Hel

See also: hel

English

A depiction of Hel by Johannes Gehrts, 1889

Alternative forms

• Hela, Hell

Etymology

From Old Norse hel. Cognate with Old English hell (“hell”).

Proper noun

Hel

1. (religion, Norse mythology) The goddess of the realm of the unheroic dead, a daughter of Loki by the jotun Angrboða.
2. (religion, Norse mythology) The realm of the dead who did not die in combat, ruled by the goddess and located in Niflheim (one of the Nine Realms).

Synonyms

• (realm of the unheroic dead): Helheim

Translations

goddess of the realm of the dead

• Danish: Hel
• French: Hel (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Old English: Hell
• Russian: Хель (ru) f (Xelʹ)
• Spanish: Hela f

realm of the dead

• Danish: Hel
• Old English: Hell, Hellhām
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: Хель (ru) (Xelʹ)

Further reading

• Hel (being) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hel (location) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Fólkvangr on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Valhalla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• LHE, LHe, Leh

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hel (“hell”). More at Hel.

Proper noun

Hel

1. Hel (goddess)
2. Hel (realm)