matter how many years had passed, and no matter how many appear exciting new legends, the world will always be interested in such an extraordinary story of those who still excites the minds of many.Tale of the charming servant of God.But who are the Valkyries, really?Lovely, divine creation or still brutal and merciless dark women warriors?Most likely, the exact answer, and no one will ever know, but whatever it was, the ancient myths are always ready to tell us their ghostly truth.
Maiden Valkyrie warrior - who she is and what her purpose?
As the Norse mythology, the story of the extraordinary and courageous girls has its roots in the time when the gods were living openly and fully ruled the world.It was then that they were born - Valkyries.She called them as a reason, because from the Old Norse language the word is connected to the other two, is "choosing killed", which directly relates to the purpose, who dedicate their lives each warrior Valkyrie.Dedicated Service god Odin - that's what was important to them.A major challenge facing them was the decision of who will be the winner and who is the loser in all occurring while fighting.
ways and methods by which the brave girls achieve their goals
Initially, according to legend, all the warlike virgins have been described as cruel and bloodthirsty angel of death, who loved to see the suffering and pain of the dying soldiers, but since then the story has changed,and they have acquired a new, more vivid and bright features.Flying through the air on his mighty horse soon and they hovered over the heads of those who waged an uphill battle, and when the battle came to an end, picked up the fallen warrior in the battle of heroes and transferred them to where the lord ordered one.
special place for the continued existence after earthly life
World, which brought on his horse killed Valkyrie - is heavenly abode of all the Scandinavian gods, Asgard.It was here, in an ancient castle called Valhalla (which translates as "the palace of the slain"), found shelter favorites lost.Every day, under the arches of gold ceilings and glowing swords instead of lamps, in order to protect the city from the divine unwanted invasion of giants, all the warriors to a man engaged in improving their own skills and trained hard from dawn until sunset.And then charmed and saturated with its tired and exhausted to the outside of the body at feasts arranged by gods.And at this time of great warriors serve them at the table and each of them portrayed the delicious dishes and drinks.
Valkyrie - is innocently beautiful and bewitches with its brightness Maid
Although warriors, as was indicated a little earlier, initially consisted of ruthless and cruel women, though after a certain time in the later writings of Norse mythology, the idea of them has got a bit differentfeatures.Since then the question of who the Valkyries, and what is their true face, you could hear that these girls were macaroni pristine pure beauty with pale skin.
And on the battlefields, they appear in the image of swan maidens, or through the air at an amazing and fantastically beautiful horse clouds mane that were able to cover the ground with frost and dew.
Therefore, considering all of the above, saying that the Valkyrie - a certain type of ruthless warrior, or, on the contrary, only the sensual maiden impossible.Because this is the archetype of a multitude of diverse and fantastic features.
Origin servants of Odin and ancient literature
As the legend of Anglo-Saxon people, some of the Valkyries were created from the Elves, yet most of these virgins had noble origins, and they were the daughters of princes, who had during his lifetime to become one of the dev-warriors, endowed with the gift of transformation into graceful swans.
Currently, we know about their existence through such beautiful examples of ancient literature as the "Elder Edda".It was here that we learned a lot, including about the names of the Valkyries.
Filename
None of them was so that her name was given just for beauty, on the contrary, each of them meant something special, able to give an accurate description of its owner.Although a large part of the oldest names have not been translated, but nevertheless some of them have become accessible and understandable to everyone, with the help of which becomes even a bit easier to understand who the Valkyries and what they look like.
example, Hilda means "battle" and has Hlekk although a similar but still slightly different translation - "the noise of battle."Christ means "amazing" and Mist - "Fog".Hervёtur - a "tie-up troops," Work - "strength."
As can be seen from the translation, each name has its own strength and character, making images of warriors become more clear, and more starts to become clear that the Valkyrie - is not just a loyal subject of his god, but as a woman having their individual and independent from the otherstraits and abilities.And these are the unique images they become inspiring factor in the creation of the famous German epic "Song of the Nibelungs."
Legend of Love
reading this epic, we learn how, daring to violate the order of Odin, one of the Valkyries, a girl named Sigrdriva, made quite a feat in the name of self-love.She risked everything, defended the one who wanted with all his heart, and instead give the victory on the battlefield to whom ordered one, warrior awarded her your lover of King Agnar.For this eventually paid with a long and soundly, and woke up to become a normal, earthly woman.
history other Valkyries, whose name - Brünnhilde began with the fact that she married a mortal, and eventually as Sigrdriva, lost its former strength, becoming a simple girl.And soon her descendants wove their lives to the well yarn spinning fate goddesses - the Norns.
rejection of a former life
After some time, the divine cult of Odin rose to incredible heights.He became more powerful than the other, so started to get in their way more and more human traits and other gods at this time became increasingly demonized.Each Valkyrie, value which in this period has decreased greatly, acquired a pair of wings, and now they have all become poluzhenschina-poluptitsy.
Now warrior is not to decide who will live and who die on the battlefield, these powers were completely concentrated in the hands of Odin.Even on the solemn feasts, he left the place.After all, if earlier it was so that the Valkyrie - is the most valuable decoration and the main data toiler holidays and evenings, that have taken their place now liberated, sexy and charming houris.
And since even to deliver the chosen warriors to Valhalla, virgins were categorically denied they had no choice but to embrace and carefully nurture einherjes until such time as them not priskachet eight legged horse, which belongs to Odin,and deliver them to their final destination.
And so ended their purpose, but the story of the deeds and exploits are still alive.Brutal and insensitive, or romantic and tender - it does not matter.The key is how much they were able to introduce and open up for many of us.After all, even after a great number of years, interest in them and their lives are still not extinguished, and trembles, as before, covering all its bright lights and majestic.
