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Valor and Valkyries: why the state needs Valhalla *.(POLITY FORUM: Politics, History, and The State of the State)
Whenever and wherever Vikings fought, they believed that the Valkyries would come. With sparks shooting from their spears and their corselets spattered with blood, the Valkyries would fly over the fighting and select the most valiant of those who died. The helmeted "Choosers of the Slain" then carried them back to Valhalla where the heros were welcomed by Odin and his wolves. From then on, the warriors gloriously fought among themselves in and about the great hall, their wounds healing every night so that they might fight again the next day. This passed for heaven in the great age of Viking expansion, and Viking warriors drew courage from the belief that Valhalla awaited ...
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