...those fallen warriors whom he chooses to be his guests, are known as einheriar, ie, great champions. Valhalla is splendidly decorated with burnished weapons....hall, where they spend the night in merry carousing. The maidens of Odin — the Valkyries, who, before every battle, select those who are to be slain,...

...away over the vast waters to Valhalla, whence evermore the heavenly warriors " issue forth by day to fight great battles, killing and maiming each other....hall, where they spend the night in merry carousing." It was far different from the Christian idea of the happy future life, for the Norseman's heaven was...

...those fallen warriors whom he chooses to be his guests, are known as einlieriar, ie, great champions. Valhalla is splendidly decorated with burnished weapons....hall, where they spend the night in merry carousing. The maidens of Odin — the Valkyries, who, before every battle, select those who are to be slain,...

...those fallen warriors whom he chooses to be his guests, are known as einheriar, ie, great champions. Valhalla is splendidly decorated with burnished weapons....hall, where they spend the night in merry carousing. The maidens of Odin — the Valkyries, who, before every battle, select those who are to be slain,...

...with burnished weapons. ' The ceiling is made of spears, the ' roof is covered with shining shields, 1 and the walls are adorned with ' armor and coats of...forth every day and ' fight great battles, killing and maim' ing each other. But every night 1 they wake up whole and unscathed MW i 30 ' and return to Odin's...