I have no shame in admitting I’m a wee bit obsessed with anything medieval or Viking. I realize these two facets are rather different in what they contain regarding historical events and figures, but they’re two areas of history that get me going.
I’ve watched just about every medieval/Viking television series and movie in existence, and in doing so I have gained significant knowledge about the Vikings specifically. Are television series and movies entirely factual and accurate in their depiction of figures and events? Fuck no, but some do try to follow history as closely as possible.
A term that has tremendous relevance to Vikings is Valhalla. The first time I heard this word was in Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song,” and I had no idea what the hell it meant. I heard it a lot more in Vikings and The Last Kingdom, and while the word is defined in both series, I wanted to conduct a bit of research myself to ensure I entirely understand the word and all it encompasses.
“Valhalla, Old Norse Valhöll, in Norse mythology, the hall of slain warriors, who live there blissfully under the leadership of the god Odin. Valhalla is depicted as a splendid palace, roofed with shields, where the warriors feast on the flesh of a boar slaughtered daily and made whole again each evening. They drink liquor that flows from the udders of a goat, and their sport is to fight one another every day. Thus they will live until the Ragnarök (Doomsday), when they will march out the 540 doors of the palace to fight at the side of Odin against the giants. When heroes fall in battle it is said that Odin needs them to strengthen his forces for the Ragnarök,” says britannica.com.
Simply put, Valhalla is essentially the pagan version of what Christians refer to as heaven.
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