Do u have to die in battle to go to Valhalla?

Question

My son wants to know

I gave no one a thumbs down, however, I am now very confused b/c of the variance in information

Answer 1

No you do not. There are examples of those on their deathbeds piercing themselves with spears...Odins weapon Gungnir was a spear, go figure...or any other pointed weapon. It was thought that by doing so you were basically showing Odin you were wanted to join him in Valhalla. You must also remember that Freya also gets half of the battle slain, some say the first half, some say there isn't a definitive answer but she gets half nontheless.

Try to wade through the cut-and-paste crowd and get an actual persons perspective instead of a rehashed, unresearched one, you will be better off.


EDIT: And here is why: from vivo en arbols "post"

"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."

The einherjar who fight on a daily basis preparing for Ragnarok ARE KILLED AGAIN and come back to life to DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. That certainly isn't "mock combat", and the boar they feast off of... Sæhrímnir... is ALSO reborn the next day.



And I'll do a pre-emptive strike......anyone who decides to T.D. this post......piss off, if you do not agree it is because you are ignorant and don't know the lore, or are a kristjan so zip it, move on and bugger off.

EDIT: Ok, all of you that are actually heathen/asatruar form a line on the left, everyone else who is simply cutting and pasting stuff from links and not knowing a god damm thing about what it is your talking about, step to the right and out the door, thanks.......

EDIT2: Ok, we are gonna kick this up a notch and let's see who can keep up and who will be left going "Huh-wha???"

Vallholl basically means "Hall of the slain"......no one mentioned what valkyrie means...they may have MENTIONED the valkyries, but........

valkyrie means "CHOOSERS of the slain"....they CHOOSE the best and most heroic to go to valhalla. Odin himself has been known to grant victory to the "other guy" even after a follower of his prayed for/asked for/sacrificed for the victory.....why you might ask?

Odin needs/wants and gets the best for the final battle at Ragnarok and will do what he must to get them, and that sometimes means double crossing people so he can get the "best men for the job". I am also suprised...well, no, not really...that no one mentioned the fact that Freya gets half the slain as well...so there is no guarantee that you will "get to valhalla"... instead of blindly reposting stuff, try to do some original research and put some thought into it.


EDIT2; wow......the "instead of blindly reposting stuff, try to do some original research and put some thought into it.", must have really pissed off the people who actually blindly repost stuff without doing some original research and putting some thought into it.....

Answer 2

demise in wrestle is the purely thanks to enter Valhalla, there aren't any exceptions. Valhalla is for fallen warriors purely. in case you die on your sleep you would get into Asgard, yet that relies upon on the existence you've lived and in case you received the gods' want.

Answer 3

Yes, only those slain gloriously in battle (known as the Einherjar) are welcomed by Bragi and escorted to Valhalla by the Valkyries. Now, I have to figure out how I'm getting there.

Answer 4

It helps since its name is the Hall of the Slain.

We have located Valhalla, by the way.

I actually discovered it on my first visit to Hawaii. I was walking on the beach at Waikiki at dusk and witnessed ghost like figures dressed in animal skins wearing pointy hats with bull horns protruding from each side.

I remarked to my wife; Jaysus, this place must be Valhalla!

Lets get another one of them Pina Coladas

Answer 5

i say yes u do to get there you have to die in battle but feel


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> Valhalla
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 ...
> Asgard
in Norse mythology, the dwelling place of the gods, comparable to the Greek Mount Olympus. Legend divided Asgard into 12 or more realms, including Valhalla, the home of Odin and the abode of heroes slain in earthly battle; Thrudheim, the realm of Thor; and Breidablik, the home of Balder.
> Hel
in Norse mythology, originally the name of the world of the dead; it later came to mean the goddess of death. Hel was one of the children of the trickster god Loki, and her kingdom was said to lie downward and northward. It was called Niflheim, or the World of Darkness, and appears to have been divided into several sections, one of which was Náströnd, the shore of ...
> Valkyrie
in Norse mythology, any of a group of maidens who served the god Odin and were sent by him to the battlefields to choose the slain who were worthy of a place in Valhalla. These foreboders of war rode to the battlefield on horses, wearing helmets and shields; in some accounts, they flew through the air and sea. Some Valkyries had the power to cause the death of the ...
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in Norse mythology, the banquet hall where the principal god, Odin, played host to the Einherjar, the souls of warriors who had died a courageous death in battle.

