@SpukiKitty02 #104004
Well, Valhalla is less of a conventional, pleasurable afterlife and more of a “training zone” for the Einherjar. They’d fight not purely out of desire to, but primarily to train for Ragnarok. I also think that, in such verses, should a soul or god be killed they’d just cease to be. Compare it to an endless, dreamless sleep. Certainly a lot better than the Lake of Fire, I assume.
Still, as unpleasant as the inevitability of Ragnarok is, the Norse beliefs aren’t that bad to live in. The gods are a lot more pleasant than the Greek ones and YHWH (and not all Jotnar were evil either), merry making is an important thing in life, and it’s certainly much less boring than Biblical earth. Also, if you’re comparing myths, I find it quite intrigueing that the Jotnar were very similar in nature to the Greek Titans. Not to mention how the concept of a Primordial Chaos can be found rather consistently in both Greek (Khaos), Norse (Ginnungagap), and Egyptian (Chaos & Apophis) myths
While I agree that the Greek myths had different standards than today (and very unpleasant deities), I’m not sure if the myths should be rewritten, even as adaptations. Doing so is a disservice to the rememberance of how bad things could be, you know? Like how if Django Unchained would have all its characters suddenly be politically correct in their words…