“In Old High German and in Old English, geist and gaest did not designate a revenant as geist and ghost do today, and scato, "the shadow, did not apply to phantoms. We can deduce from this that revenants were not evanescent: they were not images or mists, but flesh and blood individuals, which is confirmed by the Norse literature and the rare texts from other Germanic countries.” DeathDeadPaganismRevenants Book:The Return of the Dead: Ghosts, Ancestors, and the Transparent Veil of the Pagan Mind Source: The Return of the Dead: Ghosts, Ancestors, and the Transparent Veil of the Pagan Mind
“Valholl contained 540 doors. From each there emerged simultaneously 800 warriors who spent their days fighting one another, but the dead and wounded found their lives and health restored every evening. They then dined together, eating the flesh of the wild boar Saehrimnir, which always grew back, and drinking the mead served them by the Valkyries. This would continue until the Twilight of the Powers (Ragnarok), which Wagner immortalized under the name of Twilight of the Gods. At this time, three cocks would crow in Hel; the wolf Fenris would become free; the earth would convulse; Yggdrasil the World Tree would tremble; the sun and moon would vanish; the stars would go out; the Midgard Serpent would leave the sea; the giants would set sail on Naglfar; Surt, the fire giant, would advance by rain-bow; and, at the sides of the gods, the Unique Warriors would engage in their ultimate battle, a combat that would culminate with the conflagration of the world.” AfterlifePaganismNorseValhallaRagnarok Book:The Return of the Dead: Ghosts, Ancestors, and the Transparent Veil of the Pagan Mind Source: The Return of the Dead: Ghosts, Ancestors, and the Transparent Veil of the Pagan Mind