine the victors of battles and wars, and to choose the most heroic of those who had died in battle,So they really must fly over the battlefield and choose the corpses,and they use their spears if they are attacked during searching for the corpses and always armored if they are being attacked.Then there is also Freija(we always hear her name called freya),mistress of the slain,who choose half of the dead heroes to become her army,the rest must go to Valhalla and wait until they become an einherjar,a warrior to fight in Odin's side in the End of the World(Ragnarok).Valkyries must also act as a servant to King Odin,they must serve King Odin although when he is eating,they must serve drink and look after the tableware and drinking vessels.

So that's a little about Valkyries,now you know that Valkyries in the real history just like the same in the game "Valkyrie Profile"(if you play it).If you wanna know more the story just play the game or do some research more about Valyries.LOL.^^v

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valkyrie
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/v/valkyries.html