Valhalla has spear-shafts for rafters, a roof thatched with shields, coats of mail are strewn over its benches, a wolf hangs in front of its west doors, and an eagle hovers above it.

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 stanza 39, Helgi, now in Valhalla, has his former enemy Hunding — also in Valhalla — do menial tasks ; fetching foot-baths for all of the men there, kindling fire, tying dogs, keeping watch of horses, and feeding the pigs before he can get any sleep.

In stanzas 40 to 42, Helgi has returned to Midgard from Valhalla with a host of men.

High replies that, of course, Valhalla has food and drinks fit for kings and jarls, for the mead consumed in Valhalla is produced from the udders of the goat Heiðrún, who in turn feeds on the leaves of the " famous tree " Læraðr.

Eric arrives, and Sigmund greets him, tells him that he is welcome to come into the hall, and asks him what other lords he has brought with him to Valhalla.

The eponymous Jeremiah is a semi-loner who has spent the last 15 years travelling back and forth across the United States, seeking out a living and looking for a place called " Valhalla Sector ," ( the remains of Raven Rock ) which his father — a viral researcher — had mentioned to Jeremiah as a possible refuge shortly before disappearing into the chaos of " the Big Death.

Eric arrives, and Sigmund greets him, tells him that he is welcome to come into the hall, and asks him what other lords he has brought with him to Valhalla.

" According to Hilda Ellis Davidson, while Valhalla " is well known because it plays so large a part in images of warfare and death ," the significance of other halls in Norse mythology such as Ýdalir, and the goddess Freyja's afterlife location Fólkvangr has been lost.

Hudson has been the subject of three plays: Hollywood Valhalla by Aidan Harney, starring Patrick Byrnes as Rock and Stewart Roche as his personal trainer, Toby, which was staged at Bewley's Cafe Theatre, Dublin, Ireland, in 2011 ; " For Roy ", by Nambi E. Kelley, starring Richard Henzel as Roy and Hannah Gomez as Caregiver, which was staged at American Theatre Company in Chicago in 2010 and Rock, by Tim Fountain, starring Michael Xavier as Rock and Bette Bourne as his agent Henry Willson, which was staged at London's Oval House Theatre in 2008.

He was remanded to the Westchester County Department of Corrections jail in Valhalla, New York, which has a section reserved for federal prisoners.

In an interview with 1up. com, Itagaki has revealed that he is working on a project with former members of Team Ninja under a new studio, Valhalla Game Studios.

Wotan does not care that Harlock has just gotten through saving Valhalla ( and Wotan's hide ); he wishes the whole affair had never happened.

All that stands between them and their goal is an unlikely alliance of mortal and immortal: Great Harlock, the legendary space pirate, who sails the Sea of Stars in the second incarnation of his space battleship Death Shadow ; and Brunhilde the Valkyrie, shieldmaiden of Valhalla, who has defied her father's orders to kill Great Harlock's son and joined forces with him under the flag of freedom, the skull-and-crossbones of old.

Valhalla would become the major breakthrough for illustrator Peter Madsen, who has developed greatly during his work on the series.

The colouring has always been a great part of the art of Valhalla.

Perhaps the best-known example is Valhalla Crater on Jupiter's moon Callisto, although Earth's Moon has a number, as well.

Before day breaks, Helgi has to return to Valhalla.

David Banner meets a former student ( played by Steve Levitt ), who has a magical hammer that summons Thor ( played by Eric Allan Kramer ), a Norse god who is prevented from entering Valhalla.

In Valhalla, the dead join the masses of those who have died in combat known as Einherjar, as well as various legendary Germanic heroes and kings, as they prepare to aid Odin during the events of Ragnarök.

Hrungnir goes in, demands a drink, and becomes drunk and belligerent, stating that he will remove Valhalla and take it to the land of the jötunn, Jötunheimr, among various other things.

While the various sagas name anywhere from 11 to 20 sons of Harald in various contexts, the contemporary skaldic poem Hákonarmál says that Harald's son Haakon only would meet " eight brothers " when arriving to Valhalla.

The plan involved rendezvousing with the trawler Valhalla, captained by Bob Anderson, which sailed from Boston, transferring the arms and ammunition to the Marita Ann and sail to the south coast of Kerry where a number of cars were on standby to deliver the arms to various arms dumps.

with the difference that where those series are using history as source material, Peter Madsen uses mythology for his series Valhalla ( 1978 ), with the same freedom to make jokes about current reality or other works of fiction, mostly following the Eddas.

