°Any of the female attendants, or
handmaidens of
Odin. Said to be beautiful and to be armoured, they directed the course of battles and selected the most
valiant warriors to die; half being escorted to
Valhalla, and the remainder to
Sessrumnir, the hall of
Freya. Each night they would prepare banquets for the slain, and serve them liberally with
food,
beer, and
mead.