In
Norse mythology,
Fólkvangr (
Old Norse "field of the host" or "people-field" or "army-field") is a
meadow or
field ruled over by the goddess
Freyja where half of those that die in combat go upon death, while the other half go to the god
Odin in
Valhalla. Fólkvangr is attested in the
Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the
Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by
Snorri Sturluson. According to the
Prose Edda, within Fólkvangr is Freyja's hall
Sessrúmnir. Scholarly theories have been proposed about the implications of the location.