In Norse mythology, Freyja receives half of those slain in battle in Fólkvangr.
Fólkvangr, whose name is often translated as “field of the host” or “army-field,” is Freyja’s realm. The Grímnismál, a poem in the Poetic Edda, says that Freyja chooses half of the men who die in combat, while Odin receives the other half in Valhalla.
This detail is one of the clearest reminders that Valhalla is not the entire Norse warrior afterlife. Modern retellings often focus almost exclusively on Odin’s hall, but the surviving mythological sources give Freyja an equally important role in distributing the battle-dead.
Freyja is associated with love, fertility, wealth, magic, and war. Her possession of the necklace Brísingamen and her practice of seiðr are among the best-known features of her mythology. Fólkvangr is specifically linked to her role as a chooser of the slain.