Sessrúmnir
I am the ship in the field
Sessrúmnir
where Freyja
brings the chosen dead
to feast in the meadow
of the host
there in the heavens
half of the valiant slain
are chosen each day
to be gathered in her arms
so the land may be blessed
by the fallen.
Raven dark valkyries
choose the dying
their hair knotted back
their gowns long
about their limbs
bearing drinking horns
to offer to the newly dead
their arms also
bare to better carry sword
and shield to battle
with my sisters I will
find you in the last hour
so go without fear
into the field of slaughter
I am the banner carrier.
The two greatest stone ships at Anund's barrow in Sweden.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_ship#/media/File:Badekunda_stone_ship.jpeg
