The einherjar are attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, the poem Hákonarmál ( by the 10th century skald Eyvindr skáldaspillir ) as collected in Heimskringla, and a stanza of an anonymous 10th century poem commemorating the death of Eric Bloodaxe known as Eiríksmál as compiled in Fagrskinna.

In the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, the einherjar are introduced in chapter 20.

In the Edda, Sinfjotli insults Gudmundr by asserting that all the einherjar ( Odin ’ s warriors in Valhalla ) fought with each other to win the love of Gudmundr ( who was male ).

In chapter 20, Third tells Gangleri ( described as king Gylfi in disguise ) that Odin is called Valföðr ( Old Norse " father of the slain ") " since all those who fall in battle are his adopted sons ," and that Odin assigns them places in Valhalla and Vingólf where they are known as einherjar.

In chapter 38, High provides more detail about the einherjar.

Further into chapter 38, Gangleri asks if Odin consumes the same meals as the einherjar.

In chapter 39, Gangleri asks what the einherjar drink that is as plentiful as their food, and if they drink water.

In chapter 52, Gangleri asks what will happen after the heavens, earth, and all of the world are burned and the gods, einherjar and all of mankind have died, noting that he had previously been told that " everyone will live in some world or other for ever and ever.

From stanzas 22 to 24, more details are given by Odin about Valhalla: the holy doors of the ancient gate Valgrind stand before Valhalla, Valhalla has five hundred and forty doors that eight hundred men can exit from at once ( from which the einherjar will flow forth to engage the wolf Fenrir at Ragnarök ).

In Valhalla, the einherjar eat their fill of the nightly-resurrecting beast Sæhrímnir, and are brought their fill of mead ( from the udder of the goat Heiðrún ) by valkyries.

The vat is so large that all of the einherjar are able to drink to their fullness from it.

The Norwegian musical group Einherjer take their name from the einherjar.

Einar is a given name deriving from the Old Norse name Einarr, which according to Guðbrandur Vigfússon is directly connected with the concept of the einherjar, undead warriors from Norse mythology.

Scholarly theories have been proposed etymologically connecting the einherjar to the Harii ( a Germanic tribe attested in the 1st century CE ), the eternal battle of Hjaðningavíg, and the Wild Hunt.

According to John Lindow, Andy Orchard, and Rudolf Simek the einherjar are commonly connected to the Harii, a Germanic tribe attested by Tacitus in his 1st century CE work Germania.

In the poem Grímnismál, Odin ( disguised as Grímnir ), tortured, starved and thirsty, tells the young Agnar that he wishes that the valkyries Hrist (" shaker ") and Mist (" cloud ") would " bear him a horn ", then provides a list of 11 more valkyries whom he says " bear ale to the einherjar "; Skeggjöld (" axe-age "), Skögul, Hildr, Þrúðr (" power "), Hlökk (" noise ", or " battle "), Herfjötur (" host-fetter "), Göll (" tumult "), Geirahöð (" spear-fight "), Randgríð (" shield-truce "), Ráðgríð (" council-truce "), and Reginleif (" power-truce ").

The poem continues, and Haakon becomes a part of the einherjar in Valhalla, awaiting to do battle with the monstrous wolf Fenrir.

Towards the end of the poem, another reference to the einherjar appears when Odin tells the king Geirröd ( unaware that the man he has been torturing is Odin ) that Geirröd is drunk, and that Geirröd loses much when he loses his favor and the favor of " all the Einherjar.

Þrúðr is also the name of one of the valkyries who serve ale to the einherjar in Valhalla ( Grímnismál, stanza 36 ).

Andhrímnir ( Old Norse " sooty ") is the chef of the Æsir and einherjar in Norse mythology.

In Norse mythology, Sæhrímnir is the creature killed and eaten every night by the Æsir and einherjar.

Heiðrún is a goat in Norse mythology, which consumes the foliage of the tree Læraðr and produces mead for the einherjar.

" Vafþrúðnir responds that ( here einherjar is translated as einheriar ):

According to Guðbrandur Vigfússon, the concept of the einherjar is directly connected to the Old Norse name Einarr.

The sports club of Vopnafjörður, Iceland is named Einherji ( singular form of einherjar ).

When the einherjar are not preparing for the events of Ragnarök, the valkyries bear them mead.

The einherjar prepare daily for the events of Ragnarök, when they will advance for an immense battle at the field of Vígríðr.

Lindow says that " many scholars think there may be basis for the myth in an ancient Odin cult, which would be centered on young warriors who entered into an ecstatic relationship with Odin " and that the name Harii has been etymologically connected to the-herjar element of einherjar.

Lindow says that regarding the theorized connection between the Harii and the Einherjar, " many scholars think there may be basis for the myth in an ancient Odin cult, which would be centered on young warriors who entered into an ecstatic relationship with Odin " and that the name Harii has been etymologically connected to the-herjar element of einherjar.

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