Hel

[ hel ]

noun

, Scandinavian Mythology.

1. the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
2. the home of the dead; Niflheim.

Hel

/ hɛl; ˈhɛlɑː /

noun

1. the goddess of the dead
2. the underworld realm of the dead

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hel¹

From Old Norse; hell

Example Sentences

The popular bus route 666 to Hel in northern Poland is being changed to 669, after long-running complaints by religious conservatives in the country.

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"I have often read about route 66 to Hel on foreign websites or Facebook groups. I am convinced there were tourists who would have probably arrived faster by train, but for fun they took bus route 666."

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Another social media user, Robert Eryk Wozniak, wrote: "I think that the next step should be to change the name of the town of Hel to something else because it is against our Christian Polish roots!"

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The Bible identifies 666 as the "number of the beast", and Hel is just one "l" short of the English word "hell".

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"What is Hel without 666," quipped Dawid Jastrzebski, while Kamil Galczynski argued that this was "a perfect example of how NOT to do marketing".

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