Hel (mythological being)
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Hel is a female being in Norse mythology who is said to preside over an underworld realm of the same name, where she receives a portion of the dead. Hel is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the
Hel (1889) by Johannes Gehrts, pictured here with her hound Garmr
A depiction of a young Hel (center) being led to the assignment of her realm, while her brother Fenrir is led forward (left) and Jörmungandr (right) is about to be cast by Odin (1906) by Lorenz Frølich.
"Hermod before Hela" (1909) by John Charles Dollman.
"Loki's Brood" (1905) by Emil Doepler.
Loki
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Loki is a god in Norse mythology. Loki engineers the death of the beloved god Baldr and is bound by the gods and suffers from serpent venom. His wife Sigyn collects the venom in a bowl. However, she m
Hel (mythological being)
…Hel, and Hel may appear on various Migration Period bracteates. In the Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, and Heimskringla, Hel is referred to as a daughter of Loki. In the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, Hel is described as having been appointed by the god Odin as ruler of a realm of the same name, located in Niflheim…
Loki and Sigyn (1863) by Mårten Eskil Winge
Loki taunts Bragi (1908) by W. G. Collingwood
A depiction of Lokasenna (1895) by Lorenz Frølich
Loki threatens the Æsir with fire (1895) by Lorenz Frølich