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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 860 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VALHALLA (Old Norse Valhdll, i.e. " hall of the slain ")  , the name given by the
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heathen Scandinavians to the abode in which the
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god Odin received the souls of those who had fallen in
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battle . There they are represented as spending their time in constant fighting and feasting in his service . See TEUTONIC PEOPLES, ad fin .

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