Hel: The Norse Goddess of Death | Demonic Queen or Caretaker of the Dead?

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Further Vids
Aegir and Ran - Aegir and Ran | Misunderstood Deities...
The Norse Afterlife - What Happens in the Norse Afterlife?
Freyr as a Death God - Yngvi Freyr | Guardian of Peace and N...
Njordr as a Death God - The Mysteries of Njord (Njörðr) | Fat...
Hel fits under the category of Rokkr described here - The Many Gods of Heathenry and Asatru...

Further Reading
- Road to Hel - HRE Davidson
- Roles of the Norther Goddess - HRE Davidson
- Handbook on Norse Mythology - John Lindow
- Grettir's Saga
- Egil's Saga
- Eyrbyggja Saga
- Prose Edda - Snorri Sturluson
- History of the Danes - Books 1 and 3 - Saxo Grammaticus

00:00 - Intro
00:23 - The Goddess of Death
02:27 - Hel the Jotun
03:47 - The Birth of Hel
05:16 - Death Gods & The Death of Baldr
08:39 - Helheim
09:50 - Worship of Hel in Antiquity
10:30 - Demonization of Hel
12:37 - Placenames & Temples
14:11 - Worshipping Hel and Other Death Gods
15:46 - Modern Practice & Helblot

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