Walkure is one of nine daughters born to Wotan, God of Gods, by Erda, the goddess of the Earth. Unlike their Greek counterparts, the nine Muses, these girls have absolutely no interest in art. They are Wotan's "honor guard". Nine warrior, virgin goddesses who take the fallen heroes from the battlefield to Walhalla, there to sit at Wotan's table with the gods and prepare an immortal host which will redeem the world from all evil. The warrior that sees the beautiful Valkyr in the field knows he is doomed to die, albeit in glory. They are thus, also, the harbingers of Death.