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...s on the gates that held the titans back from beginning a new war with the gods

...ology, '''Xolotl''' ("The Animal", Lord of the Evening Star, Lord of the [[Underworld]]) was the god of lightning and a [[psychopomp]], which is to say that he w ...ation of Venus, the evening star. He guarded the sun when it went thrthe [[underworld]] at night.

...Etruscan mythology, '''Mantus''' and his wife, [[Mania]] were gods of the underworld. They were associated with the city ''Mantua'' (Italian: Mantova), which ma

...was bountiful and farmers had plenty of harvest. But Hades, the god of the underworld, became jealous and lusted after Persephone. One day as Persephone was walk ...tion was made for Persephone. ALthough she could not permanently leave the underworld, Hades agreed to allow her to be on the surface for six months of the year,

...ogy. Both of them were believed as the same gods who takes care of the the underworld and the dead. They were described as angry evil spirit.

In Roman mythology, '''Orcus''' was a god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths. ...n. Orcus was a name used by Roman writers to identify a Gaulish god of the underworld. The so-called "Tomb of the Orcus", an Etruscan site at Tarquinia, is a mis

...d to the Manes-gods". The word was also used as a metaphor to refer to the underworld.

...ord of Mictlan") was the skeletal god of death who ruled over Mictlan, the underworld, with his wife, Mictlancihuatl. Mictlan is the lowest and northernmost section of the underworld. Together with [[Mictecacihuatl]], they were said to dwell in a windowless

...who guard Ereshkigal, the goddess of death and gloom in Kur, the Sumerian underworld. ...world to relentlessly terrorize men and haul them back to the dark abode. Gods and humans alike, on earth or in hell, needed food and drink. But not the G

...ythology, '''Gallu''' (also called '''galla''') or '''Telal''' is a great underworld demon. Gallu demons hauled unfortunate victims off to the underworld. The gallas are one of seven devils (or "the offspring of hell") of Babylon

In Inuit mythology, '''Tornarsuk''' is a god of the underworld. Tornarsuk is the head of the protective gods known as the tornat. He is also the master of the whales and seals.

The buta-kala are everywhere but their absence is felt mainly when the gods are distant or when human neglect or wrongdoing has alienated the Divinity. ...divinities when they feel neglected or forgotten. They may also serve the gods and carry out their orders.

...le for both floods and droughts, and that he had been created by the other gods. Tlaloc’s underworld included those killed by lightning, drowning and disease.

...achinas look after the interests of humans, serve as intermediaries to the gods, and can bestow good fortune, such as fertility, power, and long life. ...o, the god of the earth, Kwanitaqa, the one-horned god and guardian of the Underworld; and Alosaka, the two-horned god of reproduction. There are also clown, rac

...ated by the mother goddess Tiamat in order to wage war against the younger gods for the betrayal of her mate Apsu. Deadly warriors, they could fight either ...y shut the gates of the Mountain of the West as Shamash descended into the underworld. Gilgamesh, the great Babylonian hero, was aided by a scorpion man in his q

...called '''Yan Wang''' is the senior king of the ten courts of the Chinese underworld. He looks into the former lives of the dead and assigns them to the appropr ...was rewarded the post of Yanluo, and served as the judge and ruler of the underworld.

...ce to celebrate the union of Snake Youth (a Sky spirit) and Snake Girl (an Underworld spirit) and to renew fertility of Nature. During the dance, live snakes wer ==Snake-gods==

...heir children in the fire as sacrifices to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim." - 2 Kings 17:31. This often leads to the concept that child Like other pagan gods, Adramelech is considered a demon in Judeo-Christian tradition. Adramelech

...en as a [[psychopomp]], and considered to have strong connections to the [[Underworld|Otherworld]] islands of the dead, the weather, and the mists between the wo ...ac Airt with treasure in exchange for his family. Cormac is led into the [[Underworld|otherworld]] and taught a harsh lesson by Manannán, but in the end his wif

...ect male line. Q'uq'umatz carried the sun across the sky and down into the underworld and acted as a mediator between the various powers in the Maya cosmos. The ...cultures, the Feathered Serpent was more often seen as a messenger between gods and men, and was sometimes known as the Vision Serpent.

