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Gladsheim

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[glahts-heym] / ˈglɑts heɪm /

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.
  1. the golden palace of Odin, of which Valhalla was a part.


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Even when he sits at the feasts of the gods in his golden palace, Gladsheim, or with the heroes in Valhalla, he eats nothing.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

He is familiar with every room in the labyrinth of Crete, while when he is introduced to the shining halls of Valhal and Gladsheim he gropes his way like a blind man.

From The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Rasmus Björn Anderson

Odin was too much tired by his journey from Helheim to go to the Peacestead that afternoon; so he turned away and shut himself up in his palace of Gladsheim.

From Types of Children's Literature by Walter Barnes

Gladsheim, where there are twelve seats for the gods, besides the throne occupied by Alfather.

From The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Rasmus Björn Anderson

And the two birds flew away to carry the news to Odin in the happy halls of Gladsheim.

From The Story of Siegfried by James Baldwin

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