This image shows a Valkyrie bearing a hero to valhalla. The painting is by K Dielitz. According to Norse mythology, the Valkyries were the daughters or attendants of Odin, the chief god (also called Wotan). The Norse believed the Valkyries came to battlefield, chose those who would die, and carried them back to Valhalla (a fallen warrior can be seen here in front of a Valkyrie). Their leader was Brynhild (also spelled Brunhild, Brunhilde, Brynhildr). Konrad Dielitz (died 1933) was a German portrait and genre painter of high rank. He was born in 1845 in Berlin, and was the son of a well-known

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This image shows a Valkyrie bearing a hero to valhalla. The painting is by K Dielitz. According to Norse mythology, the Valkyries were the daughters or attendants of Odin, the chief god (also called Wotan). The Norse believed the Valkyries came to battlefield, chose those who would die, and carried them back to Valhalla (a fallen warrior can be seen here in front of a Valkyrie). Their leader was Brynhild (also spelled Brunhild, Brunhilde, Brynhildr). Konrad Dielitz (died 1933) was a German portrait and genre painter of high rank. He was born in 1845 in Berlin, and was the son of a well-known literary man.

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