Hilda Ellis Davidson (1914-2006) was an academic and folklorist, who studied Celtic and Germanic mythologies, and noticed several similarities and connections between them. She viewed Hel/Hela as a probable equivalent/counterpart to the Irish goddesses Badb ("Crow" or "Battle Crow") and The Morrígan ("phantom queen" or "great queen"). Both Celtic goddesses are associated with death, with war, with death on the battlefield, with destiny, with prophecy, and with warnings of future doom. Davidson suggested that all three goddesses represent "the fierce destructive side of death, with a strong emphasis on its physical horrors."

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