{"id":138048,"date":"2026-09-03T07:04:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T07:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/?page_id=138048"},"modified":"2026-09-03T07:48:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T07:48:47","slug":"hel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/da\/hel\/","title":{"rendered":"Hel"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"138048\" class=\"elementor elementor-138048 elementor-1890 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10fdade e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10fdade\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-herohlft0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"herohlft0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3ceb64 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c3ceb64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96ae5e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96ae5e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hel, gudinde i den germanske tradition<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e45238a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e45238a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hel er en gudinde i den germanske tradition.<\/p><p>Underverdenens frue, datter af Loke og j\u00e6tten Angerboda, s\u00f8ster til Fenrisulven og Midg\u00e5rdsormen Jormungand. Hel modtager sj\u00e6lene af alle de d\u00f8de, som ikke er faldet i kamp, og derfor ikke kommer til Valhal eller Folkvang.<\/p><p>Hendes rige <em>Helheim<\/em> er ikke et sted for pinsler, men et neutralt d\u00f8dsrige for dem, der d\u00f8de af sygdom, alderdom eller almindelige d\u00f8dsfald. Hun fremstilles som halvt levende og halvt forr\u00e5dnet, et <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Et tegn, der repr\u00e6senterer en forestilling eller betydning.\" tabindex=\"0\">symbol<\/span> p\u00e5 gr\u00e6nsen mellem liv og d\u00f8d.<\/p><p>Hel er den germanske d\u00f8dsgudinde og datter af Loke.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klsbdg01 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"klsbdg01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klshtm01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"klshtm01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iwg-pill-row\"><span class=\"iwg-klasse-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Gud\/gudinde: Personificeret h\u00f8jeste magt i en kulturs pantheon, med klare ansvarsomr\u00e5der, naturkr\u00e6fter, sk\u00e6bne, krig, frugtbarhed. Tilbedt gennem kulter, offerhandlinger og tempelinstitutioner.\">Gudinde<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/da\/?page_id=137942\" class=\"iwg-kultur-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"F\u00f8rkristen gude- og andeverden i Nord- og Mellemeuropa.\">Germansk<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/da\/?page_id=138037\" class=\"iwg-tradition-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Guder for underverdenen og d\u00f8den, herskere over det hinsides, d\u00f8dedommere, sj\u00e6leledsagere.\">D\u00f8dsguddom<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f74855 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3f74855\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c30362 elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"1c30362\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_germanisch_hel-683x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-140308\" alt=\"Hel - guder fra den germanske tradition, historisk-illustrativ\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_germanisch_hel-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_germanisch_hel-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_germanisch_hel-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_germanisch_hel.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32917199 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"32917199\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e916cb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26e916cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-253a40d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"253a40d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1200c304 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1200c304\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hel<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-159dcf9a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"159dcf9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48cee66f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48cee66f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hurtigt overblik: Hel<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f50d82c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f50d82c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Type:<\/strong> D\u00f8dsguddom, underverdenens frue<br><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den samlede m\u00e6ngde af guder i en religion eller kultur.