DYSSE, in Scandinavian Mythology, inferior goddesses, whose province it was to convey the souls of such as died in battle to the abode of Odin, which was called Valthalla or the hall of slaughter, where they were to drink, with him
and their other gods, in cups formed of the skulls of their enemies, a kind of malt liquor called cerevisia. The Dysse conveyed those who died a natural death to Hela, the goddess of hell, where they were tormented with hunger, thirst, and every kind of evil.