Hel
Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #478 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.
↻ synthesized from 9 sources
When
- First attested
- 1000 BCE
- Attested period
- -1000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in poems recorded in Heimskringla and Egils saga that date from the 9th and 10th centuries, respectively.
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Jábmiidáhkká, Baschgrîs, Baschmôter, Proserpina, Louhi
- co occurs with
- Hyrrokin, Vali, Beldeg, Rindr, Litr, Hermod, Freyja, Rán, Valkyrja, Þökk, Norns, Helheim, Loki Laufeyarson, Dellingr, Gestumblindi, Baldr, Nanna, Höðr, Frigg, Fulla, Odin, Thor
- sibling of
- Fenrir, Jörmungandr
- child of
- Loki
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“the rider is traveling towards the realm of the dead and the woman with the scepter may be a female ruler of that realm, corresponding to Hel. Some B-class bracteates showing three godly figures have been interpreted as depicting Baldr's death, the best known of these is the Fakse bracteate. Two of the figures are”
#12570 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Kaarle Krohn compared Jábmiidáhkká to Hel from Norse mythology.”
#12667 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Upon Frigg's entreaties, delivered through the messenger Hermod, Hel promised to release Baldr from the underworld if all objects alive and dead would weep for him.”
#37765 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the same Indo-European root produced Old Norse hel, a proper noun employed for both the name of another afterlife location and a supernatural female entity as its overseer, as well as the modern English noun hell.”
#38631 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“He tells them that when he got to Helheim, Hel mocked Loki for his clumsiness. Baldr told her that Valhalla was not as great as everyone thinks and improvised an imitation of the einherjar which caused Hel to burst into laughter. Hel's laughter changed Helheim into a beautiful forest.”
#41034 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001