\" tabindex=\"0\">Pantheon<\/span>: Germansk (nordisk)<br>Funktion: Herskerinde over d\u00f8dsriget Helheim, de d\u00f8des modtager, vogter af gr\u00e6nsen mellem liv og d\u00f8d<br>Hovedattributter: Halvdelt ansigt (levende og forr\u00e5dnet), sort kl\u00e6dning, hunden Garm, broen Gjallarbro<br>Hjemsted: Helheim (d\u00f8dsriget), hallen Eljudnir, floden Gj\u00f6ll<br>Germansk parallel: (ingen, selvst\u00e6ndig i nordisk <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den samlede m\u00e6ngde af overleverede gudefort\u00e6llinger i en kultur.\" tabindex=\"0\">mytologi<\/span>)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18613602 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18613602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-262b8a9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"262b8a9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Historisk indplacering<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46dcb7d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"46dcb7d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61d3ab3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61d3ab3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-117c166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"117c166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Teksternes tidsperiode<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73997a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73997a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Den <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Overleveringen af viden og fort\u00e6llinger gennem generationer.\" tabindex=\"0\">overlevering<\/span>, der findes om Hel, stammer fra de litter\u00e6re kilder fra h\u00f8jmiddelalderen, men udspringer af \u00e6ldre mundtlig tradition fra vikingetiden og folkevandringstiden. Snorres Edda (de tidligste h\u00e5ndskrifter fra det 13. \u00e5rhundrede) og Den \u00e6ldre Edda (nedskrevet omkring 1270, men baseret p\u00e5 digte fra det 9.-11. \u00e5rhundrede) er hovedkilderne.<\/p><p>Saxo Grammaticus&#8217; <em>Gesta Danorum<\/em> (omkring 1200) tilbyder kristent farvede paralleloverleveringer. <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Et lille helligt opbevaringssted eller andagtssted.\" tabindex=\"0\">Skrin<\/span>&#8211; og gravfund fra det 6.-10. \u00e5rhundrede tyder p\u00e5, at Hel ikke spillede en central rolle i kulten, men var fast forankret i den eskatologiske bevidsthed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d47b156 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d47b156\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff38c2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff38c2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Udbredelsesomr\u00e5de<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e49fcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e49fcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hel var et begreb i den skandinaviske og germanske <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den samlede m\u00e6ngde af overleverede gudefort\u00e6llinger i en kultur.\" tabindex=\"0\">mytologi<\/span>, kendt i hele Skandinavien (Danmark, Norge, Sverige), Island og i dansk-norsk kontrollerede omr\u00e5der. Edda-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Overleveringen af viden og fort\u00e6llinger gennem generationer.\" tabindex=\"0\">overleveringen<\/span> er islandsk og skandinavisk.<\/p><p>Sproglige afledninger af navnet (engelsk &#8220;Hell&#8221; for det kristne helvede) viser, at navnet ogs\u00e5 var levende i angelsaksiske bos\u00e6ttelsesomr\u00e5der. Med kristningen (fra \u00e5r 1000 e.Kr.) blev Hel og Helheim omtolket til forbillede for den kristne forestilling om helvede.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db03c39 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"db03c39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-229a87b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"229a87b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f471fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f471fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kildesituation<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36b1201 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36b1201\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>De centrale kilder er Snorres Edda, is\u00e6r Gylfaginning (kap. 34 og 49), Den \u00e6ldre Edda (is\u00e6r <em>V\u00f6lusp\u00e1<\/em> og <em>Vaf\u00fer\u00fa\u00f0nism\u00e1l<\/em>) samt Saxo Grammaticus&#8217; <em>Gesta Danorum<\/em>. Prosaindledningen til Den \u00e6ldre Edda og prosaindledningerne giver genealogisk kontekst.