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Fólkvangr (Folkvang) is a place in the Norse mythic cosmos that has achieved some fame today, often presented as a major afterlife presided over by the goddess Freyja. But all this is built upon one single quote in Old Norse literature (in Grímnismál in the Poetic Edda) that is imperfectly understood and open to other interpretations.
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