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Her Symbols awehelmtp8.giftrihornqa8.gifvalk23zo.gifwain7tu.gif Her Mother In Norse mythology, Hel (sometimes Anglicized or Latinized as Hela) is the queen of Hel, the Norse underworld. In the Gylfaginning, she is described as the daughter of Loki and Angrboða – a giantess (gýgr, see jotun) – and thus sister of the Fenrisulfr and the sea serpent Jörmungandr. Since her father is often described as a god, although both his parents were giants, the same might be said of Hel. When Odin became aware of the existence of Loki's children, he banished them to remote places. Hel he cast down to her realm in the underworld and gave her authority over all those in the nine worlds who do not die gloriously in battle but of sickness or of old age. Her possessions are being described thus: She has great possessions there; her walls are exceeding high and her gates great. Her hall is called Sleet-Cold; her dish, Hunger; Famine is her knife; Idler, her thrall; Sloven, her maidservant; Pit of Stumbling, her threshold, by which one enters; Disease, her bed; Gleaming Bale, her bed-hangings. She is half blue-black and half flesh-color (by which she is easily recognized), and very lowering and fierce. —Brodeur translation Later in the same source is described how Hermóðr tries to retrieve the dead Baldr's soul from Hel. Now this is to be told concerning Hermóðr, that he rode nine nights through dark dales and deep, so that he saw not before he was come to the river Gjöll (or Gjallar-river) and rode onto the Gjöll-Bridge (or Gjallar-bridge); which bridge is thatched with glittering gold. Móðguðr is the maiden called who guards the bridge. The path to Hel is known as the Helveg and their gates Helgrindr. Here Garm is fastened, Hel's watchdog, who is bloody both on chest and neck. Heimskringla relates that she procured herself a spouse by having the Swedish king Dyggve die a natural death. Her name is the source of the English word hell. Her Worlds Hel is the lowest of the Nine Worlds besides Niflheim resting below the World Tree. It is not at all a bad place, parts of it are an afterlife paradise while other parts are seen as dark and gloomy. Unlike the Christian purgatory, it is not an abode of punishment, but simply a resting place for the dead. It may be reached by the road Helvergr "the Hell way" or "Highway to Hell" if you like, a river of blood called Gjll, or a cave called Gnpahellir. Hel's gate called Helgrind or Ngrind is guarded by the ettin woman Modgud and the hound Garmr. Her Hoose & Yard Below Hel and in a northern part of it lies the mansion of the goddess of death Hel. It is called Elvinir "misery" and is surrounded by a wall called Fallanda Forad "falling peril. Her Playground " Still deeper is Kvllheimr, a place of punishment for the wicked. Within it is Nstrnd - Nstrand "corpse strand" a dwelling made of adders for which there may be an Anglo-Saxon term in Wyrmsele "snake hall." Here the evil dead are sent to forever have burning poison drip down upon them. hehehehehehehe Niflheim ("Land of Mists") is the realm of ice and cold in Norse Mythology. It is located north of Ginnungagap and there dwells the hrimthursar and here is also Helgardh located. Niflheim is ruled by the goddess Hel, daughter to Loki by the giantess Angrboda, personally appointed by Odin to rule over Niflheim. Half of her body is normal, while the other half is that of a rotting corpse. Niflheim is broken into several layers. One level designed for heroes and gods, where Hel would preside over the festivities for them. Another is reserved for the elderly, the sick, and those who are unable to die gloriously in battle and enter Valhalla. The lowest level resembled the Christian version of Hell, where the wicked are forced to live forever. Her Mother's Pooch In Norse mythology, Garm was a huge dog that guarded Helheim, the land of the dead, living in a cave called Gnipa (Gnipahellir). It was usually covered in blood. Garm was the greatest of all dogs (excluding the Fenris wolf). During Ragnarok, Garm and Tyr will kill each other. In Völuspá, the line Geyr Garmr mjök / fyr Gnipahelli (Garm howls loud / before the Gnipa-cave) is repeated three times. After the first occurrence, the Fimbulwinter is related; the second occurrence is succeded by the invasion of giants in the world of gods; after the last occurrence, the rise of a new and better world is described.
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