place
Helheim
Hel’s realm of the dead in Norse speech. Not Hel as the being alone, and not Christian hell under a Norse label.
Norse tradition
Helheim appears in Norse tradition.
Völuspá and Baldrs draumar in the Poetic Edda seat the dead-realm under Hel’s name; the published place id helheim carries that realm speech. A named Norse dead-realm in that verse corpus, not Hel as the being alone and not Christian hell.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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Helheim is sacred to Hel.
Snorri’s Gylfaginning allots Hel the realm of the dead that shares her name and rule. A named realm dedicated to that being, not Christian hell under a Norse label and not hel→appears_in→helheim as the PE seat alone.
from Snorri Sturluson · Gylfaginning, c. 1220
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Hel appears in Helheim.
Baldrs draumar and Völuspá in the Poetic Edda seat Hel in the dead-realm that shares her name; helheim is the published place endpoint for that realm. A named presence of Hel in Helheim speech, not Christian hell and not underworld as a bare concept alone.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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sources
- Poetic Edda · Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation)
The Poetic Edda, trans. Carolyne Larrington.
- Gylfaginning · Snorri Sturluson
Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning, in the Prose Edda.