Brimir
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In Norse mythology, Brimir is possibly another name for the jötunn Ymir and also a name of a hall for the souls of the virtuous following the end-time conflict of Ragnarök.
1790 painting of the Jotun Ymir suckling on a goat
Death in Norse paganism
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Death in Norse paganism was associated with diverse customs and beliefs that varied with time, location and social group, and did not form a structured, uniform system. After the funeral, the individu
Brimir
…Snorri used this stanza as his basis for Brimir as a hall in the afterlife in Gylfaginning but whether the two residences are identical is uncertain. Death in Norse paganism#Afterlives and rebirth - Further discussion on the role of the potential afterlife in pre-Christian beliefs Faulkes, Anthony (transl.) (1987). Edda (Snorri Sturluson). Everyman…
This image is usually interpreted as a Valkyrie who welcomes a dead man, or Odin himself, on the Tjängvide image stone from Gotland, in the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm.
The Oseberg ship (Viking Ship Museum, Norway)
Helgafell in western Iceland
The three large "royal mounds" at Gamla Uppsala.