...onslaught of his light! If you speak, your face will be overturned by the gods. Your heart will be seized by the lynx (Mafdet), your reins will be bound b ...your ropes, O Ra, that Apep may fall to your snaring or be trapped by the gods of north, south, east and west in their traps ... All is now well, O Ra! Pr

In Greek mythology, Zeus is the God of the sky and ruler of the Olympian gods. ==Zeus, Father of Gods==

...ar of the Titans"), and were imprisoned in [[Tartarus]], the depths of the underworld. ...ho then set upon his father, castrated him, and set himself as king of the gods, with Rhea as his wife and queen.

[[Image:Hades (Greek Mythology).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Hades, Greek god of the underworld, enthroned, with his bird-headed staff, on a red-figure Apulian vase made i

...ich are closely linked with kingship (“strong bull” was a common title for gods and pharaohs). Sometimes the Apis bull was pictured with the sun-disk betwe ...ike of both groups, despite the curses of the Egyptian priests against the gods of the previous foreign rulers (i.e Set who was lauded by the Hyksos). Alex

:The daughter of Heaven is one of the Gods, her brothers ...he is standing on her donkey, and both are in her boat on the river to the Underworld. She holds snakes and suckles the usual animals. The registers above show a

...y, of water and of the celestial ocean, as well as a god of law and of the underworld in Vedic religion. Varuna and Mitra are the gods of the oath, often twinned or identified as Mitra-Varuna (a dvandva compoun

...ic [[Apollo]], the reveller and god of trees [[Dionysus]], and with rustic gods such as [[Pan]] and [[Hermes]] (as the god of shepherds). ** [[Lampades]] ([[underworld]])

...conjure protective circles against demons, and freeze humans, demons, and gods alike. ...ribe gives him the title of "Handsome Monkey-King". After angering several gods and coming to the attention of the Jade Emperor, he is given a minor positi

...ten depicted as old, ugly and unmerciful, they are most honoured among the gods because they distribute justly and have a share in every home. ...re of evil and good, and equally punish the transgressions of both men and Gods.

...r them, the Vision Serpent was direct link between the spirit realm of the gods and the physical world. (Schele and Friedel, 1990:395). ...ious event involved bloodletting because it provided a medium by which the gods could be called upon to witness and actually participate in the ceremony. S

Ancient mythologists placed Abraxas among the Egyptian gods. Abraxas was also the Persian sun god, and in Syria he was a form of Iao (a ...number of days in a year. Abraxas, they thought, had under his command 365 gods, to whom they attributed 365 virtues, one for each day.

...ian Pantheon of classical [[Greek Mythology]], '''Hêra''' was queen of the Gods and Goddesses, as well as wife and sister of [[Zeus]]. Many of the older te Unlike some Greek gods, Hera's name is not analyzable as a Greek or Indo-European word. She there

Anubis is the ruler of the [[Underworld]]. ...nas standeth with the Spirits, get thee onwards, Anubis, into "Amenti [the Underworld], onwards, onwards to Osiris."

Medusa was a Gorgon, one of three sisters and daughters of ancient, pre-titan gods, [[Phorcys]] and [[Ceto]]. ...ess of the West Gate of Death” because her home lay at the entrance to the Underworld on the side of the western Ocean. She is the Krone Goddess in her most ter

...including the Álfar (elves), Dvergar (dwarves), Jötnar (giants), and even gods, the Æsir and Vanir. Landvættir (land spirits) are chthonic guardians of ...d among the families of Vættir, especially when understood as being in the Underworld (Hel). The term 'families' (ættir) is often translated as 'clans' or 'race

...said to live in the west, near the ocean, and guard the entrance to the [[underworld]]. ...have fire coming out of their hands and the skill to steal power from the gods.

...nor took anything away of all that was her portion among the former Titan gods: but she holds, as the division was at the first from the beginning, privil ...e boundary between the worlds. The yew has long been associated with the [[Underworld]].

