Statuette of Goddess Hel

Hel is one of the most powerful deities of German-Scandinavian mythology, the goddess of death, the mistress of the world of the dead, she is tall and taller than most giants, one half is like a beautiful woman, and the other is like a decaying corpse or skeleton. She is the daughter of the god Loki and the giantess Angrboda. In mythology, the goddess Hel performs a number of duties, she protects the dead, and forces the living to recognize the inevitability of death.