From the wikipedia article:An elf is a creature of Germanic Mythology. The elves were originally thought of as a race of minor nature and fertility gods, who are often pictured as youthful-seeming men and women of great beauty living in forests and underground places and caves, or in wells and springs. They have been portrayed to be long-lived or immortal and as beings of magical powers. Following J.R.R. Tolkiens influential The Lord of the Rings wherein a wise, immortal people named Elves have a significant role, elves became staple characters of modern fantasy. Elves are often portrayed as being human-sized and beautiful, or being small, miniature beings.
Where does Hel live in Norse mythology?
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Hel is the Norse goddess of the dead. She ruled over the underworld, Niflheim, where she received the dead. Her name means “one that hides.” In general, Hel is only mentioned in passing in Old Norse literature.
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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. Its presided over by a fearsome goddess whose name is also Hel. Like physical graves, Hel was thought to be located underground.
is Hel Odins daughter? In the Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, and Heimskringla, Hel is referred to as a daughter of Loki. In the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, Hel is described as having been appointed by the god Odin as ruler of a realm of the same name, located in Niflheim.
Likewise, people ask, where is the Norse underworld?
Niflheim. Niflheim, Old Norse Niflheimr, in Norse mythology, the cold, dark, misty world of the dead, ruled by the goddess Hel. In some accounts it was the last of nine worlds, a place into which evil men passed after reaching the region of death (Hel).
Who lives in helheim?
Helheim. 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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