... Helgafjell where the dead spent their time drinking and talking around a warm hearth . Helgafjell was reported by seers as being a peaceful , comfortable place not very different to being alive on Earth . There are also references to ...
... Helgafjell. There, those who had not died in battle but did not go to Hel would live out an eternal LEFT: The modern depiction of the Valkyries as warrior maidens may be based on the accounts in some sagas of them taking human lovers ...
... Helgafjell and Valahalla, but your people have taken our Christian ways.” He allowed a light laugh to tremble across his lips. “I sense that you still respect the old gods, Aoife, just as I do. Like you, I pay my respects to the ...
... Helgafjell, 'The Holy Mountain', when they died. To go into such a fellowship with dead forefathers was a good death for Icelandic farmers and chieftains. Because Helgafjell was situated so near the farm, it was at the same time a ...
... Helgafjell. There, those who had not died in battle but did not go to Hel would live out an eternal version of their mortal lives. Helgafjell was not a bad place, and was not violent; some accounts describe it as essentially a ...
... Helgafjell , on the island of Heimaey , recalled to Icelanders the spectacle of the 1963 eruption that created Surtsey . Heimaey is located on the Mid - Atlantic Ridge 20 km south of Iceland and about 10 km northeast of Surtsey . The ...
... Helgafjell - in the early hours of a winter morn- ing that shattered the island , and enveloped the area in black volcanic dust and hot ash . So violent was the erup- tion that every boat available was brought in to evacuate the ...
... Helgafjell. Helgafjell. The land of the dead. Reginn yelped, causing Thurston to drop the bone. It landed on the floor, bounced once, and came to rest. “So,” Thurston said, kneeling down to look at it. “What does it mean?” Reginn laced ...
... Helgafjell, the holy mountain where the wine never runs dry and the food never gets cold." "Not Valhalla?" I interrupted and he shot me a grin. "There are no women in Valhalla, only Valkyries. No, I don't want to be celibate for the ...
... Helgafjell, the holy mountain where the wine never runs dry and the food never gets cold." "Not Valhalla?" I interrupted and he shot me a grin. "There are no women in Valhalla, only Valkyries. No, I don't want to be celibate for the ...