Hel
Norse goddess, daughter of Loki, cast into underworld by Odin to rule the dishonored dead. Half her body living, half corpse. Rules those who died of sickness, old age, not in battle—the 'unworthy' deaths. Made sovereign over what others rejected. Refused to release Baldr.
No native Norse planetary rulership exists: the planetary correspondence is the interpretatio romana / weekday reading (Mercury=Odinn, Jupiter=Thor, Mars=Tyr, Venus=Freyja/Frigg, Sun=Sol, Moon=Mani), not an ancient Norse attribution.
Correspondences
- Planetary Correspondence
- Saturn
Offerings
- Offerings
- Dark beerBreadBonesHonoring the forgotten deadActs for outcastsSitting with what others abandon
Sacred timing
- Sacred Timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- HelaQueen of HelheimDaughter of Loki
- Gender Expression
- Feminine
- Titles
- Queen of HelheimRuler of the Dishonored DeadThe Half-CorpseShe Who Holds the Forgotten
- Symbols
- Half living half corpseHound garmrHelheim gates
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- ToneRespect for misunderstood sovereigntyAddressQueen HelLady of the ForgottenRelationshipGuide for outcasts and rejectedWarningHer realm is for those others abandonResonanceOutcasts those cast out the forgotten
- Modern Practice
Patron of outcasts, those with 'dishonorable' struggles, the forgotten. Invoked for working with rejected parts of self, honoring the unheroic. Teaches sovereignty found in what others discard.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- DeathUnderworldDishonored deadSovereignty through rejectionNecessary darknessHolding what others abandon
- Mythology Summary
Norse goddess, daughter of Loki, cast into underworld by Odin to rule the dishonored dead. Half her body living, half corpse. Rules those who died of sickness, old age, not in battle—the 'unworthy' deaths. Made sovereign over what others rejected. Refused to release Baldr.
- Related Deities
- EreshkigalHecatePersephone
Details
- Secondary Planets
- Moon
- Correspondences
- ColorsBlackWhiteGreyIce blueScentsCypressMyrrhPineMetalsLeadIronAnimalsHoundWolfSerpent
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