VALKYRIES, supernatural female figures of Norse myth and literature, share many features with the dísir, fylgjur, hamingjur, Norns, and landvættir in the extant texts, and there is little terminological consistency. A primary function of...

(German Walküren; also as Valkyrien; Old Norse valkyrja=‘she who selects the dead’) Supernatural female beings commissioned by the god → Odin to intervene in battles and bring heroes doomed to die (Einherjer) up to Valhalla,...

In Norse mythology the valkyries (Old Norse Valkyrja "Choosers of the Slain") are dísir, minor female deities, who served Odin. The valkyries' purpose was to choose the most heroic of those who had died in battle and to carry them off to Valhalla where...

Several extras were injured falling from a truck during filming of a movie that has attracted controversy over the casting of prominent Scientologist Tom Cruise as Germany's most famous anti-Hitler plotter.The accident happened on Sunday evening during filming of scenes from "Valkyrie" around the Finance...

Several extras were injured when they fell out of a truck during the filming of "Valkyrie," which stars Tom Cruise as Germany's most famous anti-Hitler plotter.The accident happened Sunday evening while scenes were being shot around the Finance Ministry in Berlin, which was once the...

Several extras were injured when they fell out of a truck during the filming of "Valkyrie," which stars Tom Cruise as Germany's most famous anti-Hitler plotter.The accident happened Sunday evening while scenes were being shot around the Finance Ministry in Berlin, which was once the...

"Die Walkuere" holds the raw material of Wagner caricature: horned helmets, spears, endless scenes and "Ride of the Valkyries." But Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic swept past all that Monday with a cleanly staged, beautifully played performance at the Aix-en-Provence Festival.The production, the...