The children of Odin - Germanic Mythology

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CHILDREN OF ODIN
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GAINST the time when the riders of Muspelheim,
with the Giants and the evil powers of the
Under-world, would bring on battle, Odin All-
Father was preparing a host of defenders for
Asgard. They were not of the ^sir nor of the
Vanir; they were of the race of mortal men,
heroes chosen from amongst the slain on fields of battle in
Midgard.
To choose the heroes, and to give victory to those whom he
willed to have victory, Odin had battle-maidens that went to
the fields of war. Beautiful were those battle-maidens and fear-