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Valkyrie vs Wraith - What's the difference?

valkyrie | wraith |

As nouns the difference between valkyrie and wraith

is that valkyrie is (norse mythology) any of the female attendants of odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to valhalla while wraith is a ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death.

valkyrie

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • wraith

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death.
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    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * wraithish * wraithful * wraithlike

    See also

    * (wikipedia "wraith")