Valhalla - The Hall of the Fallen: Norse mythology between Edda, Valkyries, Einherjar and Ragnarok (eBook, ePUB)
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Understanding Valhalla not romanticizing it. This book takes you on a journey to the iconic "Hall of the Fallen" in Norse mythology: to Asgard, to Odin, the Valkyries, and the Einherjar and shows how battle, celebration, and community shape the image of Valhalla.What it's about: Based on the Edda sources, motifs, places, and figures are explored narratively from the hall's shield roof to Ragnarök. The volume combines clear presentation with well-founded classification and avoids romantic simplifications.Clear access to Valhalla, Einherjar, Valkyries, Freyja/Fólkvangr, and RagnarökSource con...
Understanding Valhalla not romanticizing it. This book takes you on a journey to the iconic "Hall of the Fallen" in Norse mythology: to Asgard, to Odin, the Valkyries, and the Einherjar and shows how battle, celebration, and community shape the image of Valhalla.
What it's about: Based on the Edda sources, motifs, places, and figures are explored narratively from the hall's shield roof to Ragnarök. The volume combines clear presentation with well-founded classification and avoids romantic simplifications.
Valhalla appears here as a mirror of a society that accepts strength only in form and form only in community. Anyone who wants to explore the Norse world beyond clichés will find in this book a compact, clever, and impressive presentation with all the terms that readers are really looking for: Norse mythology, Vikings, Edda, Asgard, Valkyries, Ragnarök.
What it's about: Based on the Edda sources, motifs, places, and figures are explored narratively from the hall's shield roof to Ragnarök. The volume combines clear presentation with well-founded classification and avoids romantic simplifications.
- Clear access to Valhalla, Einherjar, Valkyries, Freyja/Fólkvangr, and Ragnarök
- Source context: Edda, skaldic poetry, sagas explained in an understandable way
- Cultural history: Afterlife from the Middle Ages to modern times (art, literature, pop culture)
- For beginners & advanced learners: precise, narrative, without esotericism
Valhalla appears here as a mirror of a society that accepts strength only in form and form only in community. Anyone who wants to explore the Norse world beyond clichés will find in this book a compact, clever, and impressive presentation with all the terms that readers are really looking for: Norse mythology, Vikings, Edda, Asgard, Valkyries, Ragnarök.
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