Posts regarding meet-ups, requests for get-togethers, seeking travel partners, and seeking accommodation recommendations are only permitted in the weekly General Chatter, Meetup and Accommodation thread. However, we encourage photos in Trip Reports! Pure image/video posts, polls, and standalone external links will be removed. However, you can post it in the "General Chatter" thread. Links to blogs/vlogs, clickbait, surveys, fundraising campaigns, or self-promotional content will be removed. Search before posting, chances are someone's asked your question before. Posting about sex tourism is not permitted and is an immediately bannable offence. Rule-breaking posts and comments will be removed and repeat offenders may be banned. r/solotravel has a zero-tolerance policy towards racism, sexism, bigotry, homophobia, harassment and gatekeeping. Posts must be related to solo travel, not just travel in general. The 2020 album and song by Gealdýr is called "Valravn".A place for all of those interested in solo travel to share their experiences and stories! Rules of the Subreddit Valravn's Claw is a short sword available in the Ubisoft title Assassin's Creed Valhalla as a redeemable reward on Ubisoft Connect. Valravns feature in the fantasy novel The Absolute Book (2019) by Elizabeth Knox.Ī valravn named Val is featured as a companion to a reaper in the supernatural thriller novel Bleed More, Bodymore (2021) by Ian Kirkpatrick. Valravn is the name of Cedar Point's 2016 dive roller coaster. Valravn appear as an enemy in the 5th bestiary of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, using Grimm's Vilderavn moniker for the creature. The 2017 video game Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice features Valravn as "god of illusion", a stage boss the player must defeat to proceed in the game. The titular mecha and namesake of the 2013 Sci-Fi anime Valvrave the Liberator is based on the Valvravn and draws heavy influence from various aspects of their folklore. ![]() The name is also mentioned in Danish children's books. Valravn was the title of a Danish Germanic Neopagan magazine published from 2002 to 2007. The Valravn has inspired occasional pop culture references, including an early 20th century book of short stories as well as the Faroese musical group bearing the name, who play a form of traditional music. Grimm proposes an Old High German equivalent to the Danish valravn *walahraban. Interpretations and theories Īccording to 19th century scholar Jacob Grimm, the " vilde ravn or vilde valravn" ("wild raven or wild Valravn") take "exactly the place of the diabolical trold" in Danish folk songs. ![]() Other accounts describe valravns as monsters that are half- wolf and half-raven. This traditional song was reinterpreted by the electro-folk band Sorten Muld and became a hit for them in 1997, under the title Ravnen. As a result, the valravn transforms into a knight. The valravn takes the child away, and tears into the chest of his won wager and consumes the blood contained within the child's heart. In time, the couple have a child and the Valravn returns, and asks the maiden if she has forgotten her promise. After the agreement, the valravn flies away. This is reflected in a Danish traditional song that describes how, after refusing offers of riches, the Valravn makes an agreement with a maiden to take her to her betrothed after she promises the valravn her first born son. In another account, a valravn is described as a peaceless soul in search of redemption that flies by night (but never day) and can only free itself from its animal countenance by consuming the blood of a child. ![]() The valravne that ate the king's heart gained human knowledge and could perform great malicious acts, could lead people astray, had superhuman powers, and were "terrible animals". Those ravens appear in traditional Danish folksongs, where they are described as originating from ravens who consume the bodies of the dead on the battlefield, as capable of turning into the form of a knight after consuming the heart of a child, and, alternately, as half-wolf and half-raven creatures.Īccording to Danish folklore recorded in the late 1800s, when a king or chieftain was killed in battle and not found and buried, ravens came and ate him. In Danish folklore, a valravn ( Danish "raven of the slain") is a supernatural raven.
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