Talk:Razgriz/@comment-25786152-20150117033348/@comment-25786152-20150117133349

Also, regarding the winged helmet, which is often used as the argument to identify Razgriz as a valkyrie, it really doesn't mean anything. In fact, the winged helmet, as used by the real life vikings, only denoted a position of high military rank, as it was used often by military chiefs, or commanders. And as you can guess, those positions more often than not were filled by men, and not women.

It is true that valkyries are nearly always depicted with winged helmets, but so are the asgardian Gods, like Odin and Thor. You can see that the Marvel Comics character, Thor, if he bears a helmet, it's ALWAYS the winged helmet, and there is no question whatsoever about Thor's gender. In this case, one could say the winged helmet only denotes a "divine" character, an Asgardian, and in Thor's particular case, his position among the Asgardians as second only to his father, Odin himself.

Another example would be the famous comic strip character, Asterix. Technically, he is a Gaul, but the gauls are among the many gallic tribes descendants of vikings anyway. He wears a winged helmet, consequent with his position of being more important than his friend Obelix.

So there goes your theory that "winged helmet = valkyrie = female".