Hel

Meaning

Proper Noun

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

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Origin

  • From Old Norse hel. Cognate with Old English hell.

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