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Fólkvangr

Modern interpretation

Why this step

Valhöll is only half the story. Grímnismál says Freyja directs the sittings in the hall at Fólkvangr and chooses half of the fallen each day, while Odin has the other half. The name means something like “field of the host”. The entry records that scholars ask why there should be two halls for warriors and do not agree on an answer, and that what such halls meant has largely been lost.

From the Lorebook

Freyja’s hall, where she receives half of the fallen.

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