Dictionary of all Scriptures & Myths

GJOLL, OR GJALL, RIVER 

A symbol of the higher faculties of the mind which lead to truth through the intuition.

"The Gjoll river being the nearest to the gate of the abode of death (Prose Edda). - MALLET, North. Antiq., p. 401.

The higher mental faculties are at the entrance of the higher planes which the consciousness attains to through the death of the lower nature.  

See Also

ANAURUS RIVER
BRIDGE OF GJALL
GATE
NORTH
STYX