#hel

[eldstunga]

Woke up at 3 am and sketched this down before going back to sleep lol, glad to finally have it out of my head.

[morbidmomma]

Daddy's girl

Art by morbidmomma

[jisuto]

[aelysiart]

Children of Loki and the jötunn Angrboða from Norse mythology. Hel, who is the ruler of underworld realm, Fenrir and world serpent Jörmungandr.

[sapphic-freyjan]

Freyja /Hel altar that’s still in the works, started in the last year or so. If you couldn’t tell, I’ve been on Estrogen for a long time now 😆

[when-november-ends]

hot take, but i think a lot of norse pagans need to be okay with not going to Valhalla.

Valhalla is not the equivalent of the christian Heaven, and Helheim is not Hel.

honestly, i don't know why you would even want to end up in Valhalla if you're not a seasoned fighter/warrior, because like... have you read the descriptions of that place? you fight and die and fight and die all over again, basically forever.

personally, i would much rather be in Helheim with my loved ones and be cared for and welcomed and loved and spend my days in comfort.

[artist-ellen]

HEL

In Norse mythology, Hel is the enigmatic goddess of death and the sovereign of Helheim, the realm of the dead. She is the daughter of the trickster god Loki and his first wife, the giantess Angrboda. Hel’s brothers are the wolf Fenrir and the world-serpent Jörmungandr, both central figures in the events of Ragnarök. Through Loki, she is also a half-sister to Sleipnir, Narvi and Vali.

Hel’s appearance is as striking as it is haunting. She is often described as half-living and half-dead—one side of her body is that of a living woman, pale and beautiful, while the other is decayed and corpse-like, with darkened, rotting flesh. This duality reflects her dominion over both life and death.

Odin, terrified by what Loki’s children would become in the future, cast Hel into the underworld, granting her authority over those who died of sickness or old age. Hel’s realm is not one of torment but a cold, shadowed reflection of life, where the dead find their final rest under her somber yet impartial rule.

(Text by Delia Gosforth, Illustration by Ellen Artistic)

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