Valkyries by Emil Doepler 1905

"Three times nine girls, but one girl rode ahead,
white-skinned under her helmet;
the horses were trembling, from their manes
dew fell into the deep valleys,
hail in the high woods;
good fortune comes to men from there;
all that I saw was hateful to me."

-Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar, Stanza 28

Emil Doepler illustration from Walhall: Die Götterwelt der Germanen (The Gods of the Teutons) 1905

Detail

Source:

https://boudicca.de/site/de/gmedia-album/emil-doepler/

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walkyrien_by_Emil_Doepler.jpg

 

Quote:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valkyrie#Helgakvi%C3%B0a_Hj%C3%B6rvar%C3%B0ssonar