Valkyries
(Old Norse Valkyrjr, “choosers of the slain”), in Norse mythology, daughters of the principal god Odin, often called Odin's maidens. At his bidding, they flew on their horses over the fields of every battle to choose the souls of the heroic dead. They carried these souls off to Valhalla, Odin's banquet hall in the heavenly realm of Asgard. There the warriors became ...

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in Norse mythology, the dwelling place of the Aesir gods. According to Snorri Sturluson, author of the ‘Prose (or Younger) Edda', Asgard was the last place created by the gods, after they made the earth, seas, sky, Jotunheim (Giantland), Midgard (Middle Earth, which would become the home of the humans), and clouds.

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Gimle
in Norse mythology, one of the many halls in the heavenly realm of Asgard, the city of the gods. The ‘Prose (or Younger) Edda' describes Gimle as the hall that was “fairest of all and brighter than the sun,” situated at the southernmost point of Asgard.

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Answer 6

sometimes prisoners were sacrificed to Odin by hanging. but usually if you wanted your foes to be given to Odin you would simply throw a ceremonial spear over head before the battle. this signified that no prisoners were to be taken all would killed in battle. In that case however you could not plunder the battlefield either all goods also had to be sacrificed to Odin.

Answer 7

you also have to be a hero. as in "the good guy" - villains who die in battle do not have access there.

Valhalla
n. palace of the god Odin in which he receives the souls of fallen heros (Scandinavian Mythology)
Concise Oxford English Dictionary Browse

Valhalla
■ noun Scandinavian Mythology a palace in which heroes killed in battle feasted for eternity.

mod. L., from ON Valhỏll, from valr 'the slain' + hỏll 'hall'.

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Valhalla

In Germanic religion, the hall of slain warriors who live blissfully under the leadership of 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, with the slain being revived in the evening. Thus they will live until the Ragnarok, when they will leave Valhalla to fight at the side of Odin against the Giants. See also Asgard, Freyja, Valkyrie.



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Val·hal·la
Pronunciation: val-'ha-lə also väl-'hä-
Function: noun
Etymology: German & Old Norse; German Walhalla, from Old Norse Valhỏll, literally, hall of the slain, from valr the slain (akin to Old English wæl slaughter, the slain) + hỏll hall; akin to Old English heall hall
Date: 1768

1 : the great hall in Norse mythology where heroes slain in battle are received
2 : a place of honor, glory, or happiness : HEAVEN

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Valhalla
For other uses, see Valhalla (disambiguation).
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 next to each other, 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.

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Valhalla
n. Valhalla, palace of the god Odin in which he receives the souls of fallen heroes (Scandinavian Mythology)

Answer 8

No actually.
There is much evidence (that I am way too tired to sort) that one did not have to die on the battle field. You could mark yourself for Odin.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApE_AbzV2QxWu2xwAndTBlLsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071110101434AAXdx1v
Good answers there

TD for the truth. Beautiful LOL You guys are going to make me site crap aren't you.
Ellis Davidson Gods and Myths of Norther Europe cites the Odin cult several times and the religious practice on death with Odin. Man a man speared himself while on his death bed so that Odin would take them. Many a WOMAN threw herself on her husbands sword to go to Valhalla with them. Many a warrior was marked after death with a spear to the side (Many modern Asatruar do the same) in order for Odin to recognize them. So no, you don't' have to die in battle to go to Valhalla


Oh for the sake of the Valkyrie, people STOP! You are massacring the lore. Please just stop. Look Thrud and I PRACTICE the RELIGION. I can cite at least four books NOT freaking encyclopedia's for Odin's sake written by archaeologist, PhD's and medieval poets along with articles on dig sites, the Edda's, the Codex, Germana, Teutonic Religion...seriously the list goes on and on. Thrud can probably quote about three times what I can.
PLEASE ignore the cop paste jobs. Ugh people just STOP.

Answer 9

truthfully? no. sorry lolz
EDIT: why the thumbs down! you asked a question and i gave you an answer to the best of my knowledge...how rude!

Answer 10

yes