In Norse mythology’s Ragnarok, Odin’s hall for the chosen dead is Valhalla. The hall is located in Asgard and receives warriors selected after death, traditionally by valkyries serving Odin.
The inhabitants, called the Einherjar, spend their days fighting and their evenings feasting. Their repeated combat prepares them for the final battle at Ragnarok, when they are expected to fight beside Odin. This makes Valhalla both an afterlife destination and a mythic training ground.
Valhalla is sometimes treated as the only destination for the heroic dead, but Norse sources describe other possibilities. The goddess Freyja receives half of those slain in battle in Fólkvangr, while Hel is a separate realm associated with many of the dead who do not enter the warrior halls.
Valhalla’s name is derived from Old Norse Valhöll, usually interpreted as “hall of the slain.” Modern popular culture often simplifies the hall into a generic warrior heaven, but the original myth emphasizes preparation for Ragnarok.