It is a quote--please help me figure out what it means?

Question

Valhalla, open your gates, soon i will be sending your glorious sons of odin.
by: Adolf hitler

Answer 1

Presumably what hitler meant was that he was going to kill a bunch of Norsemen.

Answer 2

The previous answer answers in great detail the Nordic mythology; what Hitler probably meant was that he was engaging in a glorious war and the sons of Odin (the Aryans) because of their heroic deeds, would soon join Odin in Valhalla.

There was an excellent History Channel documentary some time back that explored the use of Nordic myths in the Nazi regime. Suggest you look it up if this is an area where you need more information.

Answer 3

Valhalla (Old Norse Valhöll, "Hall of the slain") is Odin's hall in Norse mythology, located in Gladsheim and is the home for those slain gloriously in battle (known as Einherjar) who are welcomed by Bragi and escorted to Valhalla by the valkyries. The main gate is called Valgrind, which is described in Grímnismál as a "sacred gate", behind which are the "holy doors" and "there are few who can tell the manner by which it is locked". The hall itself has 540 doors, so wide that 800 warriors could walk through side-by-side, walls made of spears, a roof made of shields and benches covered with breastplates. It is said that there is room enough for all those chosen. Here, every day, the slain warriors who will assist Odin in Ragnarök, the gods' final conflict with the giants, arm themselves for battle and ride forth by the thousands to engage in mock combat on the plains of Asgard. At night, they return to Valhalla to feast on roasted boar and drink intoxicating mead. Those who do not get to Valhalla end up in the home of the dead (Hel), a place beneath the underworld (Niflheim), or one of various other places. Those who are lost at sea, for example, are taken to Ægir's hall at the bottom of the sea

Answer 4

In the Viking tradition a warrior had to die in combat to be allowed to enter the highest halls of Valhalla (heaven). What Hitler was saying was that Valhalla and Odin (Chief god ) should await his warriors as they were worthy of entrance.