| Tango01 | 18 Feb 2015 10:51 p.m. PST |
Not bad! Photo blocked by adult filter:
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link For translation you can used.
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Frederick  | 19 Feb 2015 4:14 a.m. PST |
Interesting take on the legend Not what most people think of as a Valkyrie |
| Dave Jackson | 19 Feb 2015 6:53 a.m. PST |
No wings? Not a Valkyrie….. |
| Pictors Studio | 19 Feb 2015 7:12 a.m. PST |
Most of the ones I've seen don't have wings. I like it. |
| RavenscraftCybernetics | 19 Feb 2015 7:54 a.m. PST |
but does she bait her own hook?. |
| TwinMirror | 19 Feb 2015 11:45 a.m. PST |
Wow – that's actually a really Nice figure: well-proportioned, Nice movement, weapon not super-sized…Nice find Tango. |
| Tango01 | 19 Feb 2015 11:54 a.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement
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| jowady | 19 Feb 2015 1:26 p.m. PST |
I thought that Valkyries had winged horses, not wings themselves. But yeah, not my take on a standard Valkyrie. |
| Shagnasty | 19 Feb 2015 1:28 p.m. PST |
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Beowulf  | 19 Feb 2015 2:32 p.m. PST |
Nothing Nordic on that figure, more of a fantasy warrior. |
| OSchmidt | 19 Feb 2015 2:34 p.m. PST |
I see no wings on her. Nevertheless she IS closer to what the real Valkyries of legend were depicted. They were not nice creatures, nor particularly beautiful. In fact they had more in common with the harpies of Greek mythology than nymphs. I don't know if it's the light the figure is photographed under, giving it a greenish cast, but it's very good, even though I would not like to go out on a date with one of them. |
| abdul666lw | 20 Feb 2015 5:54 a.m. PST |
I disagree (your description corresponds better to the Christain demonized vision of the Morrigan): Valkyries are described as comely young women 'white skinned under the helmet' (Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar) with (blooded) mail shirt and carrying a spear 'wearing helmets at Himingvani [came the valkyries]. Their byrnies were drenched in blood and rays shone from their spears' (Helgakviða Hundingsbana I). In the Sigrdrífumál Sigrdrífa (Brynhildr in the Prose Edda) appears a fully armed female warrior. In the Hákonarmál the valkyries are described as sitting 'high-hearted on horseback', wearing helmets, carrying shields and that the horses wisely bore them.
Their horses just like Sleipnir fly without wings; in the Njáls saga they are unsaddled 'start we swiftly with steeds unsaddled—hence to battle with brandished swords! Thus they appear basically as female Vikings (historical ones, without 'Wagnerian' horned / winged helmets). Something along the lines of
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"picture" (not wearing a mail shirt, but I'm sure 'byrnie' was *that* specific) Add a sensible helmet, a spear and have her riding (bare back?) a war steed.
As for the miniature in the OP, somehow it reminds me of a mummy.
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| Klebert L Hall | 20 Feb 2015 9:52 a.m. PST |
Prefer this one: Photo blocked by adult filter:
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