...me for the Feathered-Serpent deity of ancient Mesoamerica, one of the main gods of many Mexican and northern Central American civilizations and also the na ===Quetzalcoatl and other Gods===

...eads, all of which snarled at those foolish enough to attempt to leave the Underworld; the hound was also said to sport the tail of a snake. ...ing absolve himself for killing [[centaur]]s. He found the entrance to the underworld at Tanaerum, and [[Athena]] and [[Hermes]] helped him to traverse the entra

...hich had no light at all, but which had had great civilisations and mighty gods before ever the reptilian quadrupeds of [[K'n-yan#Yoth|Yoth]] had come into ...com/wri/non-fict/other/family_tree_of_the_gods.html The Family Tree of the Gods]" in the ''The Acolyte'' (Summer 1934). URL accessed on [[April 29]], [[200

...rown by his own son, [[Zeus]]. He was not imprisoned in the depths of the underworld, [[Tartarus]], like most other Titans, but instead fled. ..., just as he had overthrown his father. As a result, although he sired the gods [[Demeter]], [[Hera]], [[Hades]], [[Hestia]], and [[Poseidon]] by Rhea, he

...art/Moloch was also Milcom the god of the Ammonites and identical to other gods whose names contain mlk. ...efeated Carthage, the Carthaginian nobles believed they had displeased the gods by substituting low-born children for their own children. They attempted to

...to separate them from the Norns, the similar age-old fates, older than the gods, of a separate Indo-European tradition. ...ar their power extends. It is possible that they determine the fate of the gods as well. In any case, not even the most powerful is willing to trifle with

...ent healing arts, e.g. cheiromancy, or the art of divining the will of the gods through the interpretation of the patterns of the hands. ...accompanies Arkantos and Ajax on their adventures in Greece, Egypt and the underworld.

...onnected with Sidae in Boeotia, and that the pomegranate, as a sign of the Underworld, is connected with her descent there. ...ohde viewed Orion as an example of the Greeks erasing the line between the gods and mankind. That is, if Orion was in the heavens, other mortals could hope

...heir kings so that they would be recognizable to both the people and their gods eternally. Therefore, the process of mummification was developed over a pe ...nal, living being of light, closely associated with both the stars and the gods (with whom it shared some characteristics, but was not truly divine itself)

...na the boon of near invulnerability, making him immune from destruction by gods or (other) demons; he also acquired the capacity to change his form. He was ...fused. Ravana then asked for absolute invulnerability and supremacy before gods and heavenly spirits, other demons, serpents and wild beasts. Contemptuous

...ional notion that vampires could be repelled by the cross. Clerics of evil gods can rebuke and control the undead in a similar fashion, by means of [[necro *[[Underworld]]

*In the webcomic Gods of Arr-Kelaan, as a character. *[[Underworld]]

In the Odyssey (XI, Nekyia), Odysseus makes a voyage to [[Hades]], the [[Underworld]], and raises the spirits of the dead using spells which he had learnt from ...s and Peters, 48) entreats his audience to put no stock in any demons, or “Gods” other than the one true Christian God, even if the working of spells app

..., daughter of Cadmus, a mortal woman, and his father Zeus, the king of the gods. ...n, Dionysus was the son of [[Zeus]] and [[Persephone]], the queen of the [[Underworld]]. [[Hera]] again attempted to kill the child, this time by sending Titans

...hcraft and haunting ghosts, who came forth with her from the depths of the underworld. Many lurid details were conjured up by later writers, assembled in the Sud * Karl Kerényi, 1951. The Gods of the Greeks pp 38–40. Edition currently in print is Thames & Hudson rei

...traits at the same time, for example with the animal-headed human forms of gods in Egyptian mythology (such as [[Ra]], [[Sobek]] and others) as well as cre ...vs. lycanthrope movies ''[[Underworld (2003 movie)|Underworld]]'' and ''[[Underworld: Evolution]]'', loosely inspired by the games. This simultaneous subcultur

...Hades ” because of their contribution to the increasing population of the Underworld. ...ve yet no absolute power over the life of men: they are under Zeus and the gods, who can stop them in their course or hurry them on. (Il. xii. 402, xviii.

