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."