Sessrúmnir

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Sessrúmnir is the grand hall of the Norse goddess Freyja, where she receives and hosts half of the warriors slain in battle.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sessrúmnir canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf afterlife hall ⓘ
hall ⓘ
mythological location ⓘ
associatedWith Freyja ⓘ
category Afterlife places in mythology ⓘ
Locations in Norse mythology ⓘ
contrastedWith Valhalla ⓘ
culture Norse mythology ⓘ
describedIn Poetic Edda ⓘ
Prose Edda ⓘ
etymology name often interpreted as “seat-roomy” or “roomy with many seats” ⓘ
function dwelling place for chosen warriors ⓘ
hall for the dead ⓘ
hostedBy Freyja ⓘ
inhabitants einherjar chosen by Freyja ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Old Norse ⓘ
locatedIn Fólkvangr ⓘ
mentionedIn Gylfaginning ⓘ
mythologicalTradition Germanic paganism ⓘ
owner Freyja ⓘ
realmType divine hall ⓘ
receives half of the warriors slain in battle ⓘ
sharesRoleWith Valhalla ⓘ
warriorsAlsoChosenBy Odin ⓘ
warriorsChosenBy Freyja ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Freyja → hall → Sessrúmnir ⓘ
Fólkvangr → hasHall → Sessrúmnir ⓘ
Halls of the Æsir → hasPart → Sessrúmnir ⓘ