User blog comment:Julez117/All RWBY Allusions/Speculations/@comment-24145404-20131120175927/@comment-10380701-20131120231812

Yeah but Valkyries are purely female.

Team JNPR's inspirations have disguised themselves in the opposite gender.

Besides, Valkyries are essentially seekers of powerful warriors in war, the Eihenjars who'll fight in Ragnarok.

Nora is anything but that.