A rumor has spread online for years that Vikings believed a goat whose udders produced an endless supply of beer awaited them ...
They helped the leader of the gods choose the bravest fallen warriors to dwell in the afterlife of Valhalla. In Renaissance art, they are often depicted as beautiful and benevolent winged maidens ...
Valhalla was the Viking version of Heaven ... the Vikings went to great lengths to prepare their dead for the afterlife – wherever they ended up. Vikings were buried with all the things that ...
Vikings were given courage in battle by their belief in a glorious afterlife. They thought brave warriors had a good chance of reaching Valhalla, a great hall presided over by the god Odin ...
Shortly after arriving in Valhalla, he mentions being laughed at for asking for a non-alcoholic drink, immediately showcasing that his warrior's reward actually just means spending the afterlife ...
I do not refer to the mythological Valhalla of Norse legend, Odin's majestic "hall of the slain" wherein those who die valiantly in combat find honor in the afterlife. No, this Valhalla is a quiet ...