The Norse goddess who receives half of the warriors slain in battle is Freyja.
Her destination for the fallen is Fólkvangr, usually translated as “field of the host” or “army-field.” In the Poetic Edda poem Grímnismál, Freyja is said to choose seats for half of those who die in combat, while Odin receives the other half in Valhalla. Snorri repeats this division in Gylfaginning and names Freyja’s hall within Fólkvangr as Sessrúmnir.
This tradition shows that Freyja is not only associated with love, beauty, fertility, and seiðr magic; she also has a significant connection to war and the slain. The sources do not explain a precise method by which the dead are divided, so modern summaries should not imply a detailed allocation rule. Freyja is sometimes confused with a Valkyrie, but she is a goddess who chooses among the slain in this account. Eir is linked with healing, Hel rules a realm of the dead, and Frigg is Odin’s wife.