50 free Valhalla trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Valhalla trivia quiz covers Odin's hall of the slain and its long afterlife in opera, monuments, games and TV. The easy questions are ones anyone who knows a little Norse mythology could answer: who presides over the hall, what the name means, who chooses the fallen, and what battle its warriors are waiting for. The harder end is for Edda readers and mythology buffs: the goddess who claims the other half of the battle-dead, the boar cooked every day and whole again by night, the goat whose udders run with mead, the stag on the roof, the wolf at the west door, the tree Glasir at the gates, the poem in which Eric Bloodaxe is welcomed by Sigmund, the Icelander who wrote the Prose Edda and was murdered in 1241, Wagner's giants who built the gods' home, Ludwig I's Parthenon above the Danube, the New York hamlet where Lou Gehrig is buried, and Ubisoft's Eivor. Fenrir, Víðarr, Huginn and Muninn get questions too. Every answer was checked against encyclopaedia entries for the myths, the sources and the modern namesakes before publishing, and the supporting sentence is stored with each question. If you enjoy this one, try our Norse mythology, Vikings and Odin quizzes next.
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Q 01Which god presides over Valhalla?
Odin
The hall stands in Asgard and receives those slain in combat.
Q 02What does the Old Norse Valhǫll literally mean?
Hall of the Slain
Some researchers argue the second element originally meant rock, making it a rock of the slain.
Q 03What are the warriors who dwell in Valhalla called?
Einherjar
They will march out to fight for Odin against the jötnar at Ragnarök.
Q 04What does the word valkyrie mean?
Chooser of the slain
They guide the souls of the dead to Odin's hall.
Q 05Which goddess claims half of those who die in combat, the other half going to Odin?
Freyja
Her hall there is called Sessrúmnir.
Q 06What is the name of the goddess of love and war's field of the dead?
Fólkvangr
In Egil's Saga a world-weary woman vows not to eat until she dines with the goddess.
Q 07In which realm does Odin, as Grímnir, say Valhalla stands?
Glaðsheimr
He describes it as shining and golden, rising peacefully when seen from afar.
Q 08What serve as the rafters of Valhalla in Grímnismál?
Spear-shafts
The roof is thatched with shields and coats of mail lie over the benches.
Q 09What hangs in front of Valhalla's west doors?
A wolf
An eagle hovers above the hall.
Q 10Which beast, cooked every day, is whole again each night to feed the hall's warriors?
Sæhrímnir
The Prose Edda calls it a boar.
Q 11Who is the cook of the gods who prepares the boar each day?
Andhrímnir
He uses the cauldron Eldhrímnir, whose name is interpreted as fire-sooty.
Q 12From what does the mead drunk in Valhalla flow?
The udders of the goat Heiðrún
She feeds on the leaves of the famous tree Læraðr and fills a vat big enough for all.
Q 13Which stag stands atop Valhalla chewing the branches of Læraðr?
Eikþyrnir
Odin himself needs no food and gives his share to the wolves Geri and Freki.
Q 21Which two heroes does Odin tell to rise and greet Eric Bloodaxe in the poem about his arrival?
Sigmund and Sinfjötli
Bragi hears the benches creaking as if Baldr had returned.
Q 22Which Norwegian king's reception in Valhalla is the subject of Hákonarmál?
Hákon the Good
Eyvindr skáldaspillir cast the Christian king as a friend of the pagan gods.
Q 23Where was Eric Bloodaxe killed in 954, according to Roger of Wendover?
Stainmore
He had twice been King of Northumbria.
Q 14What does Odin consume in Valhalla instead of food?
Wine
He gives his food to his wolves Geri and Freki.
Q 15What are those killed in battle described as being to Odin in the Prose Edda?
His adopted sons
Chapter 20 says he mans Valhalla with them.
Q 16What tree stands in front of the doors of Valhalla, according to Skáldskaparmál?
Glasir
The 9th-century skald Bragi Boddason confirms the description.
Q 17Which jötunn ends up at the doors of Valhalla while chasing Odin on Sleipnir?
Hrungnir
The gods tire of his boasting and summon Thor, who kills him in a duel.
Q 18How many realms could a soul travel to after death, according to the Valhalla article?
Five
The love goddess's field, Hel, Rán's realm, the burial mound and Valhalla.
Q 19Which hero, in Helgakviða Hundingsbana II, makes his old enemy Hunding do menial chores in Valhalla?
Helgi Hundingsbane
Hunding must fetch foot-baths, kindle fire, tie dogs and feed pigs.
Q 20Which 10th-century poem describes Eric Bloodaxe arriving in Valhalla?
Eiríksmál
Queen Gunnhild had it composed after her husband's death.
Q 24Who wrote the Prose Edda, a key source for Valhalla?
Snorri Sturluson
He also wrote Heimskringla and was twice lawspeaker of the Althing.
Q 25How did the Prose Edda's author die in 1241?
Assassinated by Norway's king's agents
He had been raised at Oddi by a relative of the Norwegian royal family.
Q 26Which Prose Edda book first mentions Valhalla, in a euhemerised form?
Gylfaginning
King Gylfi visits Asgard disguised as an old man called Gangleri.
Q 27At Ragnarök, which wolf swallows Odin whole?
Fenrir
His son avenges him by tearing the wolf's jaws apart.
Q 28Who avenges Odin at Ragnarök?
Víðarr
He rends the wolf's jaws apart and stabs its heart.
Q 29Which two humans survive Ragnarök to repopulate the world?
Líf and Lífþrasir
The world rises again, cleansed and fertile.
Q 30What are Odin's two ravens called?
Huginn and Muninn
Geri and Freki are his wolves.