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Contents 1 500 Doors 2 Valhall (band) 3 Organizing Afterlife Articles 4 Naming convention vote notice 5 Discrepancy in the wording 6 Bifrost and Valhalla 7 Pop Culture Addition? 8 Einherjar 9 Eytomology 10 Neopets Removal 11 led zeppelin lyrics 12 Categorization 13 Cultural References

[edit] 500 Doors

"With 500 hundred doors" --so is that an unintended redundancy, or the way the mythology is presented in translation? (In other words, 50,000 doors or 500?

er, I see what you mean... Too early in the morning... I'll fix it... sjc

[edit] Valhall (band)

I'm wondering about the entry from Valhall the band on this page. It seems that this is an entirely different word and should be moved onto its own page. However, my knowledge of Norweigan grammar is non-existant, so it may be that it deserves to be here. Does anyone else have an opinion one way or the other? -- Darkhorse 23:51, 2003 Nov 12 (UTC)

[edit] Organizing Afterlife Articles

I would like to organize the articles that deal with an otherworld as a real existence. I propose that Afterlife would be the best hub for such articles. Eschatology and Underworld are other possibilities, but I don't think they work as well as Afterlife. Any thoughts on such a project? Please come to Talk:Afterlife to discuss. Tom (hawstom) 14:48, 6 May 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Naming convention vote notice

A new proposal on representation of Norse mythology names is now up for a vote. - Haukur Þorgeirsson 00:51, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Discrepancy in the wording

"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."

I am not sure that's entirely accurate. The slain warriors engage in mortal combat as opposed to "mock combat" as is written in the Anglish article. Everyday they ride to battle and die a hero's death only to be resurrected the next day and continue the cycle. I don't exactly have a source for this (which actually brings up another point: where are the sources for the mythology articles?), but on the Russian wiki article that is what it says and that's what I heard previously also while doing research for this topic. Can anyone back this up so that I can go ahead and edit this? Thanks :)

LaPalida 02:07, 25 April 2006 (GMT -5:00)

My recollection is the same as yours. I don't have a citation, but neither did whoever wrote the current passage. I say go ahead and edit (though if you can find a citation, that would be good). - Jmabel | Talk 04:07, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

"Every day, as soon as they are clothed, they straightway put on their armor and go out into the court and fight, and fell each other. That is their sport; and when the time draws near to undern-meal, they ride home to Valhall and sit down to drink, even as is said here:

All the Einherjar | in Odin's court

Deal out blows every day;

The slain they choose | and ride from the strife,

Sit later in love together."

Gylfaginning, Brodeur's translation. [1] Haukur 10:49, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bifrost and Valhalla

Since Bifrost (the Rainbow Bridge) connected Midgard and Asgard, would the fallen dead have to cross this bridge on the way to Valhalla? I can find nothing saying that the warriors would cross this path but only information that the god Heimdall would guard this bridge against the possibility of Giants attacking Asgard. It is my assumption that the Valkyries would aid the slain heros accross the bridge and make sure they were not mistaken for polymorphed giants, but I could be wrong. Was there another way to Valhalla? Can anybody shed light on this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Valhalla64 (talk • contribs) 6 July 2006.

[edit] Pop Culture Addition?

Berry College (Mount Berry, Georgia) is a small,private, coeducational, Liberal Arts college 60 miles northwest of Atlanta. It's mascot is a Viking, with it's quick service dining area called 'Valhalla'.

Worth adding? I can provide more info/links.

Strangely enough, I actually knew about this one. I'd be fine with adding it - its a relatively well known school, at least in the southern united states. --xiliquiern^talk 20:32, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Hard to see how this is useful to someone looking up "Valhalla" in an encyclopedia. - Jmabel | Talk 06:00, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

I'd argue that it's only useful in the same way a book containing a related concept of valhalla is useful, or a bunch of bands that use it in their songs - it represents the use of a word and related ideas in modern society. Perhaps, however, you would feel more comfortable with the addition if there were several universities with Valhalla related mascots and/or campus locations? This might carry some more weight. -- xiliquiern^talk 13:57, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

I've added this to the newly created Valhalla in popular culture page. Please direct all further modern popular culture references to this page. :bloodofox: 19:25, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Einherjar

I would like to know if there`s any symbol of einherjar like the Triple Horn of Odin is a stylized emblem of Odin? If there is such sign could you show me? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.131.12.62 (talk) 15:56, 25 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Eytomology

On the Valkyrie page, it explains that 'Val' is 'to choose' and Kyrie comes from what was 'the slain'.. now if that is true...then would Valhalla, or Valholl etc. technically translate into 'The Hall of the Chosen' instead of the 'Hall of the Slain' ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.4.72.141 (talk • contribs) 01:12, 7 March 2007

The Valkyrie page has been corrected, "Val" does indeed mean "the slain". I have updated this article accordingly. --Boesvig (talk) 03:41, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Neopets Removal

There was some absurdly long thing about a Neopets Valhalla tacked onto the end of this article. I removed it. I recommend that, if that stuff's going to be put in Wikipedia at all, it be put in the Neopets article and not here, especially if it's going to be that long. That or stick it as a separate article in the disambiguation page. Cwilli201 05:30, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] led zeppelin lyrics

aren't posting lyrics to a song against wikipedia policy? i've seen them removed before due to copyright issues or something along those lines. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.81.92.220 (talk) 04:45, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Categorization

why does this article don't have a category????--190.86.120.45 (talk) 17:22, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cultural References

This article is solid up top, then becomes atrocious! Why are the pop culture references taking up three-fourths of the page? I went ahead and trimmed out about a third of the references, removing mere names ("this guy said Valhalla in a TV show with no context to it") and repeated references while leaving in real purposeful references to it... 209.184.165.20 (talk) 21:00, 14 May 2008 (UTC)