Do people still enter Valhalla?

HighSkies · Fri Oct 05, 2018 11:04 am

I would imagine mostly people in the military today who die in combat or civilian ‘heroes’ that sacrifice themselves but interested to see thoughts?

Jumbo · Fri Oct 05, 2018 11:24 am

I would imagine Valhalla was a little truer to Midgard rather than earth but yes, certainly. However people that die in the military aren't heroes.

Aurum · Fri Oct 05, 2018 12:29 pm

I don't think so, in order to get to Valhalla you'd need to be dedicated to Norse gods, particularly Odin. And die in battle, an be a man of course, I don't think women are accepted there. Since today's people are most often followers of the Abrahamic religions, I don't think they'd be eagerly greeted in Valhalla.

WhimsicalSage wrote: However people that die in the military aren't heroes.

I agree.

Alys-RaccoonReadings · Fri Oct 05, 2018 12:51 pm

I think that in order to end up in Valhalla you’d probably have to have some specific connection to that particular afterlife—you’d need to believe in it or be aiming for it, for example—on top of worthiness requirements.

Dreamerunknown · Fri Oct 05, 2018 7:24 pm

Depends on your belief system.

AlejandroMEX · Sat Oct 06, 2018 7:26 pm

Aurum wrote:I don't think so, in order to get to Valhalla you'd need to be dedicated to Norse gods, particularly Odin. And die in battle, an be a man of course, I don't think women are accepted there. Since today's people are most often followers of the Abrahamic religions, I don't think they'd be eagerly greeted in Valhalla.

WhimsicalSage wrote: However people that die in the military aren't heroes.
I agree.

Wrong, women are accepted equally in valhalla, i have a female einherjar that is from valhalla

Aurum · Sat Oct 06, 2018 9:16 pm

The mythology is a bit unclear, perhaps it might be possible for a particularly distinguished woman, hand-picked by Odin to enter Valhalla but is was a very masculine place. I would say warrior women were far more likely to end up in Fólkvangr.

AlejandroMEX · Sun Oct 07, 2018 5:35 pm

Aurum wrote:The mythology is a bit unclear, perhaps it might be possible for a particularly distinguished woman, hand-picked by Odin to enter Valhalla but is was a very masculine place. I would say warrior women were far more likely to end up in Fólkvangr.

It just shows that norse mythology is indeed unclear and there are many things we still dont know about them but im telling you my Einherjar is a female and she resides in valhalla and i am 100% sure she is not the only female living there.

Catgirl2 · Sun Oct 07, 2018 11:44 pm

Same here-I find Norse Mythology a bit confusing regarding Valhalla! Although I tend to think anyone to be considered a hero must be true in nature like fight for the greater good-not for greed purposes! But what do I know-only an opinion-I guess it seems like heroes are a dime a dozen these days!

Do people still enter Valhalla?

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