<\/p><p>Den mytiske fort\u00e6lling &#8220;Baldrs draumar&#8221; (Balders dr\u00f8m) beskriver Hels medskyld i Balders d\u00f8d. Ark\u00e6ologiske fund fra grave, runesten og skjaldedigtning supplerer billedet, men er sparsomme, hvad ang\u00e5r Hels specifikke person.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ae0637c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ae0637c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31d07739 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"31d07739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Navn<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7642947 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b7642947\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a086266 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a086266\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Oldnordisk:<\/strong> Hel (nominativ: Hel, genitiv: Heljar), et kvindeligt v\u00e6sen, betyder &#8220;skjulende&#8221; eller &#8220;den skjulende&#8221; (besl\u00e6gtet med tysk <em>hehlen<\/em> \u201eskjule\u201c, \u201etilhylle\u201c). Tilnavne: Ingen selvst\u00e6ndige tilnavne overleveret, men den oldnordiske litteratur ben\u00e6vner hende &#8220;underverdenens frue&#8221; (<em>drottning hins dau\u00f0a rikes<\/em>).<\/p><p>Kristen reception: I middelalderen blev navnet Hel det direkte forbillede for den kristne forestilling om &#8220;helvede&#8221; (engelsk &#8220;Hell&#8221;, middelh\u00f8jtysk &#8220;H\u00f6lle&#8221;), is\u00e6r gennem islandske og skandinaviske kristne, som havde allegoriseret den hedenske underverden.<\/p><p>Germanske forbindelser: Skandinavisk-germansk, ingen direkte navnebesl\u00e6gtede i andre kulturer. Familie: Datter af guden Loke og j\u00e6tten Angerboda. S\u00f8ster til Fenrisulven (<em>Fenrir<\/em>) og Midg\u00e5rdsormen (<em>Jormungandr<\/em>). Som herskerinde over Helheim betjenes hun af Ganglati og Ganglot.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709a44a8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"709a44a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f585873 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f585873\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Beskrivelse<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70621c12 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"70621c12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4296eb49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4296eb49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Fremtoning<\/strong><\/p><p>Hel skildres i de oldnordiske kilder som halvt-halvt: den ene side af kroppen er lys, levende og med blomstrende k\u00f8d, den anden side er m\u00f8rkebl\u00e5 til sort som et lig. Denne ikoniske fremtoning symboliserer hendes position ved gr\u00e6nsen mellem liv og d\u00f8d. Hun b\u00e6rer sorte eller m\u00f8rkegr\u00f8nne kl\u00e6der.<\/p><p>Hendes ansigt, halvt smukt og halvt forr\u00e5dnet, udviser hverken ondskab eller barmhjertighed, kun d\u00f8delighedens uafvendelige natur. Hun sidder p\u00e5 en trone i sin hal <em>Eljudnir<\/em> (regn af elendighed eller fugtighedens g\u00e5rd, sted for lidelse).<\/p><p><strong>V\u00e6sen og virke<\/strong><\/p><p>Hel er ikke ond i kristen forstand, men neutral, en kosmisk kraft. Hun forvalter d\u00f8dsriget uden lidenskab. Den, der kommer til hende, forbliver der, med undtagelse af de tilf\u00e6lde hvor guderne eller helte fors\u00f8ger at opn\u00e5 en tilbagevenden (hvilket sker ekstremt sj\u00e6ldent, kun ved Balder g\u00f8res fors\u00f8get).<\/p><p>Hun modtager alle d\u00f8de, som ikke faldt i kamp: kvinder, b\u00f8rn, gamle, syge. Dermed adskiller hendes rige sig fundamentalt fra Valhal (for faldne krigere) og Folkvang (for gudinden Freja). I mods\u00e6tning til Hades fremstilles Hel ikke som en dommer, der afg\u00f8r efter fortjeneste, men som forvalter af en uundg\u00e5elig kendsgerning.