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The Valkyries, with their shirts of swan-plumage, who hovered over Scandinavian battle-fields to receive the souls of falling heroes, were identical with the Hindu Apsaras; and the Houris of the Mussulman belong to the same family.
Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology 1872
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