Hela
# 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
