...s on the gates that held the titans back from beginning a new war with the gods
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...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.
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...Etruscan mythology, '''Mantus''' and his wife, [[Mania]] were gods of the underworld. They were associated with the city ''Mantua'' (Italian: Mantova), which ma
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...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,
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...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.
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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
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...d to the Manes-gods". The word was also used as a metaphor to refer to the underworld.
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...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
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...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
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...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
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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.
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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.
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...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.
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...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
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...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
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...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.
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...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==
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...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
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...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
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...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.
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