MebekOMG@aol.com wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong (which I often am), but I thought that
in Norse

> mythology, Hel was not a region, but the daughter of Loki, sister to Fenris
> and the Midgard Serpent...
>
> I apologize, but when it comes to historical accuracy, I'm a bit of a thorn.
>

It can be described as a place called "The realm of Hel", so for someone to be sent
to "hel" it may
be implied in that context to be sent her "court" or jurisdiction.  In medieval writings,
the name for
the land and the rullers name were sometimes interchangeable (as in imperial "we"s).
Lancaster was
both a ruling families name and the name of the region they ruled.

Dave M.