112 vali
suits of armor, ready for the warriors to put on. There
Odin planned to receive all the brave men who had
died as heroes on Earth and give them everlasting
life so they could help the gods fight the giants at
Ragnarok, the end of the world.
The Valkyries (some of whom were Odin’s daugh-
ters) put on their gleaming armor and went down
to Midgard, or Middle Earth, to choose which
warriors were brave enough and strong enough to be
rewarded with a new life in Valhalla. They returned
with the heroes, or Einherjar, who had been slain in
battle but were now miraculously alive, their wounds
healed and their