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A person would got to hell if they did not die in battle - an honourable death. For example, you would go to the Heaven equivalent if you were stabbed by the enemy on the battlefield, but you would not if you died of disease or old age; and would instead go to hell. In hell, the Vikings believed that the victims would spend eternity in a small confined box, eating rotten food (perhaps faeces etc.) and drinking goat's urine. They believed it was very dreary, and nobody would want to go there. The name of Norse Hell is Hel from which the english is derived.

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