My name is Kayla. My favorite things include: The Legend of Korra/ATLA, Starset, Breaking Benjamin, Chevelle, Final Fantasy, Ellie Goulding, and space.
I can’t tell if a lot of writers of modern fiction just don’t know much about Norse beliefs about the afterlife, or if they’re just trying to simplify it for whatever reason for their works. Like, Valhalla is not the only place medieval Scandinavians believed they went when they died. Nonetheless, here is a list of the places where the dead go for writers or just whoever is interested:
Valhalla
Valhalla is generally where male warriors who die in battle go after death. Here, they will live in constant battle and feasting alongside Odin and the Valkyries until Ragnarok, when they will join Odin in battle.
Folkvang
While half of warriors who die in battle go with Odin to Valhalla, the other half go to Folkvang (also called Folkvangr), which belongs to Freya. Both male and female warriors could end up here when they died, while Valhalla was generally reserved for men.
Ran
Ran is not so much a place as a person, whose home has many names. She is a giantess who lives underwater, and her home is generally where people who die at sea go.
Hel
Hel is a realm very similar to Midgard (Earth, i.e., where all humans live), ruled by a goddess/giantess also named Hel. She is the daughter of Loki and Angrboda. Life continues on as it would when you were alive, except, obviously, you are not alive. Battles are waged, people eat, drink, and sleep, and they still have jobs and responsibilities. It is not altogether an unpleasant place by most accounts. This is where the vast majority of people end up. Some sources say people even stay with their earthly family units in Hel.
it’s “Dark Soul,” the famous protagonist of the hit franchise, Dark Souls! known for his famous quotes: “everything is darkest before the soul” and “every soul has its dark”
Wanted to participate in Pixilart’s challenge for #road, but I ended up not drawing the galaxy road to the cosmic Aang because it took me way too long to draw this one 😨