Valaskjálf

"Shelf of the Slain." A home that the Æsir built for themselves and which is thatched with sheer silver. It is enumerated among the abodes of the gods in Grímnismál:

The third dwelling is,

where the kind powers have

with silver decked the hall;

Valaskjalf 'tis called,

which for himself acquired

the Ás in days of old.

Snorri Sturluson assigns it to Odin, and says that in this hall is the Hliðskjálf, the high-seat of Odin.

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