It is harsh in the world, whoredom rife - an axe age, a sword age (and the sun rises) - shields are riven - a wind age, a wolf age - before the world goes headlong. No man will have mercy on another.

Valkyries she saw, coming from afar,
Eagerly riding towards the Gods;
Skuld bore the shield, another Skogul, Gunn, Hild, Gondul and Geirsk\xf6gul:
Duly, she named the girls of the Lord of the Armies,
The valiant riders, the Valkyries.

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