After Life: Hel and Valhalla

Norse Mythology • Season 1 • Episode 23

About this episode

What happens when we die? Discover how the Norse myths address this question with a journey into two postmortem destinations: Valhalla (for the men who die in battle) and Hel (for everyone else). Also, consider an outsider's eye-witness account of the Viking conception of death, as illustrated by a cremation in a ship.