@Garnet Yes, I’m seeing that as I’m reading through things! She very much both a goddess and Queen of Hel/Heilhem in my eyes.
@jan_TheGreenWitch you should see my wish list, lol. I think I have roughly 20 decks on there right now 
@Susurrus My only knowledge of her before today was the Marvel movie Thor: Ragnarok. And by what I’ve read so far and seen on blogs/reddit, it was a very poor portrayal.
I think (forgive me), I first heard of her in one of the Thor movies. 
She was the 1st born of Odin and he banished her when he could no longer control her. She escaped her prison and took Thor’s eye,: in battle. hammer:
This may be true but it could also be the idea of creative scriptwriters, after all, the most I know of Norse mythology is from comic books. 
GArnet
I work with her, Hers is one of the names of the deities i honor weekly, she is quite good and known to the greeks as Persephone, and Mesopotamians as ereshkigal, and many many more names around the world back to the time before time recorded and will teach you many things
So Hel and Persephone are one and the same? I thought they were different aspects of the Dark Goddess. If they are the same, that would make since on why she would come to me, I work with Hades already.
All I know about Hel is that it is a beautiful city and peninsula on the Baltic coast of Northern Poland 
I wonder if the “Island of Hel” is at all related to the diety? 
Apologies I’m not much help on this one 
Luckily, it looks like you’ve got some wonderful advice from others- wishing you all the best as you learn more about Hel, @Amaris_Bane!
Good luck and blessed be! 
I don’t think they’re necessarily the same. This comes down to how you view deities – we had a discussion on that topic in this post Hard and Soft Polytheism [VIDEO] – but they both could be considered aspects of The Dark Goddess from two different cultures.
@Amaris_Bane I know of Hel, because of my interest in the Norse, but havent worked with her. @MeganB thank you for all the information.
Bookmarking this post !
Bless-ed Be,
I am reading "the Dark Goddess: A Journey into the Shadow Realms by Frances Billinghurst and this is what it states. That they are not the same but different aspects of the Dark Goddess who represent different things. I haven’t gotten far enough in to know the difference between all of the aspects but the author discusses that there are 13 across various cultures. It’s an interesting read so far.
Now you got me thinking . I’ll have to see if I come across any references in my research!
@Rowan – youre welcome!
@Amaris_Bane – that’s an interesting concept, for sure. I’m not too knowledgeable on the concepts of Dark Goddesses, archetypes, or the cultures that the aspects come from. It sounds like a form of soft polytheism.
Oh yes! Please let me know if you happen to find any connection between the location and the deity- I’m curious now as well! 
Thank you!
Well from what I’ve researched all the names we know goddesses by are aspects of or epithets , the names all have a descriptive meaning. I have a paper I read linking Hekate Persephone and Melinoe. Or books I’ve read that have Persephone and Nebosoboleth and Ereshkigal as well as astoreth. Astoresh is an interesting one as she is in the bible worshiped in Solomons temple as Ashtoresh (book of kings)and She is said to be Ishtar pronounced Easter of the 9 gates of Ishtar of Babylon also as Astarte / Aphrodite of Greek. If you have read the John Dee Necronomicon which is the same text as the Chaldean Account of Zoroastrian there is a goddesses that is all powerful but her true name is never spoken the goddess of the unspeakable name she is referred to by epithets or attributes. Like Hekate can be broken down in two ways He Ka Te what I can tell is sky soul power or heka te magic power Ka is Egyptian for soul Te is Egyptian for Powers’s well as Hebrew for power. If you look to Solomonistic magic the name of god Tetragrammaton is broken down as Te Tra Gram ma Ton across the seal. I hope I explain clearly enough
I am actually reading a book right now called “Encountering the Dark Goddess: A Journey into the Shadow Realm” which discusses how all of the Dark Goddesses are aspects of the same goddess. The author likens
the Dark Goddess (and her 13 aspects) to a gatekeeper or guardian of the inner “hell” we must descend into in order to address, accept, and even reclaim the rejected aspects of ourselves (our own internal demons).
I’m still in the first section which discusses the Dark Goddess and what she represents. The next section discusses the 13 aspects of the Dark Goddess and what each represents:
yes those are dark aspects but as with Hekate there are light as well ying and yang Hekate Artimis Diane, although I believe Diane to be a mistranslation of Dionne (Goddess) as the Dionne Luciferia Goddess of Light and Illumination. Lilith is a derogatory name coined by the Cainites to the Goddess that has since been embraced and empowered. Like how we all Know The Great civilization of Chaldea as Babylon, and How My ancestors were called Picts and Our Homeland of Albion was called Pictland later Lower Scotland
Yes, this book talks about how some are dual light/dark goddess. I also just finished “Green Witchcraft II: Balancing Light & Shadow” by Ann Moura (Aoumiel). I loved that it stressed it’s important to know both sides. Shadow/dark magic isn’t just the hexing/cursing that most people think of. It was a good read on how to balance the two with lots of rituals/spells to work with the Dark Goddess.
I really enjoyed this synaps😉
@Amaris_Bane Jess that’s awesome. I recently had a visit from Danu, who i didnt even know existed.
Im happy for u
Wow!! That’s an amazing oracle! I think I’ll purchase one for me too