Valhalla and the Valkyries!

I'm not really a person who has a lot of connection with what is mythology, but I do remember one time I was watching a television serie (which I don’t do frequetly LOL) and I heard the word Valhalla, and I remember that in the serie were talking about warriors and strange things. Now to see what it was to talk on this blog I turned to my good friend Wikipedia and investigate that question.

In Norse mythology Valhalla is the place where warriors killed in action are directed and where they are being trained and preparing under the direction of the Valkyries (in charge of selecting the most heroic warriors of battles). It is here where every day the elect (warriors) who will assist Odin (chief god of Norse mythology) at Ragnarok, the final conflict of the gods with the giants, prepare for battle on the plains of Asgard. At night, they return to Valhalla to enjoy banquets and mead. Also it’s said that the chosen are just a few, and those who are not eventually are directed to another place on Helheim (kingdom of darkness and darkness, ruled by the goddess Hela). Valhalla is the perfect place to fight and there is place enough for all the chosen are there.