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    Hel (Old Norse Hel, “Hidden;” pronounced like the English word “Hell”) is the most general name for the underworld where many of the dead dwell. Occasionally, it's also referred to as “Helheim,” “The Realm of Hel,” although this is much more common in the secondary literature than in the Old Norse primary sources.

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    In Norse mythology, Hel is a being who presides over a realm of the same name, where she receives a portion of the dead. Hel is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson.

    Similarly, who goes to Hel? To enter Hel, Hermóðr rides for nine nights through valleys so deep and dark that he saw nothing until he arrives at the river Gjöll (Noisy) and the Gjöll bridge. The bridge is described as having a roof made of shining gold. Hermóðr then proceeds to cross it.

    Also, what is the Norse afterlife called?

    When Vikings died they believed they would go to Valhalla, where they would spend their afterlife. Before Christianity, Valhalla was the Viking eternal paradise, like Heaven. Vikings were also buried with treasure, known as grave goods.

    Is hel in niflheim?

    Helheim (“house of Hel”) is one of the nine worlds of Norse mythology. It is ruled by Hel, the monstrous daughter of the trickster god Loki and his wife Angrboda. This cold, dark and misty abode of the dead is located in the world of Niflheim, on the lowest level of the Norse universe.

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