<p>Time for another deep dive! This time into the mysterious origins of the one called Hel: the daughter of Loki and the sister of two giant monsters. Who does she own upon death? The answer may not be quite as simple as you think.</p> <p><strong>Sources:</strong></p> <ul> <li><p>“Dictionary of Northern Mythology” by Rudolf Simek, 2007</p> </li> <li><p>“Gesta Danorum” transl. by Karsten Friis-Jensen and Peter Fisher, 2015</p> </li> <li><p>“Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs”, by John Lindow, 2002</p> </li> <li><p>“The Road to Hel” by Hilda Roderick Ellis, 1968</p> </li> <li><p>“Worlds of the Dead” by John Lindow and Anders Andrén in Pre-Christian Religions of the North volume II, 2020</p> </li> <li><p>“The Poetic Edda”, transl. by Carolyne Larrington, 2014</p> </li> <li><p>“The Prose Edda”, transl. by Anthony Faulkes, 1995</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Write in: waelhraefn (at) gmail (dot) com</li> <li>Join the Discord: <a href="https://discord.gg/Nvw5hmkRsW">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/Nvw5hmkRsW⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Music:</strong></p> <p>Celebration by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p>