" Ancient Norse texts spoke of three kingdoms of the dead: that of Ran, the sea goddess with the evocative name meaning "theft" or "pillage" about whom we know almost nothing;' that of Hel, goddess of the infernal regions; and that of Odin, Valhöll (Richard Wagner's Valhalla) in other words, "the Paradise of warriors. "

― Claude Lecouteux , The Return of the Dead: Ghosts, Ancestors, and the Transparent Veil of the Pagan Mind