The Goddess Saga |
A skald inspiring
the warriors. |
Germanic warriors
storm into battle. Ahead of them, a Valkyrie rides leading the
way. |
Another
battle-maiden, already on the field, tends to the wounded. |
Another ascends to Valhalla, carrying
a fallen hero on a shield. Hermod
and Bragi welcome the new Einherjar. |
Bragi introduces a hero into Valhalla, where Odin sits on his
throne. On his right, Idun holds the apples of immortality
and beside her stands Frigg, Odin's wife. |
Feasting in
Valhalla on the best of meats and drink. |
Until the day
Heimdall blows the Gjallarhorn calling the Einherjar into battle
for the last time. |
Odin goes to meet
the Fenris Wolf and Thor faces the World Serpent. |
Giants join the
battle against the gods. |
The Frost giants
arrive in the ship Nagalfari followed by Surt and his fire
demons. |
Surt hurls fire to the earth. |
Only the three
Norns survive.
These three giant maidens conclude the frieze. |