Walküre

Val·kyr·ie (v

l-kîr

, -k

, v

-r

) also Wal·kyr·ie (wäl-kîr

, -k

, väl-, wäl

-r

, väl

n. Mythology

Any of Odin's handmaidens who conducted the souls of the slain to Valhalla.

[Old Norse Valkyrja; see wel- in Indo-European roots.]

Valkyrie, Walkyrie [vælˈkɪərɪ ˈvælkɪərɪ], Valkyr [ˈvælkɪə]

(Myth & Legend / Norse Myth & Legend) Norse myth any of the beautiful maidens who serve Odin and ride over battlefields to claim the dead heroes and take them to Valhalla

[from Old Norse Valkyrja, from valr slain warriors + köri to choose]

Valkyrian adj

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Noun

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

Norse mythology - the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity

Translations

Valkyrie [ˈvælkɪrɪ] N → Valquiria f

Valkyrie

n → Walküre f

Valkyrie [vælˈkɪərɪ] n → valchiria

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mythology
Teuton
Valkyria
Walkyrie

Tonight, when Lorin Maazel, the music director of the New York Philharmonic, lifts his wand to conducts the opening of Wagner’s Walküre, it will be his first appearance at the Met since January 1963 — when he was just 32 years old.

After 45 Years, Conductor Makes His Met Comeback by Gillian Reagan / The New York Observer

But Wagner sells: All of the Kirov performances were sold out, and at those I attended (Die Walküre on July 14 and Götterdämmerung on July 19), the audience at the Met was dotted with cultural and financial aristocrats, as well as those ardent Wagnerites, recognizable by their golden helmets and punning T-shirts (“Much Ado About NOTHUNG,” etc.

Light Summer Classics; a Hearty Russian Ring Cycle by Russell Platt / The New York Observer

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