DEATH AND THE OTHER WORLD

There were various ways of dealing with the body after death.

Fallen warriors were buried with their horse.

Those who lived on the sea were often buried with their ship.

Ships were used for the burials of both men and women.

Funeral Pyres wewre another way of sending Scandanavian elite to the next world.

Banquets were also placed in the graves of the wealthy.

Sometimes amulets and animals were placed in the graves.

Warriors were expected to meet death on the battlefield bravely.

As a reward, these brave warriors spent the afterlife in Valhalla, the domain of Odin.

The land of the dead was ruled by the Goddess Hel.

The place was also sometimes reffered to as Hel.

The way was across the Echoing Bridge.