>>/38262/
Indeed.

 >>/38263/
I dunno about that. Maybe it was the basis which give birth to the idea of Valkyries. Can you remember where did you read that?
I think how they treated the wounded enemy could been wildly different from battle to battle, even by the same army.

 >>/38264/
> Ewart Oakeshott
Can you give me more info? I'm chiefly interested in the book or the article. But this is very interesting tidbit.