Originally posted by Sammi79:

Originally posted by knighttemplar1960:

Valheim is a made up, topologically flat, realm that functions as Viking purgatory and may not be connected to the world tree or to the rainbow bridge (that may be why a huge raven flies you to Valheim)

I believe that's supposed to be a Valkyrie.

Doesn't look like any representation of a Valkyrie I've ever seen.

A Valkyrie is a figure in Norse mythology depicted as a warrior woman on horseback, a wolf or boar, and armed with a spear, who decides the fate of warriors in battle and carries the dead to Odin’s Valhalla. Valkyrie means "chooser of the slain", and those chosen will fight beside Odin at Ragnarök.

Depedning on what language they are taking it from Val in this context can mean either battlefield or fallen and Heim means home. Home of the fallen would make sense if its some kind of purgatory. It would also make sense that it would be severed from the world tree and the rainbow bridge.