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Hel is the goddess of the underworld in Norse mythology who rules over the dead. She matters because she represents an important part of the Norse religious worldview, governing what happened to souls and the afterlife in Viking-era beliefs.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- goddess
- Part of
- Norse mythology
- Gender
- female
- Spouse
- Dyggvi
- Father
- Loki
- Mother
- Angrboða
- Sibling
- Sleipnir
- Image
- Hermod before Hela.jpg
- Residence
- Éljúðnir
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- member of
- Jötnar
- Commons category
- Hel (being)
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- native label
- Hel
- different from
- Hel
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