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GLADSHEIM (Old Norse Gladsheimr)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 66 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GLADSHEIM (Old Norse Gladsheimr)

GLADSHEIM (Old Norse Gladsheimr) , in Scandinavian See also:

MYTHOLOGY

mythology, the region of joy and See also:

home of See also:

ODIN, or OTHIN (O. Norse 66inn)

Odin . See also:

VALHALLA (Old Norse Valhdll, i.e. " hall of the slain ")

Valhalla, the See also:

PARADISE (Gr. lrap6BEwos)

paradise whither the heroes who See also:

fell in See also:

BATTLE

battle were escorted, was situated there .

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