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The Australian Fertility Stone People who travel through a certain section of central Australia may pass near a large isolated boulder known as the Erathipa stone. According to the aboriginal people who live in the region, this stone contains the souls of children who have recently died. These souls can look out through an opening in the side of the stone, and they continually watch for people to pass by. If they see a young woman come near, one of the souls will leap into her womb and make her pregnant. This will be the soul of the baby that is eventually born.
So if a married woman is childless and having difficulty getting pregnant, she can make a trip to the Erathipa stone and allow one of the souls to leap into her body. In this way, a barren woman can get pregnant, and the soul of a dead child can have a chance to be reborn in a new body. On the other hand, if a young woman has to pass near to the stone, and she doesn't want to get pregnant, she will get a walking stick and slowly hobble by, so that the souls in the rock will think that she is an old woman and won't try to leap into her body
The Valkyries In Norse mythology the Valkyries are beautiful goddess-like maidens who decide which warriors deserve to go to Valhalla after they die. These maidens ride majestic spirit stallions through the sky to the scene of every battle, then watch from above to see which warriors show the most courage during the fighting. After the battle is over, they escort the souls of the worthiest dead warriors to Valhalla. To be eligible for this reward, not only must a warrior be very brave, he must also die during a battle. The souls of warriors who die in some other way aren't allowed to go to Valhalla even if they were extremely brave fighters during their lifetimes.
Some descriptions of Valkyries say that they can influence the course of a battle and help determine which warriors are killed. Artists usually depict them as statuesque women with blond hair, blue eyes, and fair skin. When
