valhalla-worthy volvos?
I recently spotted this in traffic:
With the Volvo being an iconic Swedish car (though the manufacturer was once owned by Ford and was later sold to China's Geely automotive company), it sort-of makes humorously contextual sense that their vehicles might end up in Valhalla.
If we talk about the idea of swords, axes, and ships having names and therefore some personal agency in terms of performing a function and being judged to earn a reputation of worth based on that performance, then Norse Cosmology might extend to them a battle death or Odinic pass into the Hall of the Slain, though in the Lore there isn't really a stand-alone object example of this outside of being in tow as someone's grave goods.
So what we do have archaeologically are mound burials that are ship, wood cart, and/or horse inclusive, and this makes for the implied idea that you get to ride your Midgardian transportation of choice into the afterlife for use as valid.
Nowadays more realistically a Modern Heathen can't get the majestic high status burning ship burial, or get mounded with their old Volvo (battery acids, antifreeze, paint toxins, etc, as illegal ground seeping pollutants [although contrast this with bodies preserved with formaldehyde]), but the workaround is to cremate/inter miniatures of an item that will then manifest as a full-size possession in the afterworlds.
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Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was something special in the Norse Lore when he picked up a copy of the d'Aulaires' Norse Gods and Giants at age seven. Since then he's been fascinated by the truthful potency of Norse Mythology, passionately read & studied, embraced Ásatrú, launched the Map of Midgard project, and spearheaded the neologism/brand NorsePlay. If you have employment/opportunities in investigative mythology, field research, or product development to offer, do contact him.
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