Valkyrie

Valkyrie

Origin:	Old Norse
Japanese:	バルキリー
Appears In:	?, Ys: Celceta no Jukai, Tokyo Xanadu, Ys IX

Origin

Valkyrie is the English and Dutch rendering of the Old Norse word Valkyrja. That is made of two compounds, Valr ('Battlefield Dead') and Kjósa ('Chooser'), leading to the combined meaning 'Chooser of the Slain'. The valkyries were female attendants of the god Odin who chose those who die in battle, ferrying them to Valhalla. They are frequently fierce warriors in their own right.

Appearances

• In Xanadu Next, The Valkyrie Helm (ヴァルキリーヘルム) is a piece of available headgear.
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• The Valkyrie Dress (ヴァルキリードレス) is a powerful set of female-exclusive armor appearing in Celceta no Jukai.
• In Tokyo Xanadu, the Valkyrie Costume (ヴァルキュリーコス) is a set of female-exclusive armor. The name includes a reference to cosplay and the description talks about how it makes the wearer feel like a different person.
• In Tokyo Xanadu eX+, Valkyrie Glide (バルキリーグライド) is Kugayama Rion's EX Skill.
• War Maiden's Salvation <Valkyrie Hammer> (～戦乙女の救済～（ヴァルキリーハンマー）) is Yufa's Gift in Ys IX. The construction Ikusaotome is sometimes used in Japanese to refer to valkyries in place of katakana.
• In Hajimari no Kiseki, the Valkyrie Coat (ヴァルキリーコート) is a set of armor exclusive to Laura. Also, Juna learns Valkyrie Smash (ヴァルキリースマッシュ) as an upgrade to her previous Brave Smash.

Trivia

• The Stahlritter are occasionally referred to as valkyries in Japanese, using the 戦乙女 construction.

See Also

• Brynhildr
• Randgridr
• Reginleif
• Skuld
• Wagner's Operas