September 30, 2014 Tuesday
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the hall of Odin in Norse mythology where warriors who have died in battle are received
Well, here is a connection to a previous word, Wednesday (from Woden or Oden). I had mentioned the word Valhalla to my kind, chess playing friend who was getting ready to retire from his job fixing the copying machines a Fuji…sometimes a thankless job. I mentioned that I had just read that Valhalla was where deceased warriors were taken. He surprised me and said, with his dry sense of humor, "I knew that was what Valhalla meant." I asked him how he knew. "The headquarters of Fuji is in Valhalla, New York." I think he was making a comment on the toll that this job had taken on him…
Valkyrie: [also Old Norse for 'chooser of the slain'] \val kear' ee\
one of the maidens of Oden who chose the heroes to be slain in battle who would be taken to Valhalla.
I especially like this word because it is the mysterious name of the quaint, gentle restaurant that Odd Horten goes to in my favorite movie (which is set in Oslo, fittingly) O'Horten.
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