Re: Göbekli Tepe reloaded

On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:44:52 +0100, Michael Kuettner
<miksbg@xxxxxxxx> wrote in
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"Heidi Graw" <hgraw@xxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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[...]

The above reminds me of Valkyries carrying the dead war
heros up to Asgard for Odin and Freya to sort out
amongst themselves. Half of those dead heros will end
up in Valhalla, while the others will end up in
Sessrumnir.

Ah, yes. Right. And you got that idea from where ?

Ultimately from Chapter 24 of Gylfaginning, I expect:

Folkvangr heitir,
en þar Freyja ræðr
sessa kostum í sal;
halfan val
hon kýss hverjan dag,
en halfan Óðinn á.

Salr hennar Sessrúmnir, hann er mikill ok fagr.

It is called Fólkvangr,
and there Freyja rules
the choices of seats in the hall;
half of the slain
she chooses every day,
and Óðinn has half.

Her hall is Sessrúmnir; it is large and fair.

[...]

Brian
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