Hel by JoeJarrah

DAZ|Studio • Mythology • posted on Oct 22, 2018

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In Norse mythology, Hel is where those who die of sickness or old age go to (as opposed to the warriors who end up either with Odin or Freyja). It is also the name of the ruler of the lands of the dead; Loki's daughter and sister to the wolf Fenrir and the worlld-serpent Jormundgandr. There she dwells in her vast halls. The 13th Century Prose Edda describes her thus: ..."She has (there) a great mansion, and the walls around it are of strange height, and the gates are huge. Éljúðnir is the name of her hall. Her table is called famine; her knife, starvation... Her threshold is called stumbling−block; her bed, care; the precious hangings of her bed, gleaming bale. One−half of her is blue, and the other half is of the hue of flesh; hence she is easily known. Her looks are very stern and grim.