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-"Valkyries" in Icelandic means "Amazons" (56).
+"Valkyries" in Icelandic means "Amazons" (56). They are also referred to as "spear-maidens," or "Sword girl" (5).
+Valkyries are said to have wielded "The Fire of Skogul,"a flaming sword in the skaldic tradition (5).
 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).
+The Valkyries ability to fly comes in two forms: atop their flying horses or they can transform themselves into birds (7).
+Like the stories about Dahomey Amazons, shield-maidens or Valkyrie may have been a type of elite guard (67).
+"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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