Hades - Mythopedia
2022年12月7日 · Hades was, first and foremost, the god of death: it was he who ruled the Underworld, and indeed, his name was synonymous with the Underworld. But Hades was also a god of wealth and fertility since good things like crops and precious metals came to mortals from his underground realm. Hades was regarded as a dark, merciless god.
Pluto – Mythopedia
2022年12月9日 · In time, this aspect became independent of Jupiter and eventually merged with the Hellenic god Hades. Attributes. Pluto was the lord of the subterranean underworld, which in Roman mythology served as the resting place of departed souls. He lived underground in a gloomy palace, and seemed to have little interest in the world of men.
Greek Underworld Gods - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · In addition to Hades, the Underworld housed several other deities, both revered and dreaded by the ancients. These included Hades’ queen, Persephone; Charon, the ferryman of the dead; the Erinyes, who mercilessly punished sinners; and the Moirae, who ensured that every mortal lived out his life according to his fate.
Yan Wang - Mythopedia
2022年12月1日 · Yan Wang oversees the underworld, presides over the ten layers of Diyu (地獄), or the Chinese-Buddhist Hell, and judges the fate of the dead. He is one of the most feared gods in the belief system. Yan Wang was originally a Hindu god named Yamaraja who first appeared in the Rigveda. With the advent of Buddhism, stories of Yan Wang spread ...
Persephone – Mythopedia
2023年3月9日 · Persephone was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the wife of Hades, and the queen of the Underworld. Her most important myth tells of how Hades abducted her, then tricked her into eating something in the Underworld so that she could never leave. Not even her mother, Demeter, could bring her home.
Tartarus – Mythopedia
2023年3月9日 · Tartarus was a primordial god but also a location. Dark and grim, Tartarus was said to be far below the earth—lower even than Hades. According to Homer, Tartarus was located in “the deepest gulf beneath the earth…as far beneath Hades as heaven is above earth.”
Cerberus – Mythopedia
2023年3月8日 · Cerberus was the offspring of Typhoeus and Echidna and the guard dog of the Underworld. A servant of Hades (the Greek god of the dead), Cerberus prevented the inhabitants of the Underworld from returning to the land of the living. He was well suited to this task: in most traditions, Cerberus was a gigantic hound with three heads and a mane of ...
Erinyes (Furies) – Mythopedia
2023年3月9日 · Born from the blood of Uranus (the primordial god of the sky), the Erinyes were often thought to dwell in the Underworld, along with Hades and his bride Persephone. Their number was originally indeterminate, but later sources listed three Erinyes: Tisiphone, Alecto, and Megaera. The Erinyes were much feared in the ancient world.
Dionysus - Mythopedia
2023年6月28日 · As a god of theater and the arts, Dionysus was associated in particular with music and dance. He was the god of drama, an art that evolved (according to Aristotle) from the dithyramb—the specific cult song of Dionysus. Dionysus was also the god of the mask, which was prominent in cult and performance as a representation of Dionysus himself.
Mictlantecuhtli - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Mictlantecuhtli was the Aztec god of death who ruled over Mictlan, the land of the dead. Like Hades, the Greek underworld, Mictlan was where most people would spend their afterlife, regardless of moral standing. Mictlantecutli (left) stands next to Quetzalcoatl in this page from the Codex Borgia.