References to Valhalla appear in literature, art, and other forms of media.

In art and poetry, the einherjar are often portrayed as an element of the larger concept of Valhalla.

The cover of the 12th Valhalla album, art by Peter_Madsen.

Secondly, the private publication, in 1970 of a book entitled Yeomen of Valhalla by a Jersey-born author using the pseudonym " The Marquis de Slade ".

Valhalla is referenced in the video game titles Valhalla ( 1983 ), Valhalla: Before the War ( 1995 ), Valkyrie Profile ( 2000 ), Max Payne ( 2001 ), Valhalla Knights ( 2006 ), Final Fantasy XI ( 2002 ), Halo 3 ( 2007 ), The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim ( 2011 ), and Final Fantasy XIII-2 ( 2011 ).

Both Rune and Rune: Halls of Valhalla ( HOV ) were released with their own RuneEd toolkits which the community quickly used making several popular multiplayer mods ( coop, CTT — capture the torch, ' bots, etc .).

He has starred in popular Danish movies such as Flickering Lights ( Danish: Blinkende lygter ), The Green Butchers ( Danish: De grønne slagtere ), Adam's Apples ( Danish: Adams æbler ), Valhalla Rising, his film debut Pusher, and Pusher II.

Valhalla is referenced at length in the Poetic Edda poem Grímnismál, and Helgakviða Hundingsbana II, while Valhalla receives lesser direct references in stanza 33 of the Völuspá, where the god Baldr's death is referred to as the " woe of Valhalla ", and in stanzas 1 to 3 of Hyndluljóð, where the goddess Freyja states her intention of riding to Valhalla with Hyndla, in an effort to help Óttar, as well as in stanzas 6 through 7, where Valhalla is mentioned again during a dispute between the two.

Verses from Hákonarmál are then quoted in support, themselves containing references to Valhalla.

In chapter 20, Third states that Odin mans Valhalla with the Einherjar: the dead who fall in battle and become Odin's adopted sons.

One account by Ahmad ibn Fadlan as part of his account of an embassy to the Volga Bulgars in 921 claims that Norse warriors were sometimes buried with enslaved women with the belief that these women would become their wives in Valhalla.

Because nobody worships them, many become destitute, like the tramps whom Dirk witnesses entering Valhalla.

Areas from Norse mythology are included, such as Niflheim, the land of the dead, and Valhalla, where players can become Transcendent Classes.

The band's name is taken from Norse mythology, where the term Einherjar describes the slain warriors who have gone to Valhalla and joined Odin's table.

Prose follows after this stanza, stating that a burial-mound was made for Helgi, and that when Helgi arrived in Valhalla, he was asked by Odin to manage things with him.

In chapter 38, Gangleri says: " You say that all men who have fallen in battle from the beginning of the world are now with Odin in Valhalla.

The dead would then arrive in Valhalla with everything that one had on their pyre, and whatever one had hidden in the ground.

Valhalla is prominently referenced — with the line " Valhalla, I am coming "— in the Led Zeppelin hit single " Immigrant Song " ( 1970 ).

The crew of the Valhalla and two naturalists, Michael J. Nicoll and E. G. B. Meade-Waldo, saw a long-necked, turtle headed creature, with a large dorsal fin.

In Hákonarmál, Odin sends forth the two valkyries Göndul and Skögul to " choose among the kings ' kinsmen " and who in battle should dwell with Odin in Valhalla.

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

Näsström notes that, just like Odin, Freyja receives slain heroes who have died on the battlefield, and that her house is Sessrumnir ( which she translates as " filled with many seats "), a dwelling that Näsström posits likely fills the same function as Valhalla.

The second half of Season 1 primarily deals with the efforts of Jeremiah and Thunder Mountain to stop Valhalla Sector.

In Hákonarmál, Odin sends forth the two valkyries Göndul and Skögul to " choose among the kings ' kinsmen " and decide who in battle should dwell with Odin in Valhalla.

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

In Hákonarmál, Odin sends forth the two valkyries Göndul and Skögul to " choose among the kings ' kinsmen " and who in battle should dwell with Odin in Valhalla.