VALHALLA COMES FROM NORSE MYTHOLOGY. WEBSTER DEFINES IT AS A HALL OF HEROES INTO WHICH ODIN RECEIVES THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN BRAVELY IN BATTLE. ODIN IS THE CHIEF GOD. HE WAS THE GOD OF WAR, OF WISDOM AND POETRY AND WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ANGLO-SAXON WODAN. WODAN WAS THE CHIEF ANGLO-SAXON GOD, ASSOCIATED WITH ODIN.