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Why would Odin and Freyja send fallen men to Helheim?
When Ragnarök is described in Völuspá (stanza 34 and on) and Snorri's Edda (Gylfaginning, 55-56), there is very little said about those that are with Hel. The closest we get is that we are told that ...
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How was it decided which warriors would go to Fólkvangr and which to Valhalla?
The poetic Eddas say that Freya chose half of the dead in battle and the other half went to Odin in Valhalla, the Valkyries take the slain only after Freya chooses her half. Odin gave this right to ...
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How was it decided which warriors would go to Fólkvangr and which to Valhalla?
Leaving aside speculation about relative status, start with the fact that there's a lot we don't know about Norse mythology, and there's no central canon that makes everything match up. So, the ...
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How was it decided which warriors would go to Fólkvangr and which to Valhalla?
The Halls of Vallhalla and Folkvangr are not halls of the dead eternal. They are merely training grounds and housing of those deemed worthy by the Vanir and Aesir to defend them at Ragnarok. Where ...
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How was it decided which warriors would go to Fólkvangr and which to Valhalla?
I am a member of a practicing and well-established Coven. Though we are eclectic and welcome many paths, our head crone follows the Asatru (Nordic Heathenism) path and has studied it for many years. ...
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How was it decided which warriors would go to Fólkvangr and which to Valhalla?
Valhalla: home of the heros who did not yield, the valiant dead, Eitenjar the first into the fight when ragnarok begins. Folkvangr is where the other "half" goes. This might just be a way of saying ...
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Since when does Valhalla exist in Norse mythology?
No one knows specifically when Valhalla became a part of Norse mythology, but it was -as far as we know- first recorded in the stanzas of a 10th century poem commemorating the Eric Bloodaxe known as ...
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Why would Odin and Freyja send fallen men to Helheim?
There are basically three places to go after you die:
Valhalla: The Aesir paradise
Vanaheim: The Vanir paradise
Helheim: The common Hell
The dead who die in glorious battle are sent to either Valhalla ...
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