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If there’s one thing popular media has taught us about Vikings, it’s that they really loved dying in glorious battle. Winning a fight was all well and good, but the most you’d get out of a victory was a flagon of mead and a warm bed at the end of the day. Death carried the promise of Valhalla, a majestic hall in Asgard where you could feast with the gods.