Maiden
The maiden denotes virginity, innocence, new beginnings, grace, and gentleness; mythic sacrificed maidens can represent fertile fields overcome by destructive forces.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Symbol
- Borne by
- 1 figure
- Traditions
- Norse mythology (1)
Figures that bear it
A model judged each figure against its own description, one term at a time. Is: the figure is, or is partly, this thing. Bears: it carries the thing or is marked by it. What a figure does is filed under motifs and powers. Open "why" for the sentence the judgement rests on.
- Valkyrie is Norse mythology
why
In Norse legend, these warrior maidens serve Odin, deciding who falls …