In our modern world, most of us could render a rough character sketch of a Valkyrie, and they would ... but in Old Norse mythology of the 13th century, when folklore told of beautiful and terrible ...

In Greek mythology, Orpheus descends into the underworld to retrieve his beloved Eurydice, who’s died from a serpent’s bite. His music, so achingly beautiful, moves Hades to allow Eurydice to ...

At that moment, a valkyrie, a female figure from Norse mythology who leads fallen warriors to Valhalla comes down from the ...