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-[[https://www.amazon.com/Valkyrie-Women-Viking-World/dp/B094L3KSG3/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=|Audio Book Link]]+[[https://www.amazon.com/hz/mycd/digital-console/contentlist/booksAll/dateDsc/|Book Link]] 
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 +"Valkyries" in Icelandic means "Amazons" (56). They are also referred to as "spear-maidens," or "Sword girl" (5). 
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 +Valkyries are said to have wielded "The Fire of Skogul,"a flaming sword in the skaldic tradition (5). 
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 +The difference between shield-maidens and Valkyrie is that shield-maidens are mortal and they fight in battles. The Valkyrie are supernatural and they hover over the battle (67).  
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 +The Valkyries ability to fly comes in two forms: atop their flying horses or they can transform themselves into birds (7). 
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 +Like the stories about Dahomey Amazons, shield-maidens or Valkyrie may have been a type of elite guard (67). 
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 +"the Norse would hardly have tried to promote the idea that most people's afterlife would be horrible" (190) //in reference to both Hel, daughter of Loki and Hel the place.// 
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