Episode 36 - Blue as Hel Norse Mythology: The Unofficial Guide

Time for another deep dive! This time into the mysterious origins of the one called Hel: the daughter of Loki and the sister of two giant monsters. Who does she own upon death? The answer may not be quite as simple as you think.

Sources:


“Dictionary of Northern Mythology” by Rudolf Simek, 2007


“Gesta Danorum” transl. by Karsten Friis-Jensen and Peter Fisher, 2015


“Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs”, by John Lindow, 2002


“The Road to Hel” by Hilda Roderick Ellis, 1968


“Worlds of the Dead” by John Lindow and Anders Andrén in Pre-Christian Religions of the North volume II, 2020


“The Poetic Edda”, transl. by Carolyne Larrington, 2014


“The Prose Edda”, transl. by Anthony Faulkes, 1995



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Celebration by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/