Hel

Norse · deity · mythic prehistoric · deity

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

Parentage

Domains

death underworld

Powers

Rule over those dead of sickness and age

Epithets

Leikn

Relations

sibling: Fenrir
sibling: Jörmungandr

Sources

Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 34; Poetic Edda, Baldrs draumar

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