...were rationing out the elixir of immortality, the nāgas grabbed a cup. The gods were able to retrieve the cup, but in doing so, spilled a few drops on the ...nectar of immortality from the the strong-hold of Indran ,king of the semi-gods himself, Garuda managed to buy the freedom of Vinata in exchange for giving

...l and Misharu as a judge of the dead. A late Babylonian text makes him the underworld prison warder of the seven children of the god Emmesharra. ...rising some 200 deities and bore the titles BE-DINGIR-DINGIR, "Lord of the gods" and Bekalam, "Lord of the land". His consort was known only as Belatu, "La

...fering the trauma of her rape, after roaming the world followed him to the underworld, vowing vengeance upon the male gender. Ninlil. [http://www.britannica.com/

...site of the myth of the Danaids. Beneath the waters was an entrance to the Underworld, and the Hydra was its guardian (Kerenyi 1959, p. 143...) *The Hydra was used in the DC Comics storyline ''Challenge of the Gods'' for the character Wonder Woman to battle.

...]] myth, which concerns itself with the pranks or tricks played by [[Deity|gods]] or heroes. ...to account for the local epithet of one of the [[Twelve Olympians|Olympian gods]], to interpret depictions of half-remembered figures, events, or account f

*The Aryan introduced patriarchal gods in India, but various matriarchal tribes, such as the Shabara of Orissa , c ...ble and sway under the impact of her dance. So, at the request of all the Gods, Shiva himself asked her to desist from this behaviour. However, she was to

...tes that human attention has been intentionally misdirected away from the underworld, where reptoids and the descendants of ancients civilizations live today, t ...o the Sanskrit word 'Sarpa', which was also used to describe great "Dragon-Gods" who ruled over, and created, the original Dravidian culture.

...ginally meant "to cover". "Hel" later referred to the goddess of the Norse underworld, Hel. Compare [[Anglo-Saxon language |Anglo-Saxon]] ''helan'', Greek ''kaly ...the [[asphodel]]s fields. Like most ancient (pre-Christian) religions, the underworld was not viewed as negatively as it is in [[Christianity]].

...s over Set and Ausar, being brought back from the dead becomes lord of the underworld. It is this drama that gives us the cosmic conflict between good and evil, ...d]], for example as a consort of the [[Great Goddess]] in [[Wicca]]. These gods usually reflect mythological figures such as [[Cernunnos]] or [[Pan]], and

...llenistic "Demon" eventually came to include many Semitic and Near Eastern gods as evaluated by Christianity. ...ere is no other besides him." This clearly statest that there are no other Gods besides the Hebrew God. It is NOT saying that there is no supernatural powe

...f its fire and enters the perpetual night realm called Yominokuni that the gods thereto retire. After Izanagi, her husband, failed in the attempt to reclai ...He is from Chinese Buddhism, and before that, from India. Enma rules the [[Underworld]], which makes him similar to [[Hades]], and he decides whether someone dea

*Yato-no-kami - deadly snake-gods which infested a field *Yomotsu-shikome - the hags of the underworld

...rcus, and has apparently descended by several stages through the meanings "underworld, hell", "devil", "evil creature" and at last "ogre". "Orc" is also present ...ncy food source. They worship a pair of gods known as Gork and Mork (other gods were included in earlier editions of the game, but are no longer included).

..., the [[Shadow people|shades]] that Odysseus meets on his journey to the [[Underworld]] are lured to the blood of freshly sacrificed rams, a fact that Odysseus u ...are also tales of [[kamaitachi]], a phenomenon where it was said that evil gods would thirst for human blood.

* [[Cerberus]] - A three-headed dog known to guard the gates of the underworld in Greek mythology. ...at the giants would cross Bifrost, a great rainbow, at the Twilight of the Gods, breaking it with their weight and so destroying the world. Trolls figure i