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The Old Norse name Hel is identical to the name of the location over which she rules. It stems from the Proto-Germanic feminine noun *haljō-'concealed place, the underworld' (compare with Gothic halja, Old English hel or hell, Old Frisian helle, Old Saxon hellia, Old High German hella), itself a derivative of *helan-'to cover > conceal, hide' (compare with OE helan, OF hela, OS helan, OHG helan).
"Odin Rides to Hel" (1908) by W. G. Collingwood. Hel (Old Norse: ) is an afterlife location in Norse mythology and paganism.It is ruled over by a being of the same name, Hel.In late Icelandic sources, varying descriptions of Hel are given and various figures are described as being buried with items that will facilitate their journey to Hel after their death [citation needed].
Hel (1889) by Johannes Gehrts, depicts the Old Norse Hel, a goddess-like figure, in the location of the same name, which she oversees. The modern English word hell is derived from Old English hel, helle (first attested around 725 AD to refer to a nether world of the dead) reaching into the Anglo-Saxon pagan period. [1]
The underworld, also known as the netherworld or hell, is the supernatural world of the dead in various religious traditions and myths, located below the world of the living. [1] Chthonic is the technical adjective for things of the underworld. The concept of an underworld is found in almost every civilization and "may be as old as humanity ...
Hel [a] (Kashubian: Hél; German: Hela) is a seaside resort city in Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, located on the tip of the Hel Peninsula, some 33 kilometres (21 miles) from the Polish mainland.
Hel Peninsula, on the Polish Baltic coast Hel, Poland, a town on the Hel Peninsula; Hel Fortified Area, a fortress and naval base on the Hel peninsula; Helsinki Airport (IATA code HEL) Hensall railway station, England (National Rail station code HEL) Human Engineering Laboratory, an Army research institute that specialized in ergonomics
The Old Norse name Helreginn has been translated as 'Ruler over Hel', [1] or 'Hel-power'. [2] Rudolf Simek comments that the name is unusual, reasoning that it is uncommon for a jötunn to be directly associated with "the underworld." [3]
Hela (/ ˈ h ɛ l ə /) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.She is based on the goddess Hel from Norse mythology, and was first adapted by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in Journey into Mystery #102.