Theory Christa the Valkyrie?

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I just came upon Gvidalqs post for the Anime ED regarding the "Angels".
First of all, thank you to him.

Seeing the Norse Influence, there are no Angels but something in that likes.

The Valkyrie.

It's a being that decides the life and death of (Keyword in AoT) Soldiers.
However, they are not evil, the very opposite.
The Valkyrie sends the dead into Valhalla to assist in the battle of Ragnarök.

Anyway, that's not what made me think of Christa.
But the following.
Valkyries, are often described as daughters of the noble.
This doesn't need explanation right?

They have a major amount of admirers and are often lovers of heroes.
This one neither.

The Valkyrie are in some kind of connection with Horses.
Second Panel.

"Horses take a liking to you and you have a sort of virtuous air around you"
Furthermore:
"We escaped certain death thanks to you"
Again a Valkyrie decides over lives and deaths of Soldiers.

Furthermore, we have this entire talk of "Goddess Christa", Isayama depicted her as an Angel like Titan.
In media, Valkyries are often portrayed as kind of resembling Angels.
Most well known one.

In the Poem of Helgakviða Hundingsbana, the Valkyries are referred to as Goddesses.

In the poem of Hrafnsmál there is a mentioning of a Valkyrie described as the Golden Haired Maiden with sparkling eyes but has no interest in men (romantically).

Some names of Valkyries are even descriptive of their roles, Historia/History?

I'm not saying Christa is this mythical being but perhaps that may have been inspired by them.
 
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I just came upon Gvidalqs post for the Anime ED regarding the "Angels".
First of all, thank you to him.

Seeing the Norse Influence, there are no Angels but something in that likes.

The Valkyrie.

It's a being that decides the life and death of (Keyword in AoT) Soldiers.
However, they are not evil, the very opposite.
The Valkyrie sends the dead into Valhalla to assist in the battle of Ragnarök.

Anyway, that's not what made me think of Christa.
But the following.
Valkyries, are often described as daughters of the noble.
This doesn't need explanation right?

They have a major amount of admirers and are often lovers of heroes.
This one neither.

The Valkyrie are in some kind of connection with Horses.
Second Panel.

"Horses take a liking to you and you have a sort of virtuous air around you"
Furthermore:
"We escaped certain death thanks to you"
Again a Valkyrie decides over lives and deaths of Soldiers.

Furthermore, we have this entire talk of "Goddess Christa", Isayama depicted her as an Angel like Titan.
In media, Valkyries are often portrayed as kind of resembling Angels.
Most well known one.

In the Poem of Helgakviða Hundingsbana, the Valkyries are referred to as Goddesses.

In the poem of Hrafnsmál there is a mentioning of a Valkyrie described as the Golden Haired Maiden with sparkling eyes but has no interest in men (romantically).

Some names of Valkyries are even descriptive of their roles, Historia/History?

I'm not saying Christa is this mythical being but perhaps that may have been inspired by them.
Wow thanks. I also thought of Christa because of this goddess insinuation, but your thesis is actually very plausible.
 

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Bravo!
Very helpful, i think you have right. Isayama likes to narrate about Norse mythology (and i love that).

But what about the role of historia in the history? She's a Valkyrie but, is she the only one?
I wonder if there is a link in Norse mythology between Titan and valkyrie. After all, we are pretty sure that nobles and kings were the first to arrived,they are somehow involved. (Sorry for my poor english).
 

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Well, all I know is that Ymir and Christa will certainly both turn out to be very important characters in the story.
 

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Nice one, wow you do know your mythology stuff :p

Too bad she might not be interesting in marrying
 

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Good find!
certainly seems to be a fit from what we've seen so far
 
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