The Poetic Edda on Glathsheim
The > Volume I > Introductory Note
attestation: Glathsheim is associated with the location Valhall.
"8. The fifth is Glathsheim, | and gold-bright there Stands Valhall stretching wide; And there does Othin | each day choose The men who have fallen in fight."
attestation: Glathsheim is characterized by age in the verse.
"8. The fifth is Glathsheim, | and gold-bright there Stands Valhall stretching wide; And there does Othin | each day choose The men who have fallen in fight."
attestation: The stanza references wealth or gifts involving Glathsheim.
"8. The fifth is Glathsheim, | and gold-bright there Stands Valhall stretching wide; And there does Othin | each day choose The men who have fallen in fight."
The > Volume I > Notes
- attestation: Glathsheim ('the Place of Joy') is Othin's home, the greatest and most beautiful hall in the world.
"Glathsheim ("the Place of Joy"): Othin's home, the greatest and most beautiful hall in the world."