{"product_id":"hel-die-g-ttin-der-unterwelt-figur-statue-bronziert","title":"Hel - The Goddess of the Underworld - Figure \/ Statue, bronzed","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eHel, goddess of the underworld - bronzed figure\/sculpture. Made and cast from polyresin (artificial stone).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e In Norse mythology, Hel is the goddess of death and ruler of the underworld “Helheim”.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e Her siblings are the Fenris wolf and the Midgard serpent \"Jörmungandr\". They are the children of Loki and the giantess Angrboda.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e The upper body of the goddess Hel appears very lively and beautiful, with a light, normal skin color; the lower body, however, often appears dark blue to black, and is half-rotted and decayed.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv\u003eJust as her face is described as half white and half black, so too is her nature. Just as her outward appearance is characterized by apparent contradictions, ranging from very just and lovable to relentless and cruel tendencies.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e Helheim is one of the worlds of Utgard, located beneath the roots of the world tree Yggdrasil. Helheim can only be reached via the bridge of the dead, Gjallarbru, which spans the river Gjöll. The bridge is guarded by Modgud and the hellhound Garm.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e The abode of the goddess Hel is called Eljudnir (Misery), her hall Eljudni (Plague), the threshold Fallandaforad (Falling Danger). The table is called Hungr (Hunger) and her knife Sultr (Starvation). Her bed is called Kor (Coffin), and the bed curtain Blikjandabol (Blinking Doom).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv\u003eHel's horse is the grey, three-legged death horse \"Helhesten\": It has blue-black eyes with a haunting, bright luminosity. On her horse, Hel retrieves the dead and takes them to Niflheim (the Mist World).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e The brightest is the bringer of death: wherever his gaze turns, someone will soon die.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e Hel feeds on dead bodies. She breaks the bones and devours the marrow. Beneath Yggdrasil also lives the serpentine death dragon Níðhogg. He torments the dead, subjecting them to the most horrific agony. Níðhoggr (German: \"the hatefully striking one\") feeds on the flesh of the dead, just like Hel. Criminals such as murderers and thieves, adulterers, perjurers, and even liars are banished to a special part of Helheim—Náströnd—to experience, as punishment, the true meaning of cold, heat, pain, and hunger. Náströnd is the most terrible place imaginable, where the dragon Níðhogg wreaks havoc on the dead.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv\u003eThe realm of Hel was described by Christianity as the place of eternal damnation, \"hell\".\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e Hel should by no means be regarded as a creature of hell, but rather as a just, yet also relentless goddess.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e Before Odin gained increasing importance here in the north, our Norse-Germanic ancestors also venerated the war god Tyr and the goddess of death Hel in a special way.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e Hel has been increasingly demonized in recent times - she deserves much more respect, just as she once received in \"prehistoric times\".\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eHel, Holle, Frigga - their commonalities in the Proto-Indo-European language\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e The Indo-European roots of the goddess of death:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e The partial conflation of the goddesses Hel and Holle dates back to ancient times. The Indo-European root \"kel\" means \"hell\" (underworld\/lower world), to hide, conceal, protect.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv\u003eHere we find a connection to Frau Holle (Frigga)! - The Germanic root \"hel\" or \"hal\" thus means \"to hide\" or \"to conceal\"; also called Helja or Helanan in more recent Nordic\/Germanic times. The Proto-Germanic syllable \"haljō\" means hell\/underground underworld in a cave (compare also Hel\/Cybele (Greek) as well as Holle\/Hulle\/Hulda)!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e As a goddess of death, Hella is also a goddess of rebirth.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e It is said that in her underground realm there is a well from which she lifts all unborn children and places them in the wombs of their mothers, while all the deceased return to this well to be born again.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv\u003eSince her realm is subterranean, Hella also has power over everything that sprouts from the earth, which is why in this aspect she is comparable to a fertility goddess, such as the Greek Demeter. Hel is the patroness of farmers, fields, and their crops. In her honor, a sheaf of grain was left standing in the field at the end of the harvest season (see parallels to the earth and all-mother Frigga).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e Even after the advent of Christianity in Europe, the belief persisted that all unbaptized children went to the goddess Hella \/ Hel \/ Holda \/ Holle and thus to hell, while baptized children went to the Christian God in heaven.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e Further reading on this topic: “Goddess Holle: In Search of an Ancient Goddess”\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e Frigga is synonymous with Frau Holle – she is the Earth Mother\/All-Mother. Frigga is often depicted with a spinning wheel – she spins the thread of life for humans and gods, which she gives to the three Fates.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv\u003eThe eldest of these three is called Urd (the one who has come to be \/ past), the middle one Verdandi (the one who is becoming \/ present), and the youngest is called Skuld (future \/ that which is to be). - \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#00ccff;text-decoration:underline;\"\u003ehttps:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nornen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e Together they determine the fate and the time of death.