Definition & Meaning | English word FÓLKVANGR
FÓLKVANGR
Definitions of FÓLKVANGR
- (Norse mythology) A meadow or field ruled over by the goddess Freyja, the afterlife for half of those people dying in combat, the other half going to Valhalla.
Number of letters
9
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using FÓLKVANGR in a Sentence
- Half of those who die in combat enter Valhalla, while the other half are chosen by the goddess Freyja to reside in Fólkvangr.
- Others were also brought to Fólkvangr after their death; Egils Saga, for example, has a world-weary female character declare that she will never taste food again until she dines with Freyja.
- After describing Fólkvangr, High tells Gangleri (described as king Gylfi in disguise) that Freyja has the hall Sessrúmnir, and that "it is large and beautiful".
- After the funeral, the individual could go to a range of afterlives including Valhalla (a hall ruled by Odin for the warrior elite who die in battle), Fólkvangr (ruled over by Freyja), Hel (a realm for those who die of natural causes), and living on physically in the landscape.
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