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Asatru
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Recognize I am not Asatru and have met scant few followers of this form of Paganism.
Asatru do not see death as an end to all existence, nature itself shows us a continuing cycle of composition, decomposition, and recomposition ( Birth, Death, and Rebirth). We see that the life we lead should be held with dignity, respect, and energy. Valhalla, the "warrior's heaven" is not the only place of the afterlife. There are many halls of the Gods and Goddesses where one may dwell after death. But also there is Hel ( Christianity borrowed the word from us during the conversions.). But, the Nordic vision of Hel is not a place of fire, brimstone, and torment. For the worthy, Hel has halls and places of immense beauty, celebration, and peace. (In the Eddas, Balder was received into Hel and a great feast-hall was prepared.)
http://www.ravennorth.org/Asatru/asatru.html
If I remember correctly not all who are slain in battle go to Valhalla, some go as either the chosen of Oden, Freya is also described as getting half of those slain in battle.
It also seems probable that historically, the Einherjar could be best described as some sort of "elite" troops, and that going to Valhalla was not necessarily the fate of the common soldier. Odin was traditionally followed by members of the ruling classes, not by ordinary folk. Adding to this the idea of the Einherjar fighting day after day, and enjoying it immensely does seem more in line with an elite unit, it seems likely that an ordinary draftee might get a little tired of day after day of fighting.
http://www.ecauldron.com/einherjar.php
There is also a persistent belief in reincarnation, usually, but not always, within
the family line. Thus do our ancestors live again through us. This has caused Asatru to sometimes be described as a "Norse Shinto"; Shinto being the ancestor worship as currently practiced in Japan. And indeed, there are many parallels.
http://members.iquest.net/~chaviland/whyasa.htm
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