But because we are so sure that "it is the memory that the soldier leaves after him, like the long trail of light that follows the sunken sun," and because so often oral tradition is less misleading than the written word, we gladly and undoubtingly give Roland high place in the valhalla of heroes of all races and of every time.
"A Book of Myths"
Jean Lang
O where shall be found To share with thee round The halls of valhalla Thy glory renowned?
"Elves and Heroes"
Donald A. MacKenzie
Asgaut alone survived with one or two,- My father and the hundred others there Had ridden to valhalla through the flames.
"Early Plays Catiline, The Warrior's Barrow, Olaf Liljekrans"
Henrik Ibsen