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e71476 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44e71476\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c1fc3f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c1fc3f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Profil: Hel<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84f33b8e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"84f33b8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-hqkdc67p elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"hqkdc67p\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>De vigtigste aspekter af Hel p\u00e5 et overblik. Tabellen sammenfatter oprindelse, funktion, udseende, dyrkelse, symboler og paralleller.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-qh9oavvu iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"qh9oavvu\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-awzx8k2k elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"awzx8k2k\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kulturkontekst<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-x6rowhv0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"x6rowhv0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Datter af guden Loki og j\u00e6tten Angrboda (Angrbode), p\u00e5 oldnordisk Angrbodhe. Loki er ikke selv en gud i egentlig forstand, men en j\u00e6tte, der bev\u00e6ger sig i \u00e6sernes f\u00e6llesskab.<\/p><p>Angrboda er en bjergj\u00e6tte, mor til Loki (i nogle versioner drageguden Fafnirs hustru); sl\u00e6gtsoptegnelserne siger, at Loki var m\u00f8rkets dommer. Hels s\u00f8skende er Fenrisulven og Midgardsormen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e3o4kxs iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8e3o4kxs\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08rkdgov elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08rkdgov\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hels funktion<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-uwjelx8s elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"uwjelx8s\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Herskerinde over d\u00f8dsriget Helheim. Hun modtager og forvalter sj\u00e6lene af dem, der ikke faldt i kamp. Hun er ikke en dommer, men en forvalter af den kosmiske orden. Hun vogter Helheims gr\u00e6nser og tillader ingen tilbagevenden, med undtagelse af n\u00e5r guderne eller andre magter udtrykkeligt tillader det.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-jm2n74ec iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"jm2n74ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8vufse4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8vufse4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Erscheinungsbild<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mwb9u015 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mwb9u015\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Halvt levende, halvt forr\u00e5dnet. Den ene kropshalvdel blomstrer og er rosenr\u00f8d, den anden er bl\u00e5sort og h\u00e6vet som k\u00f8d lang tid efter d\u00f8den. Sorte eller m\u00f8rkegr\u00f8nne kl\u00e6dninger. \u00d8jne uden varme, men ogs\u00e5 uden ondskab, uendeligt neutrale. Hun b\u00e6rer ofte en krone eller et diadem af knogler.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37ss2yr6 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37ss2yr6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3v0wp3wx elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3v0wp3wx\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hels dyrkelse<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-w3247g2m elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"w3247g2m\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hel var ikke en popul\u00e6r <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den samlede m\u00e6ngde religi\u00f8se dyrkelseshandlinger for en gud eller hellig skikkelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">kult<\/span>&#8211;<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Et v\u00e6sen, der dyrkes som guddommeligt inden for en religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">gudeskikkelse<\/span> i betydningen templer eller regelm\u00e6ssige fester. Hun blev dog tilkaldt i begravelsesritualer og omtalt i sagaer og eder.<\/p><p>Ved d\u00f8dsanelser eller sorg kunne kvinder og pr\u00e6stinder rette b\u00f8nner til Hel for at b\u00f8nfalde om en fredfyldt indgang til d\u00f8dsriget. I skjaldedigtningen blev Hel brugt metaforisk for d\u00f8dsangst og forg\u00e6ngelighed. Ingen offergaver er specifikt overleveret.