Hel: Goddess of the Dead (Norse Mythology)
Hel (Old Norse: Hel) is the somber and sovereign guardian of the Norse underworld that bears her name. Daughter of Loki and the giantess Angrboða, she is described in the Prose Edda as half-living and half-dead in appearance, a being who stands at the threshold between worlds. Unlike the heroic dead who feast in Valhalla or Fólkvangr, those who die
