To Hela And Back Again

One of my favorite X-mas presents ever, this oversized fluorescent black light painting of Hela, the norse goddess of death, made it well into my '30's before I decided to roll it up and hide it away in a closet corner in the name of Not Good But Slightly Less Horrific taste.


But, despite our parting, my love for Hela is as unfaltering as her headdresses...


First off, she killed that crashing dullard Thor not once, but twice (can you imagine the talk about that at DeathGodCon '71?)...


...she always looked her best, even if only to spend another day watching her slow shufflin' souls stumble about Nifelheim and Hel (which, frankly, got a bit dull, thus her taste for extracurricular drama)...


...her style was classic, but she liked to shake it up a little (or sometimes, a lot) ...




...and even at her most casual (like a proper goddess)...


...you never saw her without her headdress on.