Hel – Queen Of A Weeping And Wailing Land Of Dead

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - One of the fearsome offspring of the cunning god Loki is Hel, a towering giantess and goddess of death. She reigns over Niflheim, a shadowy realm where the dead reside, hidden among the Nine Worlds that cling to the vast cosmic ash tree, Yggdrasil.

Contemporary artistic vision of Hel. Image credit: Tara Ryzebol - CC BY-SA 3.0

Horrible Goddess Hel Is Half-Dead And Half-Alive

Hel is a greedy creature with a fearsome appearance. She has no concerns over the dead and the living. One-half of her is greenish-black, and the other is white, with flesh similar to a rotting corpse. Hel’s face is sinister and gloomy. The goddess is half-dead and half alive. Ancient beliefs say that diseases first came into the world when she was born.

 

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