The Viking Herald

In Norse mythology, Helheim lay in the far north, a bleak realm governed by Hel. It received the vast majority of the dead, those whose deaths were ordinary rather than heroic.

Helheim: For all those who suffer a not-so-glorious death

An icy afterlife awaits those who venture to one of the nine realms of Norse mythology. Like Odin, let us venture there to pick apart the often-overlooked realm of the dead.

11 months ago — Culture and religion

Goddess Hel

Helheim: For all those who suffer a not-so-glorious death