Hel

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Norse deity goddess mythological figure

Hel is the Norse goddess who rules over the underworld realm of the dead that bears her name.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hel canonical 36
Hel (realm) 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norse deity ⓘ
goddess ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ
associatedEvent Ragnarok ⓘ
surface form: Ragnarök
associatedWith afterlife ⓘ
death ⓘ
the underworld ⓘ
bedCurtainName Gleaming Misfortune ⓘ
bedName Sick-bed ⓘ
bodyDescription half black and half flesh-colored ⓘ
half dead and half living in appearance ⓘ
category Norse goddesses ⓘ
Underworld deities ⓘ
cognateWith Old English: hell ⓘ
Old High German: hella ⓘ
contrastedWith Fólkvangr ⓘ
Valhalla ⓘ
culture Germanic mythology ⓘ
Norse mythology ⓘ
describedBy Snorri Sturluson ⓘ
describedIn Prose Edda ⓘ
surface form: Gylfaginning

Poetic Edda ⓘ
Prose Edda ⓘ
domain world of the dead ⓘ
dwelling Éljúðnir ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hallName Éljúðnir ⓘ
influencedConcept later Christian concept of hell in Germanic regions ⓘ
knifeName Famine ⓘ
languageForm Old Norse: Hel ⓘ
mythologicalCycle Ragnarok ⓘ
surface form: Ragnarök
nameEtymology related to Proto-Germanic *haljō (concealed place) ⓘ
parent Angrboða ⓘ
Loki ⓘ
plateName Hunger ⓘ
receives Baldr ⓘ
surface form: Baldr in some traditions

those who die of old age ⓘ
those who die of sickness ⓘ
receivesSoulsFrom Midgard ⓘ
residesIn Helheim ⓘ
role goddess of the dead ⓘ
ruler of the underworld ⓘ
rulesOver Helheim ⓘ
the realm of Hel ⓘ
sibling Fenrir ⓘ
Jormungandr ⓘ
surface form: Jörmungandr
symbolicMeaning hidden realm ⓘ
inevitable death ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

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

Norse mythology → hasDeity → Hel ⓘ
Asgard → contrastedWith → Hel ⓘ
Yggdrasil → hasRealm → Hel ⓘ
Nine Worlds → hasRealm → Hel ⓘ
Nine Worlds → lowerRealmIncludes → Hel ⓘ
Loki → child → Hel ⓘ
Niflheim → associatedDeity → Hel ⓘ
Niflheim → governedBy → Hel ⓘ
Baldr → afterlifeDestination → Hel ⓘ
Jormungandr → sibling → Hel ⓘ
Helheim → ruler → Hel ⓘ
Fenrir → sibling → Hel ⓘ
Hermóðr → associatedRealm → Hel ⓘ
Angrboða → child → Hel ⓘ
Éljúðnir → ruledBy → Hel ⓘ
Éljúðnir → associatedDeity → Hel ⓘ
Gleaming Misfortune → associatedWith → Hel ⓘ
Gleaming Misfortune → usedBy → Hel ⓘ
Baldrs draumar → featuresCharacter → Hel ⓘ
Baldrs draumar → setting → Hel ⓘ
Baldrs draumar → associatedDeity → Hel ⓘ
spring Hvergelmir → locatedInRealmOf → Hel ⓘ
subject surface form: Hvergelmir
Völuspá → mentionsPlace → Hel ⓘ
Garmr → associatedWith → Hel ⓘ
Nanna → accompaniesTo → Hel ⓘ
Nanna → realmAfterDeath → Hel ⓘ
"Hel" (goddess/hidden) + "heimr" (home, world) → ruler → Hel ⓘ
subject surface form: Helheim
"Hel" (goddess/hidden) + "heimr" (home, world) → namedAfter → Hel ⓘ
subject surface form: Helheim
"Hel" (goddess/hidden) + "heimr" (home, world) → associatedDeity → Hel ⓘ
subject surface form: Helheim
gates of Hel → guardianDeity → Hel ⓘ
gates of Hel → associatedWithDeity → Hel ⓘ
gates of Hel → ruledBy → Hel ⓘ
Hel (goddess) → rulesOver → Hel ⓘ
subject surface form: Hel
this entity surface form: Hel (realm)
Hel (goddess) → nameSharedWith → Hel ⓘ
subject surface form: Hel
this entity surface form: Hel (realm)
Vánagandr → siblingOf → Hel ⓘ
World Serpent → sibling → Hel ⓘ
Gjöll bridge → leadsTo → Hel ⓘ
Móðguðr → realmGuardedAccessTo → Hel ⓘ