Hel (mythological being)
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title:
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 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century. In addition, she is mentioned in poems recorded in Heimskringla and Egils saga that date from the 9th and 10th centuries, respectively. An episode in the Latin work Gesta Danorum, written in the 12th cen
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Underworld entity in Norse mythology
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hel_(mythological_being)
date created:
2001-08-18T05:01:24Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T17:33:33Z
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