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Hel(l)- 200 BCE to 300 CE |
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Cthonic underworld goddess. germanic and Nordic (Icelandic). The daughter of Loki and the giantess Angrboda and the sibling of both the Midgard worm who will cause the sea to flood the world with the lashings of his tail and of Fenrir, the phantom wold who will swallow the Sun at Ragnarok. |
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She is Queen of the otherworld, also known as Hel(l) and she takes command of all who die, except for heroes slain in battle, who ascend to Valhalla. In some religious histories she is depicted as half black half white. She was also adopted into british religious history hence the modern name for a place of lost souls, being called Hell. |
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In Old English- hell is defined as: |
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• The abode of the dead; the place of departed spirits; the infernal
regions regarded as a place of existence after death; the grave. |
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• The abode of devils and condemned spirits; the place or state of
punishment of the wicked after death. |
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• A place or state of wickedness, suffering or misery. |
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