Hel was the Norsereferring to the people and culture of Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland goddess of the dead, daughter of the trickstermischievous figure appearing in various forms in the folktales and mythology of many different peoples underworld land of the dead god Loki and the giantess Angrboda. Shortly after her birth, Hel was cast out of Asgard, home of the gods, by Odinin Norse mythology, one-eyed deity and ruler of the gods. He sent her to Niflheim, the underworld, and made her queen of all who died from old age or sickness. Warriors who fell in combat did not become her subjects but went instead to the hall called Valhalla to live with Odin. In early Norse mythology, Hel was also the name of the world of the dead.