The Helhest: A Creature for Vaesen
Hel rides about on a three-legged horse¸ destroying men.
- Jacob Grimm
Denmark has its own type of church grim¸ with its own powers. Formerly associated with Hel¸ the Norse goddess of the dead¸ the Helhest is the ghost of a horse sacrificed to protect a new graveyard. Woe to those who encounter one¸ for they will not live long.