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0qpjal9w iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0qpjal9w\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ndoih0o elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ndoih0o\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hels symboler<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6684tyh9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6684tyh9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Det halvt-halvt-delte ansigt, sorte kl\u00e6dninger, hunden Garm (vogteren ved Helheim), broen <em>Gjallarbru<\/em> (den genlydende bro over floden <em>Gj\u00f8ll<\/em>), hallen <em>\u00c9lj\u00fa\u00f0nir<\/em>, bordet <em>Hungerh\u00f8rde<\/em> (hungersn\u00f8d), skeen <em>Sl\u00f8gr<\/em> (dovenskab).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3lfi7x32 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3lfi7x32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0kg99ga1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0kg99ga1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Paralleller<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-n0fum6kp elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"n0fum6kp\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hades (Gr\u00e6kenland, funktionelt lignende, men mandlig), Ereshkigal (Mesopotamien, ligeledes en kvindelig underverdensherskerinde), Yamaraja (hinduismen, neutral forvaltning af d\u00f8dsriget), Persefone (Gr\u00e6kenland, ambivalent aspekt af liv og d\u00f8d), Hekate (Gr\u00e6kenland, t\u00e6rskelfunktion), Mictecacihuatl (aztekisk, herskerinde over d\u00f8dsriget, kvindelig).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7533bc7a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7533bc7a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2447d18d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2447d18d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mytiske roller og fort\u00e6llinger<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5d0260c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d5d0260c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-341be2ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"341be2ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Baldrs bortgang og Hels l\u00f8fte<\/strong><\/p><p>Den mest kendte historie, hvor Hel spiller en central rolle, er fort\u00e6llingen om Baldrs d\u00f8d, den smukkeste af alle guder. Loki narrer den blinde gud H\u00f8der til at kaste en mistelkvist p\u00e5 Balder, det eneste stof, der kunne skade ham (fordi alle andre v\u00e6sener og ting havde lovet ikke at skade ham).<\/p><p>Balder d\u00f8r og falder ned i Hels rige. Guderne sender Hermod, Odins bud, ned p\u00e5 Sleipnir (Odins ottebenede hest) for at bede Hel om Balders tilbagevenden.<\/p><p>Hel lover: Balder m\u00e5 vende tilbage, hvis alle levende v\u00e6sener gr\u00e6der over ham. N\u00e6sten alt gr\u00e6der, guder, mennesker, dyr, stene. Kun den gamle j\u00e6ttekvinde <em>Th\u00f8kk<\/em> (eller Loki i forkl\u00e6dning) n\u00e6gter at gr\u00e6de.<\/p><p>Derfor holder Hel p\u00e5 Balder. Denne <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En overleveret fort\u00e6lling om guder, oprindelser og verdens orden.\" tabindex=\"0\">myte<\/span> viser Hel som ubestikkelig og uforsonlig: hendes magt over d\u00f8den er st\u00f8rre end selve gudernes magt.<\/p><p><strong>Hel i V\u00f6lusp\u00e1 (undergangen)<\/strong><\/p><p>I den apokalyptiske vision <em>V\u00f6lusp\u00e1<\/em> tr\u00e6der Hel frem i de sidste dage, n\u00e5r ordenen bryder sammen. Hallen \u00c9lj\u00fa\u00f0nir opl\u00f8ses, de d\u00f8de flokkes hen mod Ragnarok. Hun selv skildres ikke som k\u00e6mper, men som en kraft, der flyder sammen med kaosmagterne.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a584676 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a584676\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d0757bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d0757bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hel, paralleller i andre kulturer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60563f68 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60563f68\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a93fdd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a93fdd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Gr\u00e6sk tradition:<\/strong> Hades (mandlig herre over underverdenen) deler med Hel funktionen som forvalter og neutral kraft. I mods\u00e6tning til Hel findes der hos Hades ogs\u00e5 moralske domme og hierarkier (Furierne, Elysium versus Tartaros). Helheim har ingen s\u00e5dan skelnen, det er for alle d\u00f8de uden sj\u00e6ledom.<\/p><p><strong>Mesopotamisk tradition:<\/strong> Ereshkigal (herskerinde over underverdenen Irkalla, kvindelig som Hel) udviser en lignende neutralitet. Historien om Innannas nedstigning til Ereshkigal har strukturelle paralleller til Balder-fort\u00e6llingen: en m\u00e6gtig skikkelse f\u00f8res ned til en kvindelig underverdensherskerinde og vender (delvist) tilbage, men betingelserne er ub\u00f8nh\u00f8rlige.