Associations to the word «Hel»

Wiktionary

HEL, proper noun. (Norse mythology) The goddess of the realm of the dead, a daughter of Loki. Hel is the equivalent of Persephone in Greek mythology.
HEL, proper noun. (Norse mythology) The realm of the dead, (also known as Helheim), the domain of the goddess Hel. Located within Niflheim, (one of the Nine Realms).

Dictionary definition

HEL, noun. (Norse mythology) goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats