Hel (goddess)

E365501
Norse goddess mythological figure underworld deity

Hel is the Norse goddess who rules over the realm of the dead that bears her name, presiding especially over those who die of illness or old age.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Hel (goddess) canonical 3
Hel (goddess, hidden) 1
watchdog of Hel 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norse goddess ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ
underworld deity ⓘ
associatedConcept afterlife ⓘ
death ⓘ
fate of the dead ⓘ
associatedWith realm of the dead ⓘ
underworld ⓘ
banishedTo Niflheim ⓘ
bodyPartDescription half blue-black ⓘ
half dead-looking ⓘ
half flesh-colored ⓘ
contrastedWith Fólkvangr ⓘ
Valhalla ⓘ
culture Germanic mythology ⓘ
Norse mythology ⓘ
demandsFromGods tears from all things for Baldr’s release ⓘ
describedIn Gylfaginning ⓘ
Poetic Edda ⓘ
Prose Edda ⓘ
Skaldic poetry ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasDomainFeature bed called Kör (Sick-bed) ⓘ
famine (Sultur) ⓘ
hunger (Hungur) ⓘ
knife called Sultur (Famine) ⓘ
maidservant Ganglöt ⓘ
servant Ganglati ⓘ
threshold called Fallandaforað (Falling to peril) ⓘ
hasModernCognate English word hell ⓘ
languageOfName Old Norse language ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse
nameEtymology from Proto-Germanic *haljō (concealed place, underworld) ⓘ
nameSharedWith Hel ⓘ
surface form: Hel (realm)
orderedBy Odin ⓘ
parent Angrboða ⓘ
Loki ⓘ
presidesOver dead from illness ⓘ
dead from old age ⓘ
receives those who do not die in battle ⓘ
refusesReleaseIfConditionNotMet Baldr ⓘ
residence Helheim ⓘ
Niflheim ⓘ
roleInMyth keeper of Baldr in Hel ⓘ
rulesOver Hel ⓘ
surface form: Hel (realm)
sibling Fenrir ⓘ
Jormungandr ⓘ
surface form: Jörmungandr
symbolicAssociation cold ⓘ
darkness ⓘ
decay ⓘ
task to apportion abodes to the dead ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Helheim → distinguishedFrom → Hel (goddess) ⓘ
Helheim → realmOf → Hel (goddess) ⓘ
Garmr → guardRole → Hel (goddess) ⓘ
this entity surface form: watchdog of Hel
Garmr → associatedWithDeity → Hel (goddess) ⓘ
"Hel" (goddess/hidden) + "heimr" (home, world) → etymologyComponent → Hel (goddess) ⓘ
subject surface form: Helheim
this entity surface form: Hel (goddess, hidden)