Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-101.160.173.208-20130420133315/@comment-4010415-20140923002346

PennywiseTheEternal wrote:

ChishioKunrin wrote:

Considering there's gonna be a female Thor (if they haven't already come out with it) your theory is valid, but so is his. Nora could quite possibly be based off a Valkyrie. The thing is, Monty specifically said that each member of Team JNPR is based on a character who crossdressed in their story/lore. Thor (the actual mythological being) once dressed as a woman to get his hammer back. Nora's symbol is a hammer with a lightning bolt through it.

The "Valkyrie" in her name just lines up with the fact that she's based on someone from Norse mythology, kind of like how Jaune is based on Joan of Arc and jaune is French for yellow, Pyrrha is based on Achilles (who dressed as a red-haired woman named Pyrrha; also, Pyrrha's nickname is "The Invincible Girl") and the name Pyrrha Nikos is Greek(?), and Ren is based on Mulan and has a Chinese name.

There's no theory about it. Nora is based on Thor, not a Valkyrie.