Walkyries

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 532

Walkyries (more correctly Valkyrijur), in Northern Mythology, either nine or three times nine divine maidens who cleave their way through air and water to lead to Odin those who have fallen in battle and who are worthy of Valhalla.

A detailed black and white illustration of a walking-stick insect, Diapheromera femorata. The insect is shown in profile, facing left. It has a long, slender, twig-like body with several pairs of jointed legs. The legs are also twig-like, with long, thin segments. The insect has small, leaf-like wings at the end of its body. The drawing is fine-lined and shows the texture of the insect's exoskeleton.
Walking-stick
(Diapheromera femorata).
Source scan(s): p. 0559