Designed Valaskialf

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4 ‘The land is sacred which I see lying
near the Æsir and elves;
but in Thrudheim Thor shall remain,
until the Powers are torn asunder.

5 ‘Yewdale it is called, the place where Ull
has made a hall for himself;
Alfheim the gods gave to Freyr
in bygone days as tooth-payment.

6 ‘There is a third home where the cheerful Powers
roofed the rooms with silver;
Valaskialf it is called, which the God designed for himself*
in bygone days.


- Poetic Edda, Grimnismal


("the God: according to Snorri, Edda, p. 20, this is Odin himself." - from the Explanatory Notes section included with the translation)

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Also there is the one called Glitnir, and its walls and
columns and pillars are of red gold, and its roof of silver. There
also is a place called Himinbiorg. It stands at the edge of heaven at
the bridge’s end where Bifrost reaches heaven. There also is a
great place called Valaskialf. This place is Odin’s. The gods built it
and roofed it with pure silver, and it is there in this hall that
Hlidskialf is, the throne of that name. And when All-father sits on
that throne he can see over all the world. At the southernmost end
of heaven is the hall which is fairest of all and brighter than the
sun, called Gimle. It shall stand when both heaven and earth have
passed away, and in that place shall live good and righteous
people for ever and ever.


- Prose Edda, Gylfaginning


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