Walhalla, The Paradise of the Ancient Germans by The German School 19th C.

"Modern skepticism has destroyed one of the most beautiful creations in the Epic Ages - the belief that the spirits of the dead warriors meet daily in the halls of Valhalla, and there around the festive board recount the deeds they did in the other world. For this evening, at least, let us adopt the ancient superstition, if superstition it be."

-Colonel John S. Mosby, aka "Gray Ghost", commander of the 43rd Battalion, 1st Virginia Cavalry, known as Mosby's Rangers, in a speech given at their Reunion in Alexandria, Virginia, in January 1895. From book "Mosby's Raids in Civil War Northern Virginia" by William S. Connery

Walhalla, The Paradise of the Ancient Germans by The German School 19th C.

Source:

http://www.germanicmythology.com/works/ZimmermannArt.html

https://archive.org/details/popularhistoryof02zimm/page/578/mode/2up

https://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/M179462/Walhalla-the-Paradise-of-the-ancient-Germans

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