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Hel

[ hel ]

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.
  1. the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
  2. the home of the dead; Niflheim.


Hel

/ hɛl; ˈhɛlɑː /

noun

  1. the goddess of the dead
  2. the underworld realm of the dead
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of Hel1

From Old Norse; hell
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The Bible identifies 666 as the "number of the beast", and Hel is just one "l" short of the English word "hell".

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Some people rode the bus simply to say they had taken the 666 bus to Hel, Polish media reported.

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Hel decried “the same venom” that is dehumanizing and scapegoating those who are viewed by some people as “the other.”

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The next day, in the port of Hel, it was included in a convoy going to the German port of Swinemunde, which is now Swinoujscie in Poland.

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He rode down to Niflheim, the world of the dead, where he found the dwelling of Hela, or Hel, the Goddess of the Dead, all decked out in festal array.

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