On the Valkyrie: With a Looney Tunes Review

So, there's some news on an actual depiction of a valkyrie at the British Museum

But most of us don't know much about valkyries beyond Wagner's Flight of the Valkyries and, of course, it's famous Elmer Fudd cover (and perhaps that mention on 30 Rock)

{Bugs Bunny is possibly the best drag queen ever.}

BUT "The legends of the valkyries – the ominous companions of the god Odin who descend on battlefields to choose which warriors will die – have been among the most enduring in Scandinavian folklore and literature. Later images, often inspired by Wagner's music, tend to be romantic creatures with flowing locks and voluptuous bodies."

And from Wikipedia: "In Norse mythology, a valkyrie (from Old Norse valkyrja "chooser of the slain") is one of a host of female figures who decide which soldiers die in battle and which live. Selecting among half of those who die in battle (the other half go to the goddess Freyja's afterlife field Fólkvangr), the valkyries bring their chosen to the afterlife hall of the slain, Valhalla, ruled over by the god Odin. There, the deceased warriors become einherjar. When the einherjar are not preparing for the events of Ragnarök, the valkyries bear them mead. Valkyries also appear as lovers of heroes and other mortals, where they are sometimes described as the daughters of royalty, sometimes accompanied by ravens, and sometimes connected to swans or horses."