Adlivun, which is usually described as a frozen realm at the bottom of the sea, is ruled over by Sedna, goddess of the sea and marine animals, who prepares souls for the next stage of their journey.īoth Adlivun and Qudlivun have been assigned places in our solar system. In Inuit religion, the Adlivun or Idliragijenget (‘those who live beneath us’) are the souls of the departed who, in some traditions, rest at the bottom of the ocean before journeying to their final resting place on the moon (Qudlivun). The Adlinda structure takes its name from a realm of the gods not in Norse myth, but from Inuit religion. Lofn (200 km diameter, -56.5 N, 22.3 W) takes its name from a Norse goddess whom Snorri Sturluson describes as an arranger of marriages. Buri is one of the dwarves named in the Dvergatal. The Adlinda structure (840 km diameter, -48.5 N, 35.6 W). In awe, he and the mysterious castle of Útgarðr disappear. Though the gods were beaten, King Útgarða-Loki marvels at their fearsome abilities. Þórr's challenger in wrestling was not an old lady, as she appeared, but old age itself, while Loki's challenger in the eating competition was the personification of all-consuming fire. At the end of their games, the king reveals his courtiers' true identities. Unknown to the gods, however, Útgarðr is wreathed in illusion. When they find themselves at the court of the giant King Útgarða-Loki, Þórr and his companions are challenged to contests of strength and ability – a race, a wrestling match, an eating competition – and are soundly beaten by the king’s courtiers. In this entertaining story, related in Snorri Sturluson's Edda (and apparently known also to the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus), Þórr and Loki travel eastwards and across the sea into a strange land. It takes its name from Útgarðr, an enormous castle in the land of the giants, home to King Útgarða-Loki. Utgard is the smallest of Callisto’s multi-ring basins, located within the northern part of Asgard. Valhalla's enormous size is in proportion with its description in Grimnismál, where Grimnir tells us that Valhöll had 540 doors, each large enough enough for 960 warriors to march through (verse 23).
In the eddic poem Lokasenna ( Loki's Quarrel), Loki accuses Óðinn of betraying the best warriors in battle so that they can join him sooner in Valhöll (verse 22). Those they choose, however, may not always be the strongest or most worthy.
His V alkyries, ‘choosers of the slain’, watch over battles, and decide which side will emerge victorious. Óðinn, Norse god of war, wisdom, and poetry, sows discord among humans so that he may select the best of those who die in battle for his Einherjar, warriors who will fight alongside the Norse gods at Ragnarök.
It takes its name from Óðinn’s great hall, Valhöll. With a diameter of around 3000 km, it comprises a bright circular impact crater at its centrer, measuring 360 km across, encircled by concentric ranges of broken mountains extending out 1,900 km. Valhalla is a structure of planetary proportions. Valhalla, with craters Mimir (47.7 km diameter, 32.6 N, W 53.2), named for a Norse god renowned for his wisdom, and Skuld (91.8 km diameter, 10 N, 37.9 W), one of the norns in Norse myth.
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