Einherjar

In Norse mythology, the einherjar (lone-fightersJohn Lindow, Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2002), p. 104) are warriors who have died in battle and are brought to Valhalla by valkyries.Kathleen N Daly; Marian Rengel, Norse Mythology A to Z (New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 2010), p. 111 In Valhalla, the einherjar eat meat from the boar called Sæhrímnir.Paul Belloni Du Chaillu, The Viking Age (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1890), p. 427 Every day he is boiled and every night he becomes whole again. They drink mead provided by a goat named Heiðrún. Every day they dress for battle and go out and fight each other.Collier's new Encyclopedia (New York: P.F. Collier, 1921), p. 154 This is to prepare for the events of Ragnarök (the end of the world).Charles Russell Coulter; Patricia Turner, Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities (New York; Oxford: Routledge, 2012), p. 164

The einherjar are written about in the Prose EddaIdeology and Power in the Viking and Middle Ages, ed. Gro Steinsland (Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2011), p. 297 by Snorri Sturluson. Also in the poem written in the 13th century Hákonarmál, by Eyvindr skáldaspillir.

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