What is the difference between Valhol and Valhalla?

Question

I thought that Valhol was for Vikings killed dishonorably - like killed by a slave or killed themselves.

Valhalla should be for everyone who died honorably.

I looked these two up and the internet said they were the same thing in a singular and plural form.

What do you know about them?

Answer 1

You are correct in mentioning that Valhol and Valhalla are the singular and .plural forms.

However, I found another site that has this to say:
"According To Walker, Valhalla Or Valholl Was Orginally The Death-realm Of Hel , The Great Vala, But Retained Its Feminine Name When It Was Taken Over By New Male Gods Like Odin. The Later Myths Made It A Paradise Reserved Only For Members " ( http://slickdealz.info/search.php?search=valhalla-or-valholl )

So it appears to me the feminine and masculine forms have been confused by later interpretations.

This site redirected me from Valhol to Valhalla and has some interesting things to say about Odin and his Valkyries: http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Valhol

This site states: "Valhalla is a 19th century English mistranslation of the singular Valhöll into a genitival plural form. A more literally-correct English translation is Val-hall, but Valhalla is by far the more common form in general use."

"genitival plural form" confirms the first writer's assumption of the feminine form being mis[intentionally?]translated into the masculine form.

Hope these sites give you some INsight. Good luck.

Answer 2

No, those who are dishonorable (Murderers, oath-breakers, people who lie to seduce others) go to Nastrand ("Dead Man's Shore") in Hel....

Valhöll is simply another spelling for Valhalla. Valhalla is reserved for Odin's chosen warriors, true; yet Valhalla is not the only divine residence in Asgard. The other Gods have homes of their own, and there is some evidence in period texts that the dead could end up living with some deity other than Odin.

Answer 3

In Norse Mythology Valhalla is Odin's hall in Gladsheim and is the home for those slain gloriously in battle (or Einherjar) who are welcomed by Bragi and escorted to Valhalla by the valkyries -- one could imagine the music from Wagner's Opera.

Valhalla is a 19th century English mistranslation of the singular Valhöll into a plural form. A more literally-correct English translation is Val-hall, but Valhalla is by far the most common form in general use.

(Old Norse Valhöll, "Hall of the slain")

Answer 4

Valhalla was like the heaven for warriors who where slain in battle and died with glory.But the down fall of Valhalla was that you had to die readied or you would not make it. It was believed to have been the resting place for eternity that the kings of the ancient times would slumber here and live on like they did not know they where dead.Valhol was a hall located in Valhalla.

Answer 5

Actually, the two terms are simply linguistic varients of the same term. Both refer to Valhalla, the hall of the Honored dead, where the Einherjar feast, drink and fight in preparation for Ragnarok.

Answer 6

one hole is bigger than the other.