<\/p><p><strong>\u00c6gyptisk tradition:<\/strong> Osiris er snarere en retf\u00e6rdig dommer end blot en forvalter; Anubis er snarere en ledsager. Hel forener begge funktioner uden det moralsk-juridiske lag.<\/p><p><strong>Hinduistisk tradition:<\/strong> Yamaraja (hersker over d\u00f8dsriget Yamaloka) deler med Hel neutraliteten og uundg\u00e5eligheden. I mods\u00e6tning til Hel er Yamaraja dog ikke stedbundet, men bes\u00f8ger regelm\u00e6ssigt verden.<\/p><p><strong>Keltisk tradition:<\/strong> Banshee og andre gengangerskikkelser er snarere f\u00f8lgesvende end herskere. Gwydion og den keltiske underverden Annwn er mindre personificerede end Hels helt konkrete skikkelse.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-x7christ e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"x7christ\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-xh7chris elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"xh7chris\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kristen reception og etymologi<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-xc7chris e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"xc7chris\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bw-xt7chris-3ec7bf9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bw-xt7chris-3ec7bf9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-xt7chris elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"xt7chris\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Med kristningen af Skandinavien og Tyskland (fra ca. 1000 e.Kr.) blev den hedenske Hel og hendes rige Helheim til en metafor for det kristne helvede. Islandske pr\u00e6diketekster og pr\u00e6dikener fra det 12.-14. \u00e5rhundrede taler om &#8220;Helheim&#8221; som helvede, om Hels bud eller d\u00e6moner som helvedes krigere.<\/p><p>Det oldnordiske navn Hel (den skjulende, den tild\u00e6kkende) blev omdannet til det engelske &#8220;Hell&#8221; og det middelh\u00f8jtyske &#8220;H\u00f6lle&#8221;; de etymologiske forbindelser er omdiskuterede, men den semantiske sammenstilling er belagt i kilderne. Navnet Hel oplevede s\u00e5ledes en transformation fra en kosmisk kraft til et symbol p\u00e5 fortabelse.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp0b073d2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp0b073d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpf67e00b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cpf67e00b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kildesituationen: Snorri Sturluson og problemet med systematisering<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp0693fe8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp0693fe8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp416dfe3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp416dfe3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>N\u00e6sten alt, hvad der g\u00e6lder som et sammenh\u00e6ngende billede af d\u00f8dsgudinden Hel, stammer fra en enkelt kilde: den <em>Prosa-Edda<\/em>, skrevet af den islandske l\u00e6rde og politiker Snorri Sturluson i begyndelsen af det trettende \u00e5rhundrede.<\/p><p>I <em>Gylfaginning<\/em> beskriver Snorri Hel som datter af Loki og j\u00e6tten Angrbo\u00f0a, som s\u00f8ster til Fenrisulven og Midg\u00e5rdsormen, halvt m\u00f8rk og halvt af almindelig hudfarve, og han fort\u00e6ller, hvordan Odin kastede hende ned i underverdenen og gav hende magt over alle, der d\u00f8r af sygdom og alderdom.<\/p><p>Denne sammenh\u00e6ngende fremstilling b\u00f8r l\u00e6ses med forsigtighed. Snorri skrev mere end to hundrede \u00e5r efter Islands kristning. Han var en kristent skolet forfatter, som ville ordne, forklare og formgive det hedenske stof litter\u00e6rt.<\/p><p>Forskningen har l\u00e6nge diskuteret, hvor meget af Snorris Hel der g\u00e5r tilbage til gammel <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Overleveringen af viden og fort\u00e6llinger gennem generationer.\" tabindex=\"0\">overlevering<\/span>, og hvor meget der er hans egen systematisering, muligvis p\u00e5virket af den kristne helvedesforestilling, som allerede l\u00e5 gemt i det oldnordiske ord <em>hel<\/em>.<\/p><p>De \u00e6ldre kilder, digtene i <em>Lieder-Edda<\/em> og skjaldedigtningen, kender ganske vist <em>hel<\/em>, men mest som et stedsnavn for d\u00f8dsriget snarere end som en udformet gudindeskikkelse. Vendingen &#8220;at fare til Hel&#8221; betyder oprindeligt blot &#8220;at d\u00f8&#8221;.