Wooden Box with secret lock. Nordic secret box with Goddess Hel. Viking Jewelry storage

Box made by birch plywood, impregnated with beeswax and linseed oil.
External dimensions 100 x 100 x 50 mm
To open the hidden secret lock, you need to shift half of He's face to the sides, and then move the part of the face down and up

Ideal as a gift or perfect gift box

Hel (Old Norse Hel, “Hidden”) is a giantess and/or goddess who rules over the identically-named Hel, the underworld where many of the dead dwell. Her name’s meaning of “Hidden” surely has to do with the underworld and the dead being “hidden” or buried beneath the ground.

Hel is generally presented as being rather greedy, harsh, and cruel, or at least indifferent to the concerns of both the living and the dead. However, her personality is little-developed in what survives of Old Norse literature. She’s mostly mentioned only in passing. Snorri describes her appearance as being half-black, half-white, and with a perpetually grim and fierce expression on her face.