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

Patreon:   / oceankeltoi   Twitter:   / oceankeltoi   Twitch:   / oceankeltoi   Instagram:   / oceankeltoi   Intro Assets by:   / synje_grafx   Discord:   / discord   Merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Ocea... My friend Wolf the Red has merch around some amazing art in honor of Hel: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/783... Further Vids Aegir and Ran -    • Aegir and Ran | Walking The Line Between J...   The Norse Afterlife -    • What Happens in the Norse Afterlife?   Freyr as a Death God -    • Yngvi Freyr | Guardian of Peace and Norse ...   Njordr as a Death God -    • The Mysteries of Njord (Njörðr) | Father o...   Hel fits under the category of Rokkr described here -    • The Many Gods of Heathenry and Asatru (God...   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 music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio