The Prose Edda on Hel
The Younger Edda: > Chapter Ix. > Loke And His Offspring.
attestation: Hel was cast into Niflheim and given power over nine worlds, ruling the dead
"Hel he cast into Niflheim, and gave her power over nine worlds"
attestation: Hel's realm is named after her; her hall is Eljudner, her dish Hunger, her knife Famine
"Eljudner is the name of her hall. Her table hight famine; her knife, starvation"
The Younger Edda: > Chapter Xv. > The Death Of Balder.
attestation: The way to Hel lies downward and northward from the Gjallar-bridge
"downward and northward lies the way to Hel"
attestation: Hel agreed to release Balder if all things in the world would weep for him
"If all things, said she, both quick and dead, will weep for him, then he shall go back to the asas, but if anything refuses to shed tears, then he shall remain with Hel"