Editing Hel (mythological being) (section)

==Archaeological record==
It has been suggested that several [[bracteate|imitation medallions and bracteates]] of the [[Migration Period]] (ca. first centuries AD) feature depictions of Hel. In particular the bracteates IK 14 and IK 124 depict a rider traveling down a slope and coming upon a female being holding a scepter or a staff. The downward slope may indicate that the rider is traveling towards the realm of the dead and the woman with the scepter may be a female ruler of that realm, corresponding to Hel.<ref name=PESCH67>Pesch (2002:67).</ref>

Some B-class bracteates showing three godly figures have been interpreted as depicting Baldr's death, the best known of these is the Fakse bracteate. Two of the figures are understood to be Baldr and Odin while both Loki and Hel have been proposed as candidates for the third figure. If it is Hel she is presumably greeting the dying Baldr as he comes to her realm.<ref name="BRACTEATES">Simek (2007:44); Pesch (2002:70); Bonnetain (2006:327).</ref>