The valkyries

[eirine hatsumi]

I've been fascinated with these ladies. They choose those souls to be taken to Valhalla, and in the battlefield they are often depicted as women riding in horses with swords and shields, while in the hall of Valhalla, they are the ones serving the slain warriors wine (I forgot what you call it).
Also, it is said that Freya was considered as the queen or head of the Valkyries, she also was the first to make her choice to get her part of the slain warriors.