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Hel is usually described as a horrible hag, half alive and half dead, with a gloomy and grim expression. Her face and body are those of a living woman, but her thighs and legs are those of a corpse, mottled and moldering. 
Le crépuscule des dieux, tome 6
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: Hel
The monstrous daughter of the trickster god Loki and his wife Angrboda.She is the ruler of Hellheim. This cold, dark and misty abode of the dead is located in the world of Niflheim.