Norse Myth: Hel

A discussion of Hel and its meaning (and the related word "Hell" in English too), with a brief introduction to what we know about this world of the dead and its inhabitants.

Dr. Jackson Crawford is a historical linguist and an experienced teacher of both Old Norse and Modern Icelandic. He currently teaches in the Department of Scandinavian at the University of California, Berkeley (formerly at UCLA), and as of fall 2017 will be teaching at the University of Colorado Boulder. More about his Youtube channel:    • Видео  

Videos on this channel use reconstructed medieval pronunciation rather than Modern Icelandic pronunciation when discussing Old Norse. For more about both styles of Old Norse pronunciation, see the videos in this playlist:    • Плейлист  

Jackson Crawford’s translation of the Poetic Edda: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/162...

Jackson Crawford's Patreon page:   / norsebysw