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Valhalla and is
Valhalla is located within Asgard.
Odin's residence is Valhalla, to which he takes those slain in battle, the Einherjar ( Section 20 ).
Snorri says at first it is Valhalla and then adds: " The Swedes now believed that he had gone to the old Asagarth and would live there forever " ( Section 9 ).
In the poem Hákonarmál, Hákon the Good is taken to Valhalla by the valkyrie Göndul and Odin sends Hermóðr and Bragi to greet him.
On icy as opposed to rocky bodies, other morphological forms appear which may have central pits rather than central peaks, and at the largest sizes may contain very many concentric rings – Valhalla on Callisto is the type example of the latter.
He is interred in Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.
The poem is about the fall of King Haakon I of Norway ; although he is Christian, he is taken by two valkyries to Valhalla, and is there received as one of the Einherjar.
Inevitably, the real ale-producing Valhalla Brewery is the most northerly in Britain.
In Norse mythology, Valhalla ( from Old Norse Valhöll " hall of the slain ") is a majestic, enormous hall located in Asgard, ruled over by the god Odin.
Valhalla is 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, Heimskringla, also written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in stanzas of an anonymous 10th century poem commemorating the death of a Eric Bloodaxe known as Eiríksmál as compiled in Fagrskinna.
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.

Valhalla and mentioned
Valhalla is first mentioned in chapter 2 of the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, where it is described partially in euhemerized form.
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.
Yeomen of Valhalla is a broadly accurate account of the formation and activities of the British Free Corps and its membership, however the author chose to apply pseudonyms to almost everyone mentioned in the book.

Valhalla and form
After the final defeat of Valhalla Sector in the opening episodes of Season 2, a new threat emerges in the form of a crusading army from the East, led by a mysterious prophetic figure known as Daniel.
Valhall is an anglicized form of Old Norse Valhöll, an afterlife " hall of the slain " in Norse mythology, which is more commonly anglicized as Valhalla.
Walhalla is the German form of Old Norse Valhöll, which is commonly anglicized as Valhalla.
Also shown at the end of the episode Oh My Goddess ( Part 2 ), he used some form of magic to scatter Leo's orbs and send him away ( presumably to Valhalla as shown in the next episode Valhalley of the Dolls ( Part 1 ).

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

Valhalla and Norse
* Valhalla, a similar location in Norse mythology
So entirely did even his immediate circle ignore his religion that Eyvindr Skáldaspillir, his court poet, composed the poem Hákonarmál on his death, representing his reception by the Norse gods into Valhalla.
Óskmey may be related to the Odinic name Óski ( Old Norse, roughly meaning " wish fulfiller "), referring to the fact that Odin receives slain warriors in Valhalla.
Richard North says that the description of a raven flying over the Egyptian army ( glossed as wonn wælceaseg ) may have been directly influenced by the Old Norse concept of Valhalla, the usage of wælcyrge in De laudibus virginitatis may represent a loan or loan-translation of Old Norse valkyrja, but the Cotton Cleopatra A. iii and the Corpus Glossary instances " appear to show an Anglo-Saxon conception of wælcyrge that was independent of contemporary Scandinavian influence ".
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.
It is the Irish equivalent of the Greek Elysium or the Valhalla of the Norse.
In Norse mythology, Gullinkambi ( Old Norse " golden comb ") is a rooster who lives in Valhalla.
In Norse mythology, the einherjar ( Old Norse " lone fighters ") are those that have died in battle and are brought to Valhalla by valkyries.
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 Norse mythology, Fólkvangr (" field of the host " or " people-field " or " army-field ") is a meadow or field ruled over by the goddess Freyja where half of those that die in combat go upon death, while the other half go to the god Odin in Valhalla.
In Norse mythology, Glaðsheimr ( Old Norse " bright home ") is a realm in Asgard where Odin's hall of Valhalla is located according to Grímnismál.
In the Old Norse Eiríksmál it is Sigmund and his nephew Sinfjötli (= Fitela ) who are sent to greet the dead King Eirík Bloodaxe and welcome him to Valhalla while in the Hákonarmál it is Bragi and Hermóðr who are sent to greet King Hákon the Good in the same situation, potentially suggesting an equivalence between the two was seen.
" 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.
* Valhallen ( voiced by Tom Kenny )-A superhero who resembled Thor, and his name was a portmanteau of Valhalla, the spiritual plane of Norse mythology, and Van Halen, an American rock band.
Plant's lyrics with Led Zeppelin were often mystical, philosophical and spiritual, alluding to events in classical and Norse mythology, such as " Immigrant Song ", which refers to Valhalla and Viking conquests.
This name is appropriate, as Valhalla is a heavenly abode in Norse mythology.
* In the 2007 made-for-TV movie on the SciFi Channel, Wraiths of Roanoke Virginia Dare is the sole survivor after the colony is wiped out by Old Norse ghosts, or wraiths, who had died on the island centuries earlier but failed to achieve transit to Valhalla.

Valhalla and pagan
In chapter 32 of Hákonar saga Góða, Haakon I of Norway is given a pagan burial, which is described as sending him on his way to Valhalla.

Valhalla and .
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Instead he resorts to a debunking device: Gylfi, king of Sweden before the Æsir, travels to Asgard and finds there a large hall ( Valhalla ) in Section 2.
In the poem Eiríksmál Odin, in Valhalla, hears the coming of the dead Norwegian king Eric Bloodaxe and his host, and bids the heroes Sigmund and Sinfjötli rise to greet him.
In these poems Bragi could be either a god or a dead hero in Valhalla.
In chapter 38, High says that there are many men in Valhalla, and many more who will arrive, yet they will " seem too few when the wolf comes.
Freyja rules over her heavenly afterlife field Fólkvangr and there receives half of those that die in battle, whereas the other half go to the god Odin's hall, Valhalla.
" A shoot of wood grows west of Valhalla.
Grand Pianola Music ( 1982 ): Adams commented, " Dueling pianos, cooing sirens, Valhalla brass, thwacking bass drums, gospel triads, and a Niagara of cascading flat keys all learned to cohabit as I wrote the piece.
* 7. 3 ( Valhalla ), May 6, 2002 ( Linux 2. 4. 18-3 )
The defeated combatants were either transported to an alternate reality where medical technology was advanced enough that they could be revived from any wound or transported to the alternate reality that was Valhalla.
Chosen by Odin, half of those who die in combat travel to Valhalla upon death, led by valkyries, while the other half go to the goddess Freyja's field Fólkvangr.
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.
Various creatures live around Valhalla, such as the stag Eikþyrnir and the goat Heiðrún, both described as standing atop Valhalla and consuming the foliage of the tree Læraðr.
Valhalla has inspired various works of art, publication titles, popular culture references, and has become a term synonymous with a martial ( or otherwise ) hall of the chosen dead.

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