1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Gladsheim

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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 12
Gladsheim
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​GLADSHEIM (Old Norse Gladsheimr), in Scandinavian mythology, the region of joy and home of Odin. Valhalla, the paradise whither the heroes who fell in battle were escorted, was situated there.

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