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The handmaidens of Odin were collectively known as Valkyries (Valkyrs). Their primary duty was to tend for Odin and his Einherriar (Chosen slain) in Valhalla. The theme "Ride of the Valkyries" by Wagner aludes to their visitations to middle earth to choose the honourable-slain from the battlefield who were to accompany them back to Valhalla and become Einherriar.

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