<\/p><p>Om der fra begyndelsen stod en personificeret herskerinde bag stedet, eller om personifikationen f\u00f8rst blev udbygget senere, kan ikke afg\u00f8res med sikkerhed. Den, der taler om Hel, b\u00f8r altid n\u00e6vne denne kildeusikkerhed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpf6b53aa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cpf6b53aa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpc38a2ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cpc38a2ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Baldrs d\u00f8d og Hels betingelse<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpe54e75f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cpe54e75f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp9254066 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp9254066\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Den vigtigste sammenh\u00e6ngende fort\u00e6lling, hvor Hel optr\u00e6der som en handlende figur, er <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En overleveret fort\u00e6lling om guder, oprindelse og verdens ordning.\" tabindex=\"0\">myten<\/span> om guden Baldrs d\u00f8d, overleveret i Snorris <em>Gylfaginning<\/em>.<\/p><p>Baldr, Odins smukke og afholdte s\u00f8n, bliver dr\u00e6bt gennem en list af Loki: Den blinde gud H\u00f6\u00f0r kaster, ledet af Loki, en misteltensgren mod ham, det eneste, Baldr ikke havde f\u00e5et aflagt ed for at sk\u00e5ne ham.<\/p><p>Baldr d\u00f8r og farer ned til Hels rige.<\/p><p>Guderne vil have ham tilbage. Budbringeren Herm\u00f3\u00f0r rider p\u00e5 Odins hest Sleipnir ni n\u00e6tter gennem m\u00f8rke dale, indtil han n\u00e5r porten til Hels verden. Han finder Baldr sidde der p\u00e5 en \u00e6resplads og beder Hel om at give ham fri.<\/p><p>Hel stiller en betingelse: Hvis virkelig alle ting i verden, levende og d\u00f8de, gr\u00e6der over Baldr, skal han f\u00e5 lov at vende tilbage; men hvis blot en enkelt ting ikke gr\u00e6der, forbliver han hos hende.<\/p><p>Guderne sender bud ud i hele verden, og alt gr\u00e6der, mennesker, dyr, stene og tr\u00e6er. Kun en j\u00e6ttekvinde ved navn \u00de\u00f6kk, som fort\u00e6llingen antyder er Loki forkl\u00e6dt, v\u00e6grer sig. Derfor forbliver Baldr i Hels rige til verdens ende.<\/p><p>I denne episode tr\u00e6der Hels karakter tydeligt frem. Hun er ikke grusom og ikke lumsk; hun forhandler, hun holder sig til betingelser, hun behandler Baldr med \u00e6re. Men hun giver intet fra sig uden geng\u00e6ld, og hendes betingelse er stillet s\u00e5dan, at en enkelt modstand er nok til at f\u00e5 den til at sl\u00e5 fejl.<\/p><p>Hel legemligg\u00f8r d\u00f8dens ubestridelighed i form af en forhandling, der n\u00e6sten g\u00e5r i orden. Fort\u00e6llingen h\u00f8rer samtidig til den store bue i den nordiske <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den samlede overleverede m\u00e6ngde af en kulturs gudefort\u00e6llinger.\" tabindex=\"0\">mytologi<\/span>, fordi Baldrs d\u00f8d betragtes som det f\u00f8rste tegn p\u00e5 det n\u00e6rmende <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/da\/?page_id=138370\">Ragnarok<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp3ad9077 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp3ad9077\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp023632b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp023632b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Etymologi og betydningen af det skjulte<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp80f1a99 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp80f1a99\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpfa52f44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cpfa52f44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Navnet <em>Hel<\/em> h\u00f8rer til en germansk rod, der betyder &#8220;at skjule&#8221;, &#8220;at tilhylle&#8221;, &#8220;at tild\u00e6kke&#8221;. Samme rod findes i ord for det skjulte og det tilhyllende; p\u00e5 tysk er &#8220;hehlen&#8221; og &#8220;verhehlen&#8221; besl\u00e6gtede ord, ligesom &#8220;H\u00f6hle&#8221; (hule).<\/p><p>Hel er alts\u00e5 oprindeligt &#8220;den skjulende&#8221; eller &#8220;det skjulte&#8221;, og d\u00f8dsriget, der b\u00e6rer hendes navn, er det skjulte, tild\u00e6kkede sted, som de d\u00f8de g\u00e5r til.<\/p><p>Denne etymologi er religionshistorisk oplysende, fordi den viser, at navnet prim\u00e6rt betegner et sted og en tilstand, ikke en person. Det skjulte, det at v\u00e6re under jorden, det at v\u00e6re unddraget blikke er kernen. Personifikationen som gudinden Hel ville da v\u00e6re et andet skridt: det skjulte sted f\u00e5r en herskerinde, som b\u00e6rer dets navn.