title: Hela
text: # Hela
  
  Hela may refer to:
  
  ## Ethnography
  
  * Hela (people), a name for the Sinhala people of Sri Lanka
  * Hela (caste), a Hindu caste found in North India
     * Hela Mehtar, Muslim members of this caste
  * Hela language, or Elu
  
  ## Fiction and mythology
  
  * Hela (Blake), daughter of Tiriel in a poem by William Blake
  * Hel (being), Queen of Hel and daughter of Loki in Norse mythology
  * Hela (comics), Asgardian goddess from the Marvel Universe
  
  ## Places
  
  * Hela Province, a new province being formed from 4 districts of Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea
  * Hela, the German name for Hel, Poland
  * 699 Hela, an asteroid
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * HeLa, a line of cells derived from deceased American cancer patient Henrietta Lacks, notable for being the first immortalised cell line
  * SMS Hela, a light cruiser of the Imperial German Navy
  * Ȟéla, native Lakota name of Kyrie Irving
  