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Hel And Her Realm

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

HEL

THE GODDESS OF THE INGLORIOUS DEAD

HEL'S FAMILY

  • Hel's brother Fenrir
  • Hel's brother Jormunfand
  • Hel's mother Angrboda
  • Hel's father Loki

HER STORY

  • Hel was thrown into Niflheim
  • She is forced to watch over the dead
  • She built her palace in Niflheim
  • Her realm is connected to the nine worlds
  • through the Yggdrasil

WHY WOULD YOU GO TO HEL'S REALM

  • Hel has a knife whose name is famine
  • Hel has a plate whose name is hunger
  • Hel's bed is called sick bed
  • Hel's bed curtains are called glimmering misfortune

WHY? CONTINUED

  • If you had died by any of the ways
  • mentioned then you would be sent to
  • Niflheim.
  • Basically if you didn't fight and pillage
  • throughout your life then you were sent to hel.

WHY IT MATTERS

  • Looking at this god we can see that the norse people
  • venerated battle above almost all else.
  • They created a special place for those who have done
  • nothing exciting or adventurous.
  • They couldn't be put with the people who have battled all there life

IN CONCLUSION

  • Hel is an outcast among gods
  • She was forced to do something she didn't want to
  • She doesn't really care about the spirits in her realm
  • Her realm is a cold dang place instead of the general
  • fiery hot hell.