Which figure is described as the collector of fallen warriors and escorts them to Valhalla?

• A. Huginn and Muninn
• B. Freya
• C. The Valkyrie
• D. Baldr

Answer: (C)

In Norse myth, the gathering and guiding of fallen warriors to Valhalla is the role of the Valkyries. These battle-maiden figures serve Odin, selecting the bravest and most worthy dead on the field and escorting them to Valhalla, where they prepare to fight at Ragnarök. This distinctive duty—choosing who dies honorably in war and bringing them to Odin’s hall—is what ties the Valkyries to Valhalla.

Huginn and Muninn are Odin’s ravens who bring information, not souls to Valhalla. Baldr is the god of light and beauty, not a watcher or transporter of the dead. Freya is a goddess who also receives some slain, but at a different afterlife hall, Fólkvangr, rather than Valhalla. So the figure described as the collector and escort to Valhalla is the Valkyrie.