Óskmey may be related to the Odinic name Óski (roughly meaning "wish fulfiller"), referring to the fact that Odin receives slain warriors in Valhalla. Other terms for valkyries in Old Norse sources include óskmey ("wish maid"), appearing in the poem Oddrúnargrátr, and Óðins meyjar (" Odin's maids"), appearing in the Nafnaþulur. However, the term may have been borrowed into Old English from Old Norse: see discussion in the Old English attestations section below. From the Old English and Old Norse forms, philologist Vladimir Orel reconstructs the Proto-Germanic form * walakuzjǭ. The Old Norse valkyrja is cognate to Old English wælcyrġe. Together, they mean 'chooser of the slain'. The word valkyrie derives from Old Norse valkyrja (plural valkyrjur), which is composed of two words: the noun valr (referring to the slain on the battlefield) and the verb kjósa (meaning "to choose"). In modern culture, valkyries have been the subject of works of art, musical works, comic books, video games and poetry. Archaeological excavations throughout Scandinavia have uncovered amulets theorized as depicting valkyries. Scholarly theories have been proposed about the relation between the valkyries, the Norns, and the dísir, all of which are supernatural figures associated with fate. The Old English cognate term wælcyrġe appears in several Old English manuscripts, and scholars have explored whether the term appears in Old English by way of Norse influence, or reflects a tradition also native among the Anglo-Saxon pagans. They appear throughout the poetry of skalds, in a 14th-century charm, and in various runic inscriptions. Valkyries are attested in the Poetic Edda (a book of poems compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources), the Prose Edda, the Heimskringla (both by Snorri Sturluson) and the Njáls saga (one of the Sagas of Icelanders), all written-or compiled-in the 13th century. 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.
When the einherjar are not preparing for the events of Ragnarök, the valkyries bear them mead. There, the deceased warriors become einherjar ( Old Norse "single (or once) fighters" ). In Norse mythology, a valkyrie ("chooser of the slain") is one of a host of female figures who guide souls of the dead to the god Odin's hall Valhalla. The "valkyrie from Hårby", silver-gilt figurine depicting a female figure with a sword and shield, often interpreted to be a valkyrie. On picture stones, the recurring motif of a woman receiving a man with a horn is generally interpreted as a dead man being received by a valkyrie at Valhalla. The picture stone Lilbjärs III, showing a helmeted woman receiving a man with a horn of mead. For other uses, see Valkyrie (disambiguation).
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