Helgardh (also known as Hel, confusing because since there is a goddess of the same name) as
Hel) ("house of mists") in
Norse mythology is one of the nine worlds, the abode of the dead, ruled over by
Hel. Niflheim is cold and low on the overall order of the universe. It lies beneath
Yggdrasil's third root, near
Hvergelmir and
Nastrond.