Hel

Norse · deity · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification

Daughter of Loki and Angrboða, cast into Niflheim to rule the realm of the dead.

Parentage

parent: Loki
parent: Angrboða

Domains

death underworld

Powers

Rule over those dead of sickness and age

Epithets

Leikn old-norse · Leiknkenning-base for death/Hel-figure (giantess of death)Cleasby–Vigfusson, Icelandic-English Dictionary, s.v. Hel (secondary)

Relations

sibling: FenrirFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Loki) per the figures' cited genealogy.
sibling: JörmungandrFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Loki) per the figures' cited genealogy.

Sources

existence: Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 34; Poetic Edda, Baldrs draumar (primary)

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