a chasm opened in the earth and out of it coal-black horses sprang, drawing a chariot and driven by one who had a look of dark splendor, majestic and beautiful and terrible.

soldvt:

“Then light shone from Logafell,
and from that radiance there came bolts of lightning;
wearing helmets at Himingvani [came the valkyries].
Their byrnies were drenched in blood;
and rays shone from their spears.”

VALKYRIE: for the warrior women who decide upon the slain (the worthy and the legendary) to serve in the great hall of the afterlife (to love and prepare for the end of times). | listen

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