…go 800 warriors through each door, 432 000 warriors. One of the strongest representations appears in the poetic Edda of the ancient vikings. Odin, the chief of the gods has asked to know what will be the doom of himself and his pantheon. And the wise…

…in giant wrath and advance beside the wolf upon the land blowing venom so that it shall sprinkle all the air and water. Odin shall advance against the wolf. Thor Against the serpent Tyr Against the dog, the worst monster of all, and Freyr Against surt,…

…of flame. Thor shall slay the serpent, stride ten paces from that spot and because of the venom blown fall dead to the earth. Odin shall be swallowed by the wolf and thereafter Vidar, setting one foot upon the lower jaw shall take the upper jaw of the…

…of light into the knowledge of this infinite dark and then underwent for it the passion of a crucifixion. From the poetic Edda Odin speaks: I know I hung on that windswept tree, hung there for nine long nights with the spear. I was wounded and offered…