Editing Hel (mythological being) (section)

===Seo Hell===
The ''[[Old English Gospel of Nicodemus]]'', preserved in two manuscripts from the 11th century, contains a female figure referred to as ''Seo hell'' who engages in [[flyting]] with [[Satan]] and tells him to leave her dwelling (Old English ''ut of mynre onwununge''). Regarding Seo Hell in the ''Old English Gospel of Nicodemus'', Michael Bell states that "her vivid personification in a dramatically excellent scene suggests that her gender is more than grammatical, and invites comparison with the Old Norse underworld goddess Hel and the [[Holda|Frau Holle]] of German folklore, to say nothing of underworld goddesses in other cultures" yet adds that "the possibility that these genders ''are'' merely grammatical is strengthened by the fact that an Old Norse version of Nicodemus, possibly translated under English influence, personifies Hell in the neutral (Old Norse ''þat helvíti'')".<ref name=BELL263>Bell (1983:263).</ref>