Valaskjalf

Valaskjalf ("Seat or Shelf of the Slain") was one of Odin's dwellings and in this palace is the Hlidskjalf ("Gate-Seat").

Valaskjalf was situated in the middle of Asgard.

"A third home is there, | with silver thatched
By the hands of the gracious gods:
Valaskjolf is it, | in days of old
Set by a god for himself."
(Grímnismál)

According to some other suorces it was the palace of Vali.

The Valaskjalf ("Seat or Shelf of the Slain") was often identified with Valhalla ("Palace of the Slain").

 

 

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