But in Viking culture, Hel also had an empathetic role, guiding the dead into the afterlife. How does this complex figure fit within Norse mythology and Viking belief? While the giant, or Jotun ...

As for what the symbols on the sign actually mean, they spell out RAGNAROK, the name of the game, and a reference to the catastrophic series of events in Norse mythology. Each letter stands for a ...

but you can sew his mouth shut. Next character is Hela. Now in old Norse mythology, her name is just Hel and she's probably more a place than a person or god. When she was born, Odin, in this ...