ID: 901001116 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001116	Record Type: Legendary Place

	Hel (Norse legendary place)

Note: In Norse iconography, the home of the goddess Hel and place of the afterlife. A place of varying descriptions, described as a destination after death. Later combined with the concept of Niflheim.

Names:

	Hel (Norse legendary place) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Norse iconography> (P)
		........<Norse legendary places> (P)
		............Hel (Norse legendary place) (I)

Related Iconography:

	meaning/usage overlaps with .... Niflheim
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Norse iconography, Norse legendary places, Niflheim (Norse legendary place)) [901000094]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... place (distinct area)
	.....(environmental psychology concepts, psychological concepts, social science concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Norse (ancient)
	.....(Scandinavian, European regions, European, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Hel (Norse legendary place)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Oxford Concise Dictionary of World Religions [online] (2000)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Oxford Concise Dictionary of World Religions [online] (2000)