Valkyries ®

The Valkyries (from Old Norse: valkyrja, 'selectors of the fallen in battle') are dísir, female deities of Norse mythology. Its main purpose was to select the most heroic of those who had fallen in battle and take them to Valhalla, since Odin needed warriors to fight alongside him in the battle of the end of the world, Ragnarök. In heroic songs they were described as bands of warrior women riding among the ranks of the gods. The Valkyries are associated with ravens, the main animals owned by the god Odin. The Valkyries could have been an ideological and mythological evolution of the raven, the bird that is present after every battle, devouring the bodies of the slain. To represent them, we have been inspired by illustrations and engravings from the 19th century.