Talk:Valkyrie (Norse mythology)

message: Wikipedia articles in the field of mythology are always improved by specific references to the actions of characters in specific myth literature, along with enough analysis to explain their nature in that particular context. In which Icelandic eddas do Valyries figure, for example? Utterly generic Valkyrie imagery also includes Bugs Bunny in drag, after all, beer advertisements etc,and is less focussed...Wetman 05:29, 16 Jan 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. I'll supply the standardized forms in parentheses, when time permits. Io 12:34, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)

text: I know, and I agree. I definitely was not about to alter the entire system. What I meant was that it would be helpful to have the standardized (Old Norse/Icelandic, *not* Modern Icelandic) forms along with the more or less random forms which the various authors have used, probably depending on which book they have read. Taking Baldur for instance, my personal preference would have been to have his article named Baldr with redirects from other spellings. Since it is not feasible to coordinate the entire field, the practical thing would be to leave the articles as is but add something like (Balder, Old Norse: Baldr) to the introduction. Same with other characters. I think we are in agreement here when it comes right down to it. Just one thing: I wasn't aware of there being any standard for those names except for standardized ON. The list of the valkyrjur doesn't look particularly consistent for instance. Cheers Io 11:50, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

text: I have altered the articles for Baldur and Valkyrie to illustrate what I had in mind. Do you think this would be acceptable? I'd be glad to hear an opinion. (A small correction to your comment above: the accusative of Guðr is Gunni, not *Gunn. I know, I know, I'm a nitpicker. ;-) Cheers Io 15:00, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

message: A question about the Alaisiagae. Where does the name derive from, and who were they? From what I can tell, it's a latinized word describing some group of Germanic goddesses, but the article Alaisiagae says:
:In Norse mythology, the Alaisiagae were war goddesses, similar to the Valkyries.
As far as I can tell, there was nothing particularly Norse about them, and the name is utterly unfamiliar to me, at least. Wiglaf, do you know, who they were? (My Latin isn't up to scratch, and it's been a long while since I've read Tacitus, so I may perhaps be forgiven.) Cheers Io 18:10, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Alaisiagae

message: Wiglaf, why do you use the above forms instead of Þ, ð etc. (or just yhe characters themselves - most browsers should be able to handle them)? Please use either Unicode or HTML-names. Cheers Io 11:00, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't have an Icelandic keyboard. I usually search the word "Icelandic" and copy and paste the character. I have already stopped doing so as it doesn't work as intended.--Wiglaf 19:29, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: <THORN>, <eth> etc.

message: Tossed in a bit on Cold Wind to Valhalla by Jethro Tull, but there's got to be more than that. Would be an interesting little section.--65.184.43.177 04:33, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Valkyries in Modern Culture