Hel: The Norse Goddess of Death | Demonic Queen or Caretaker of the Dead?

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Further Vids
Aegir and Ran -    • Aegir and Ran | Misunderstood Deities...  
The Norse Afterlife -    • What Happens in the Norse Afterlife?  
Freyr as a Death God -    • Yngvi Freyr | Guardian of Peace and N...  
Njordr as a Death God -    • The Mysteries of Njord (Njörðr) | Fat...  
Hel fits under the category of Rokkr described here -    • The Many Gods of Heathenry and Asatru...  

Further Reading
Road to Hel - HRE Davidson
Roles of the Norther Goddess - HRE Davidson
Handbook on Norse Mythology - John Lindow
Grettir's Saga
Egil's Saga
Eyrbyggja Saga
Prose Edda - Snorri Sturluson
History of the Danes - Books 1 and 3 - Saxo Grammaticus

00:00 - Intro
00:23 - The Goddess of Death
02:27 - Hel the Jotun
03:47 - The Birth of Hel
05:16 - Death Gods & The Death of Baldr
08:39 - Helheim
09:50 - Worship of Hel in Antiquity
10:30 - Demonization of Hel
12:37 - Placenames & Temples
14:11 - Worshipping Hel and Other Death Gods
15:46 - Modern Practice & Helblot

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