<\/p><p>Via det oldnordiske <em>hel<\/em> vandrede ordet ind i den kristne begrebsverden. Da de germanske sprog blev kristnet, l\u00e5 det n\u00e6r at overf\u00f8re det eksisterende ord for d\u00f8dsriget p\u00e5 det kristne straffested. S\u00e5dan blev det germanske <em>hel<\/em> til det tyske &#8220;H\u00f6lle&#8221; og det engelske <em>hell<\/em>. Denne overf\u00f8rsel har dog forvr\u00e6nget den oprindelige forestilling.<\/p><p>Det oldnordiske Hel er ikke et sted for straf og pine. Det er opholdsstedet for dem, der d\u00f8r af sygdom og alderdom, i mods\u00e6tning til de faldne i kamp, som kommer til Valhal.<\/p><p>Den moralske opdeling i et godt sted og et strafsted, som det kristne ord bringer med sig, var fremmed for den oprindelige Hel-forestilling. Her ligger en af de mest sejlivede fejltolkninger af den nordiske <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den samlede overleverede m\u00e6ngde af en kulturs gudefort\u00e6llinger.\" tabindex=\"0\">mytologi<\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpfa40877 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cpfa40877\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp10ba399 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp10ba399\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hels rige i den anden verdens topografi<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp13c57a0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp13c57a0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2eea4bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp2eea4bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hels rige er en del af en kompleks jenseitig geografi, som de oldnordiske kilder, is\u00e6r igen Snorri, opstiller. Det ligger i nord og nedenunder, og man kommer dertil via den lange, m\u00f8rke vej, som Herm\u00f3\u00f0r tilbagel\u00e6gger i Balder-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En overleveret fort\u00e6lling om guder, oprindelse og verdens orden.\" tabindex=\"0\">myten<\/span>.<\/p><p>En bro over floden Gj\u00f6ll, bevogtet af en vagt kaldet M\u00f3\u00f0gu\u00f0r, f\u00f8rer over til den anden side; en port lukker riget af. Snorri giver Hels bolig og redskaber m\u00f8rke, sigende navne, som betegner hunger, sygdom og forfald.<\/p><p>Dette riges placering i det samlede system er ikke overleveret uden modsigelser. Ud over Hel kender kilderne Valhal, hallen for de i kamp f\u00e6ldede, og gudinden Frejas rige, som ligeledes tager sig af en del af de d\u00f8de.<\/p><p>Hvordan disse omr\u00e5der forholder sig til hinanden, og efter hvilke kriterier en d\u00f8d kommer det ene eller det andet sted hen, er ikke systematisk klarlagt i kilderne. Forestillingen om, at d\u00f8dsm\u00e5den afg\u00f8r sk\u00e6bnen i det hinsidige, er den mest udbredte, men den d\u00e6kker ikke alle bel\u00e6g.<\/p><p>Hertil kommer stedet N\u00e1str\u00f6nd, &#8220;ligstranden&#8221;, som <em>V\u00f6lusp\u00e1<\/em> beskriver, en hal af flettede slanger, hvor edsbrydere og mordere lider. Om dette strafsted h\u00f8rer til Hels rige eller er et selvst\u00e6ndigt omr\u00e5de, diskuteres i forskningen; nogle ser deri allerede kristen indflydelse.<\/p><p>Den oldnordiske forestilling om det hinsidige er alts\u00e5 ikke et lukket system, men et sideordnet billede fra forskellige tider og steder, som de middelalderlige samlere kun ufuldst\u00e6ndigt harmoniserede. Hels rige er dermed det st\u00f8rste og mest almindelige omr\u00e5de, stedet for den normale, up\u00e5faldende d\u00f8d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36dd7469 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36dd7469\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13760ab4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13760ab4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Yderligere links<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c87796 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28c87796\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-grl4kl40 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"grl4kl40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bzsbfrmh elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bzsbfrmh\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Litteratur (udvalg)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c13224a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c13224a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eymh9ub elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0eymh9ub\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<footer class=\"iwg-literatur\" data-nosnippet=\"true\"><ul><li><span data-nosnippet>Sturluson, Snorri: <em>Die Snorra-Edda<\/em> (Gylfaginning, Kap. 34 og 49). 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