"Hel" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Old Norse hel. Cognate with Old English hell (“hell”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|non|hel}} Old Norse hel, {{cog|ang|hell|t=hell}} Old English hell (“hell”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Hel
  1. (religion, Norse mythology) The goddess of the realm of the unheroic dead, a daughter of Loki by the jotun Angrboða. Tags: Norse Categories (topical): Norse mythology, Religion, Gods, Mythological locations, Norse deities Synonyms (realm of the unheroic dead): Helheim
    Sense id: en-Hel-en-name-5RRWHwUW Disambiguation of Gods: 52 48 Disambiguation of Mythological locations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Norse deities: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Topics: human-sciences, lifestyle, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, religion, sciences Disambiguation of 'realm of the unheroic dead': 61 39
  2. (religion, Norse mythology) The realm of the dead who did not die in combat, ruled by the goddess and located in Niflheim (one of the Nine Realms). Tags: Norse Categories (topical): Norse mythology, Religion, Gods, Mythological locations, Norse deities Translations (realm of the dead): Hel (Danish), हेल (hel) [neuter] (Marathi), Hell (Old English), Hellhām (Old English), Хель (Xelʹ) (Russian), Hel [neuter] (Swedish), Helhem [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Hel-en-name-0apg6rbN Disambiguation of Gods: 52 48 Disambiguation of Mythological locations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Norse deities: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Topics: human-sciences, lifestyle, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, religion, sciences Disambiguation of 'realm of the dead': 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Hela, Hell Translations (goddess of the realm of the dead): Hel (Danish), Hel [feminine] (French), Hel [feminine] (Italian), Hela [feminine] (Italian), हेल (hel) [feminine] (Marathi), Hell (Old English), Хель (Xelʹ) [feminine] (Russian), Hela [feminine] (Spanish), Hel (Swedish), Hel (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'goddess of the realm of the dead': 53 47

Alternative forms

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