<note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="bottom"> <emph>Note</emph> — The <emph>Valkyriur</emph> were female Divinities, Servants of <emph>Odin</emph> (or <emph>Woden</emph>) in the Gothic mythology. Their name signifies <emph>Chusers of the slain</emph>. They were mounted on swift horses, with drawn swords in their hands; and in the throng of battle selected such as were destined to slaughter, and conducted them to <emph>Valhalla</emph>, the hall of <emph>Odin</emph>, or paradise of the Brave; where they attended the banquet, and served the departed Heroes with horns of mead and ale. </note> Now the storm begins to lower,