Valkyrie (disambiguation)
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Valkyrie can refer to any of the following:
- Valkyries are minor female deities in Norse mythology who serve Odin. The name means choosers of the slain.
- In Richard Wagner's opera, Die Walküre, the Valkyries are nine daughters of Wotan (Odin). One of these, whose mother is Erda (Jörð, "Earth"), is Brünnhilde.
- "The Ride of the Valkyries" is a famous piece of music from the same opera.
Non-fiction:
- Valkyrie (GL1500C) is a Honda motorcycle.
- Operation Walküre was a code name for a German Army plan which was used as a cover for the 1944 failed coup d'état and attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler (the July 20 Plot).
- XB-70 Valkyrie was conceived for the Strategic Air Command in the 1950s as a high-altitude bomber that could fly three times the speed of sound (Mach 3)
Modern cultural references
- VF-1 Valkyrie is the first mass-produced variable fighter in the fictional anime science fiction series Macross; Valkyrie also becomes a slang term for variable fighters in general, in reference to this original model. In the American adaptation "Robotech: The Macross Saga", the VF-1 and variable fighters in general are referred to as "veritechs".
- Valkyrie-class bombers are anti-air aircraft with German-accented women pilots in the real time strategy game StarCraft.
- Valkyries are member of the battle division and is responsible for fighting in the Market Share Battle between heaven and hell in Anime/Manga series Oh My Goddess!.
- "Valkyrie maidens" are depicted flying empty-handed to Valhalla, a cynical, tongue-in-cheek criticism of the lack of heroism in the world is penned the song "Cold Wind to Valhalla" by the progressive rock band Jethro Tull.
- Valkyrie (ワルキューレ; Warukyuure) is a video game character created by Namco who appeared in the Japan-only 1989 arcade game Valkyrie No Densetsu
- Valkyries are also the names of the battlesuits featured in the Xbox game "Gun Valkyrie".
- Valkyries are one of the character classes available in the roguelike games NetHack and Gauntlet.
- Valkyrie Profile is a role-playing game featuring a Valkyrie named Lenneth as its protagonist.
- Valkyrie was a member of the Marvel Comics superhero group The Defenders.
- Valkyr is a popular underworld drug in the video game Max Payne. The drug is similar to LSD in its effects on the body and mind. The game's story begins with the murder of the family of the central character, Max Payne, by valkyr junkies.
- The Valkyries is a novel by Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho.
- Valkyries are the leaders of the mythical armies in the fantasy game Heroscape
- Danielle Moonstar of the New Mutants in Marvel Comics had for a time became a Valkyrie.
- Valkyrie is a class of gunship/troop transport aircraft in the game Warhammer 40,000
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