#valkyria

Me:

Humanization of Danmaku Unlimited 1’s valkyria player ship - whom I had creatively dubbed “Valk” in middle school.

Plus, the colors done with color pencils of all the shot types - balance, focus, and wide.

This was a revamped design I made back in high school. Though I touched it up, I honestly didn't change the design super drastically. What was I cooking back then?

Back on my DU bullshit again.

Let's talk about where the concept of Galadriel the warrior could have come from. It is necessary to remember that Tolkien was an expert on Germanic myths. Let's look at these very myths, and who can we see there? That's right, the Valkyries. Let's look at them.

As you can see, in ancient times, the Germans accepted female warriors as their own.

and this is the most ancient image of Valkyrie: 800 year.

Poetic Edda

Valkyries are mentioned or appear in the Poetic Edda poems Völuspá, Grímnismál, Völundarkviða, Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar, Helgakviða Hundingsbana I, Helgakviða Hundingsbana II and Sigrdrífumál.

Völuspá and Grímnismál

In stanza 30 of the poem Völuspá, a völva (a travelling seeress in Norse society) tells Odin that "she saw" valkyries coming from far away who are ready to ride to "the realm of the gods". The völva follows this with a list of six valkyries: Skuld (Old Norse, possibly "debt" or "future") who "bore a shield", Skögul ("shaker"), Gunnr ("war"), Hildr ("battle"), Göndul ("wand-wielder") and Geirskögul ("Spear-Skögul"). Afterwards, the völva tells him she has listed the "ladies of the War Lord, ready to ride, valkyries, over the earth".

In the poem Grímnismál, Odin (disguised as Grímnir), tortured, starved and thirsty, tells the young Agnar that he wishes that the valkyries Hrist ("shaker") and Mist ("cloud") would "bear him a [drinking] horn", then provides a list of 11 more valkyries who he says "bear ale to the einherjar"; Skeggjöld ("axe-age"), Skögul, Hildr, Þrúðr ("power"), Hlökk ("noise", or "battle"), Herfjötur ("host-fetter"), Göll ("tumult"), Geirahöð ("spear-fight"), Randgríð ("shield-truce"), Ráðgríð ("council-truce") and Reginleif ("power-truce").