We use cookies on this website, mainly to provide a secure browsing
experience but also to collect statistics on how the website is used.
You can find out more about the cookies we set, the information we store and how we use it on
the cookies page.
[1] helgrind ‘Hel’s gate’: In Old Norse mythology Hel is both a being and a location. The gates of Hell (portae inferi) are also present in Christian imagery; see Matt. XVI.18. Cf. Anon Sól 39/4VII and Note.