"Hel" (goddess/hidden) + "heimr" (home, world)

E365498

mythological realm realm of the dead underworld

Helheim is the Norse mythological realm of the dead ruled by the goddess Hel, often depicted as a cold, shadowy underworld distinct from Valhalla.

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Label	Occurrences
"Hel" (goddess/hidden) + "heimr" (home, world) canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mythological realm ⓘ realm of the dead ⓘ underworld ⓘ
accessedBy	Gjöll bridge ⓘ
accessType	difficult to leave ⓘ
afterlifeFunction	realm for the dead not chosen by Odin or Freyja ⓘ
associatedDeity	Hel ⓘ
associatedWith	cold ⓘ darkness ⓘ death ⓘ the underworld ⓘ those who die of sickness or old age ⓘ
borderedBy	river Gjöll ⓘ
cosmologicalPosition	one of the worlds beneath the roots of Yggdrasil ⓘ
culture	Norse mythology ⓘ
describedAs	cold ⓘ gloomy ⓘ misty ⓘ shadowy ⓘ
describedIn	Poetic Edda ⓘ Prose Edda ⓘ
distinctFrom	Fólkvangr ⓘ Valhalla ⓘ
etymologyComponent	Hel (goddess) ⓘ surface form: Hel (goddess, hidden) heimr (home, world) ⓘ
governedBy	laws of Hel ⓘ
guardedBy	Móðguðr ⓘ
hasSubrealm	Náströnd ⓘ
inhabitants	dead ⓘ
languageOfName	Old Norse language ⓘ surface form: Old Norse
laterInterpretedAs	hell-like realm ⓘ
locatedIn	Niflheim ⓘ
mentionedIn	Gylfaginning ⓘ Vafþrúðnismál ⓘ
moralConnotation	not primarily a place of moral punishment in earliest sources ⓘ
mythicFunction	balances heroic afterlife realms like Valhalla ⓘ
namedAfter	Hel ⓘ
oftenContrastedWith	Valhalla ⓘ
partOf	Norse mythology ⓘ surface form: Norse cosmology
populationType	human dead ⓘ some dishonored dead in later tradition ⓘ
roleInMyth	destination of Baldr after his death ⓘ
ruler	Hel ⓘ
sometimesConfusedWith	Christian Hell ⓘ
symbolizes	inevitable death ⓘ obscurity and concealment ⓘ
visitedBy	Hermóðr ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Helheim → etymology → "Hel" (goddess/hidden) + "heimr" (home, world) ⓘ