Editing Valkyrie (section)

==Modern art==
[[File:Jugend-magazine-valkyrie-rheingold-advertisement-I.jpg|thumb|upright|A valkyrie examines a bottle of [[Söhnlein]]'s "Rheingold" [[Sparkling wine#Sekt|sekt]] in a 1908 [[Art Nouveau|Jugendstil]] advertisement]]
Valkyries have been the subjects of various poems, stories, works of visual art, musical works, movies, TV-series and cartoons, comic books, and video games.

In poetry, valkyries appear in "''Die Walküren''{{-"}} by H. Heine (appearing in ''Romanzero'', 1847), "''Die Walküren''{{-"}} (1864) by H. v. Linge, and "''Sköldmon''{{-"}} (appearing in ''Gömda Land'', 1904).<ref name="SIMEK349">Simek (2007:349).</ref> In music, they appear in ''[[Die Walküre]]'' by [[Richard Wagner]] (1870), from which the "[[Ride of the Valkyries]]" is the best-known theme. In literature, Valkyries make an appearance in [[Hans Christian Andersen]]'s fairy tale "The Marsh King's Daughter".

Works of visual art depicting valkyries include ''Die Walküren'' (sketch, 1818) by J. G. Sandberg, ''Reitende Walküre'' ([[fresco]]), previously located in [[Munich]] palace but now destroyed, 1865–66 by M. Echter, ''Valkyrien'' and ''Valkyriens død'' (paintings, both from 1860), ''Walkürenritt'' ([[etching]], 1871) by A. Welti, ''Walkürenritt'' ([[woodcut]], 1871) by T. Pixis, ''Walkürenritt'' (1872) by A. Becker (reproduced in 1873 with the same title by A. v. Heyde), ''Die Walkyren'' ([[charcoal]], 1880) and ''Walkyren wählen und wecken die gefallenen Helden (Einherier), um sie vom Schlachtfield nach Walhall zu geleiten'' (painting, 1882) and ''Walkyrenschlacht'' (oil painting, 1884) by K. Ehrenberg, ''Walkürenritt'' (oil painting, 1888, and etching, 1890) by A. Welti, ''Walküre'' (statue) by H. Günther, ''Walkürenritt'' (oil painting) by H. Hendrich, ''Walkürenritt'' (painting) by F. Leeke, ''Einherier'' (painting, from around 1900), by K. Dielitz, ''The Ride of the Valkyries'' (painting, from around 1900) by J. C. Dollman, ''Valkyrie'' (statue, 1910) and ''Walhalla-freeze'' (located in the [[Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek]], [[Copenhagen]], 1886–87), ''Walkyrien'' (print, 1915) by A. Kolb, and ''Valkyrier'' (drawing, 1925) by E. Hansen.<ref name="SIMEK349-350">Simek (2007:349–350).</ref>

In comic books, a valkyrie is featured in the form of the eponymous [[Marvel Comics]] character [[Valkyrie (Marvel Comics)|Valkyrie]] (1972-onwards).

In movies, the aforementioned Marvel comic book character is depicted by [[Tessa Thompson]] in [[Thor: Ragnarok]] (2017), [[Avengers: Endgame]] (2019), [[Thor: Love and Thunder]] (2022) and [[The Marvels]] (2023). There is also a valkyrie in [[Battle Beyond the Stars]] (1980) and [[The Northman]] (2022). In TV, valkyries are featured in the [[Bugs Bunny]] and [[Elmer Fudd]] version of [[Der Ring des Nibelungen]] in the [[Merrie Melodies]] cartoon [[What's Opera, Doc?]] (1957), and in the episode ''The Rheingold'' (2000) of [[Xena: Warrior Princess]].

In video games, valkyries are featured in [[Gauntlet (1985 video game)|Gauntlet]] (1985), the [[Valkyrie Profile]] series (1999-onwards), [[Age of Mythology]] (2002), [[Odin Sphere]] (2017; remake in 2016), [[God of War (2018 video game)|God of War]] (2018) and [[God of War Ragnarök]] (2022), and [[Valkyrie Elysium]] (2022). The aforementioned Marvel character ''Valkyrie'' features in various video games based on Marvel comics and the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]], including [[Marvel Heroes (video game)|Marvel Heroes]] and [[Lego Marvel's Avengers]] (see full list in the [[Valkyrie (Marvel Comics)#Video games|Valkyrie]] article).