Hel
Hel
5
DEITY · Death
PWR6
Rare
GRD5
The ruler of the realm of the dead (Hel), daughter of Loki; she is half-living, half-dead.[S1] [S2] [S3]
The Divine Atlas
Death · norse pantheon
DA-NOR-026
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About this card
Hel is the daughter of Loki and Angerboa, and the ruler of the realm of the dead (also called Hel) [S2]. She is a strange being: half of her body is living and the other half is corpse-like (the color of a dead fish) [S2]. The gods, wishing to get rid of her, cast her into the north with a hall of the dead, where she rules over those who die of sickness or old age (as opposed to those who die in battle, who go to Valhalla) [S2]. Hel is not 'evil' in the Christian sense; she is the ruler of the dead, a necessary part of the cosmic order [S2].
half-living, half-dead (half her body is corpse-like)