Hel

H0128700 (hĕl)n. Norse Mythology 1. The goddess of death and the underworld; the daughter of Loki.2. The underworld of the dead not killed in battle.

[Old Norse; see kel- in Indo-European roots.]

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n1. (Norse Myth & Legend) the goddess of the dead2. (Norse Myth & Legend) the underworld realm of the dead

Hel

(hɛl)

n. a Norse goddess, the daughter of Loki, who ruled the abode of the dead.

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Noun

Hel - (Norse mythology) goddess of the dead and queen of the underworldHelaNorse mythology - the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity

Translations

Hel

(hĕl), in Norse mythology, the underworld (sometimes called Niflheim) and the goddess who ruled there. In early Germanic mythology, Hel was the goddess who ruled the majestic abode for the dead. Later, particularly after the advent of Christianity, Hel became a place of punishment, similar to the Christian hell.

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ruled over world of the dead. [Norse Myth.: Leach, 488]See: Underworld

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noun (Norse mythology) goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld

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