Hel's Throne (Limited Edition Print)
Hel's Throne (Limited Edition Print)
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 18" x 24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
Hel’s throne
Hel he cast into Niflheim, and gave to her power over nine worlds, to apportion all abodes among those that were sent to her: that is, men dead of sickness or of old age.
-Gylfaginning Chapter 34, Brodeur translation
The image of a beautiful woman that is also half a corpse is striking. An image so powerful it reverberates through our minds for thousands of years, across miles and generations. At some point we all must look upon her. In the end we all stand before her throne, just as those who came before us.
Hel is the Norse Goddess of the underworld. She looks after the realm of the dead. Some describe her realm as a place for the sick and old. Others describe it as the cold halls where our ancestors dwell and where we go to join them.
Her realm shares her name, also called Hel. Often the Old Norse Word for “home” is added to the end to create the word “Helheim.” This makes it easier to talk separate the realm from the goddess, but they are one and the same.
It is also common to anglicize Hel’s name by turning it into “Hella.” This ads further distinction between the goddess and her home, but is not true to the oldest sources. There are varying opinions about which form is best, but Hel or Hella, be careful when you address her.
The lady of death also serves as a potent reminder for those of us who face hardship. At some point you will be stripped down, you will be laid bare, and you will be forced to face who you are. Some might call this death, but without facing yourself you are only ever half-alive.
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This is a signed and numbered archival silk screen print, measuring 18"x24".
The original was created in ink by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 55 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 18" x 24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 18" x 24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
The lore of the Norse folk begins as so many stories do in darkness. A darkness so great that it was named Ginnungagap, the great void. Within that void there was a collision of cosmic proportions as the realms of ice and fire collided, creating the first rivers, and out of that river came the first being Ymir.
Ymir was the first giant, all jotuns and their kin are descended from him. The gods too burst from the sweat of Ymir’s armpit, so in a way Odin and his ilk are also descended from Ymir.
Odin and his brothers carved up Ymir to create Mid-Guard or as we would call it, earth. Ymir’s flesh was the earth, the ocean his blood, his bones became hills and his hair the trees, out of his skull the sky and his brains the clouds.
But before all of that Ymir was the first, a primordial being whose name in Old Norse means “Screamer.” Out of nothing emerges sound, the first scream of creation, a sound that we all make as we enter this world, Ymir the screamer in the void.
Like many other stories about the dawn of creations the Vikings understood that existence begins with sound.
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This is a signed archival open edition print, measuring 12" x 16".
The original was drawn with black and white colored pencils on gray tone paper with a hint of acrylic white paint to really bring out the highlights, and Copic markers for shading.
The print will ship in a rolled and hardened art tube.
Odin has a deep connection to his ravens, wolves, and draupnir the ring that makes nine other rings.
This is a signed archival open edition print, measuring 12" x 16".
The original was drawn with brush and ink.
The print will ship in a rolled and hardened art tube.
Loki gives birth to the great dooms of our world, yet is himself trapped in the cycle of his own actions.
This is a signed archival open edition print, measuring 12" x 16".
The original was drawn with brush and ink.
The print will ship in a rolled and hardened art tube.
“In swelling rage, then rose up Thor, —
Seldom he sits, when he such things hears, …”
- Bellows Translation
This is a signed archival open edition print, measuring 12" x 16".
The original was drawn with brush and ink.
The print will ship in a rolled and hardened art tube.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 18" x 24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 16" x 20".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
The three Norns tend to the World Tree at the heart of the Nine Worlds, while a dragon gnaws at the roots.
This is a signed archival open edition print, measuring 12" x 16".
The original was drawn with brush and ink.
The print will ship in a rolled and hardened art tube.
This is a signed archival open edition print, measuring 12" x 16".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This is a signed archival open edition print, measuring 12" x 16".
The original was painting in oils measuring 11” x 14”.
The print will ship in a rolled and hardened art tube.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 18" x 24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 18" x 24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 18" x 24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 18" x 24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
This is a signed archival open edition print, measuring 12 inches x 16 inches.
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This is a signed archival open edition print, measuring 12" x 16".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This is a signed archival print of “Yggdrasil the World Tree” including the labels for the different 9 Worlds from Norse Mythology, measuring 16" x 20".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 16" x 20". It will ship in a rolled and hardened art tube. The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 15 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 16" x 24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 18"x18".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 18"x24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 13"x26".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 14.5"x24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 18"x24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 25 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 18"x24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 10 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 14.5"x24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 25 copies.
This is a signed and numbered archival print, measuring 16"x24".
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.
This signed and numbered edition is limited to 30 copies.
This is a signed archival open edition print, measuring 12 inches x 16 inches.
The original was created in oil paint by artist Sam Flegal.