Comparative mythology corpus

Fear Of Bloodless Death And Preference For Violent Death To Reach A Better Afterlife

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Norse Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XVI: VALI / CHAPTER XVII: THE NORNS / CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL; lines 6660-6800 medium Hel receives perjurers, criminals, those who die without shedding blood, and those who die of age or disease; innocents are treated kindly, but northern people fear Hel and may choose violent death or self-killing to avoid her realm or join loved ones. record