Editing Valhalla (section)

=== ''Heimskringla'' ===
Valhalla is mentioned in [[euhemerized]] form and as an element of remaining [[Norse paganism|Norse pagan]] belief in {{lang|is|[[Heimskringla]]}}. In chapter 8 of ''[[Ynglinga saga]]'', the "historical" Odin is described as ordaining burial laws over his country. These laws include that all the dead are to be burned on a pyre on a burial mound with their possessions, and their ashes are to be brought out to sea or buried in the earth. The dead would then arrive in Valhalla with everything that one had on their pyre, and whatever one had hidden in the ground.<ref name=HOLLANDER12>Hollander (2007:12).</ref> Valhalla is additionally referenced in the phrase "visiting Odin" in a work by the 10th-century skald [[Þjóðólfr of Hvinir]] describing that, upon his death, [[Vanlandi|King Vanlandi]] went to Valhalla.<ref name=HOLLANDER17>Hollander (2007:17).</ref>

In chapter 32 of ''Hákonar saga Góða'', [[Haakon I of Norway]] is given a [[Norse paganism|pagan]] burial, which is described as sending him on his way to Valhalla. Verses from ''[[Hákonarmál]]'' are then quoted in support, themselves containing references to Valhalla.<ref name=HOLLANDER125>Hollander (2007:125).</ref>