...ree of 21 On Heroes Existence, has its roots deep down in the kingdoms of Hela or Death; its trunk reaches up heaven-high, spreads its boughs over th... ...in; only the base and slavish being thrust elsewhither, into the realms of Hela the Death-god- dess: I take this to have been the soul of the whole No... ...s down yonder, far towards the North.” Hermoder rides on; leaps Hell-gate, Hela’s gate; does see Balder, and speak with him: Balder cannot be delivere... ...es see Balder, and speak with him: Balder cannot be delivered. Inexorable! Hela will not, for Odin or any God, give him up. The beautiful and gentle h... ... the whole. The T ree Igdrasil, that has its roots down in the Kingdoms of Hela and Death, and whose boughs overspread the highest Heaven!— In some se... ... the melodi- ous prophetic waving of its world-wide boughs, deep-rooted as Hela, has died out into the clanking of a World-MA- CHINE. “T ree” and “Mac...