Valhalla; The Hall of the Fallen

Valhalla (articulated "val-HALL-uh"; Old Norse Valhöll, "the corridor of the fallen") is the lobby where the god Odin houses the dead whom he considers deserving of abiding with him.

As indicated by the Old Norse sonnet Grímnismál ("The Song of the Hooded One"), the top of the "gold-splendid" Valhalla is made of safeguards, and has lances for its rafters. Seats made of breastplates encompass the many devouring tables of the huge corridor. Its entryways are protected by wolves, and hawks fly above it.

The dead who dwell in Valhalla, the einherjar, carry on with a daily existence that would have been the jealousy of any Viking hero. The entire day, they battle each other, carrying out incalculable valorous things en route. In any case, each night, every one of their injuries are recuperated, and they are reestablished to full wellbeing. They definitely burn some serious calories from that large number of fights, and their meals don't dishearten. Their meat comes from the pig Saehrimnir (Old Norse Sæhrímnir, whose significance is obscure), who reawakens each time he is butchered and butchered. For their beverage they have mead that comes from the udder of the goat Heidrun (Old Norse Heiðrun, whose significance is obscure). They in this manner partake in an unending stock of their uncommonly fine food and drink. They are looked out for by the wonderful Valkyries.

However, the einherjar won't carry on with this enchanted life until the end of time. Valhalla's fight sharpened occupants are there by the desire of Odin, who gathers them for the completely self centered reason for having them come to his guide in his destined battle against the wolf Fenrir during Ragnarok - a fight where Odin and the einherjar are ill-fated to pass on.

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