Valkyria
Valkyria , noun
[Icelandic valkyrja (akin to Anglo-Saxon walcyrie); valr the slain + kjōsa to choose. See Valhalla, and Choose.]
(Scand. Mythology) One of the maidens of Odin, represented as awful and beautiful, who presided over battle and marked out those who were to be slain, and who also ministered at the feasts of heroes in Valhalla. Now commonly written Valkyrie.