Episode 36 - Blue as Hel

Norse Mythology: The Unofficial Guide - A podcast by Wælhræfn

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History

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/