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e The Valkyries, or Hel, then brought the dead to their respective worlds and mortuaries.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cem\u003eNow the three of us are walking to the consecrated place,\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cem\u003efrom which the world tree rises!\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cem\u003eWe wet the branches so that none wither,\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cem\u003ewith fog surrounding him.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cem\u003eWe repel Nidhöggr with holy wrath,\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cem\u003eand watered the roots from Urdas Spring,\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cem\u003ethat the ash tree is green and alive.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cem\u003eExcerpt from the book \"Odin - Norse Mythology\"\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"\u003e(A. Kayser - Langerhannss, Munich 1881)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv\u003eThe Hagalaz rune, which expresses destruction and rebirth, is attributed to the goddess of death, Hel.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e The rune Hagalaz or Hagall embodies everything, as does the all-mother Holle (Frigga) or Hel - love and justice, birth, but also the cruelty of destruction and banishment.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e Elderberry is considered a protective tree for house and farm. Excellent further information and video: \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#00ccff;text-decoration:underline;\"\u003ehttps:\/\/wiki.yoga-vidya.de\/Holunder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e The elderberry bush provided access to the ancestors and court spirits.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e (See also further literature by \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"\u003eWolf-Dieter Storl: “Elderberry - A Tree with Two Faces”, “Plants of the Shadow Realm \u0026amp; Funeral Rituals of Our Celtic Ancestors”, as well as the video “The Elderberry in Mythology”).\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv\u003eIt was a custom to use a cut elder branch to take measurements for making a coffin.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e Frau Holle (Perchta), who was particularly revered in southern Germany, was defamed as a witch with increasing Christianization.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e (Further reading: \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"\u003e“Mythos Baum” by Doris Laudert)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e Elderberry spirit, which is particularly popular in Scandinavia, is associated with the fairytale figure “Frau Holle” – who embodies the underworld and death goddess Hel.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e (Further reading: \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"\u003e“The Spirit of Trees” by Fred Hageneder).\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e In ancient times, the black elderberry was sacred to people; it was considered a tree or shrub representing life and kinship. It was known as the seat of the good house spirit and was dedicated to the goddess Holda\/Holle (from hold\/huld = to heal).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv\u003e(Further reading: \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"\u003e“Medicinal Plants in Pediatrics - The Practical Textbook” – Haug Verlag).\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e Whether Frigga, Holle and Hel were once one and the same deity cannot be definitively answered.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e The pantheon of the \"Indo-European proto-religion\" became increasingly tangible over the centuries and was divided into more and more gods, just as Tyr gradually lost importance as the supreme deity. People increasingly turned to Odin.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e Similarities and overlaps – depending on regions, tribes, different languages ​​and modified customs – led to different appreciations of the gods in different eras, as well as differences in their names and meanings.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe theses presented are not intended as a definitive statement, but rather as examples for further possible work studies.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv\u003eHel - even though she is a daughter of Loki - deserves anything but to be \"demonized\" and \"badly made out to be\", because she receives not only criminals, adulterers and envious people, but also the straw-dead humans, Aesir and Elves in her halls and divides them fairly into her worlds.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e We should accept the goddess of death with her apparent contradictions, because ultimately her decisions and inclinations are shaped by extraordinary justice, reflecting her lovable yet also relentless and cruel nature.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size:medium;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUltimately, it is through our actions and omissions that we ourselves decide in which of the worlds and halls of the dead we will one day appear. The gods, with their particular sense of justice, admit us to the halls we have \"earned\"...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e Hel, goddess of the underworld - bronzed figure\/sculpture. Made and cast from polyresin (artificial stone).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Height: approx. 25 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \u003cli\u003eWidth: approx. 18 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Depth: approx. 12 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Weight: approx. 1.2 kg.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Joh. 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