Hades (Greek: ᾍδης - Hadēs or Ἅιδης - Háidēs) ("unseen") means both the ancient Greek abode of the dead and the god of that underworld. The word originally referred to just the god; haidou, its genitive, was short for "the house of Hades", and eventually the nominative, too, came to designate the abode of the dead. (A related Hebrew word, She'Ol, for the abode ...

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There were several sections of Hades, including the Elysian Fields (contrast the Christian Paradise or Heaven), and Tartarus, (compare the Christian Hell). Greek mythographers were not perfectly consistent about the geography of the afterlife. A contrasting myth of the Afterlife concerns the Garden of the Hesperides, often identified with the Isles of the Blessed. In Roman mythology, an entrance to the underworld located at Avernus, a crater near Cumae, was the route Aeneas used to descend to the Underworld. By synecdoche, "Avernus" could be substituted for the underworld as a whole. The Inferi ...

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Aides has various meanings: Aides is the god Hades. The aides was a French customs duty, during the time of Louis XIV. Aides are assistants. Other related archivesFrench, Hades, Louis XIV, assistants, customs, duty, god

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The Aornis river is one of the many rivers of Hades and one of the five tributary rivers of the river Styx. In Jasper Fforde's series of books featuring Thursday Next, Aornis is sister to Acheron and Styx Hades, members of a rather nasty family of criminals and psychopaths. Aornis is a mnemonomorph - meaning, she can change people's memories. Other related archivesAcheron, Hades, Jasper Fforde, Styx, Thursday Next

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Persephone Hades Minos Aeacus Rhada- manthys Charon Cerberus Acheron Cocytus Tartarus Lethe Elysion Styx Phlegethon Asphodel Erebus Ixion Sisyphus Tantalus The Titans ...

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In Greek mythology, two people share the name Ascalaphus. Son of Acheron and Orphne. He told the other gods that Persephone had eaten a pomegranate in Hades. He was punished by being changed into an owl. (Ovid V, 534) Son of Astyoche and Ares, King of Orchomenus. He was one of the Argonauts and died in the Trojan War as a result of a spear hit. (Iliad XIII, 518) Other related archivesAcheron, Ares, Argonauts, Astyoche, Greek mythology, Hades, Iliad, Orchomenus, Or

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The Asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus, Liliaceae) is the flower said to fill the plains of Hades, the mythological Greek underworld. Being the favourite food of the dead, the ancient Greeks would often plant it near the deads' graves. The Bog Asphodel, Narthecium americanum, belongs to the family Nartheciaceae. It has grass-like leaves and a stalk about 40 cm tall with small yellow flowers. The False Asphodel, Tofieldia racemosa and other species, with smal ...

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In Greek mythology, Cerberus or Cerberos (Greek Κέρβερος, Kerberos, demon of the pit), was the hound of Hades—a monstrous three-headed dog (sometimes said to have 50 or 100 heads) with a snake for a tail and innumerable snake heads on his back. He guarded the gate to Hades (the Greek underworld) and ensured that the dead could not leave and the living could not enter. His brother was Orth ...

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In Greek mythology, Clymenus, or Klyménos ("notorious") may refer to any number of individuals: Clymenus was the father of Eurydice. Clymenus was the son of King Aeneas of Calydon. Clymenus was a King of Olympia. Clymenus was a King of Arcadia. Clymenus was a King of Boeotia and father of Phaeton by Merope. Clymenus was also an alternate name for Hades. Category: Greek mythological people

In Greek mythology, Tartarus, or Tartaros, is both a deity and a place in the underworld — even lower than Hades. In ancient orphic sources and in the mystery schools Tartaros is also the unbounded first-existing "thing" from which the Light and the cosmos is born. The Greek poet Hesiod asserts that a bronze anvil falling from heaven would fall 9 days before it reached the Earth. The anvil would take 9 more days to fall from Earth to Tartarus. In The Iliad, Jove asserts that Tartarus is "as far beneath Hades as heaven ...

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In Theosophy, Kamaloka (derived from Sanskrit) is the semi-material plane, subjective and invisible to humans, where the disembodied "personalities", the astral forms, called Kamarupa remain, until they fade out from it by the complete exhaustion of the effects of the mental impulses that created these eidolons of human and animal passions and desires. It is associated with Hades of ancient Greeks and the Amenti of the Egyptians, the land of Silent Shadows; a division of the first gro ...

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Yomi (黄泉), the Japanese word for underworld in which horrible creatures guard the exits, is similar to Hades or hell and is most commonly known for Izanami's retreat to that place after her death. Izanagi followed her there and upon his return he washed himself, creating Amaterasu, Susanoo, and Tsukiyomi in the process. (See Japanese mythology.) Unlike other versions of hell where the souls of the deceased are tortured for eternity, Yomi is m

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In Greek mythology, Cocytus, meaning river of wailing (Greek κωκυτός, "lamentation") was the river in the underworld on the banks of which the dead who could not pay Charon wandered, according to most accounts, for one hundred years. It flowed into the river Acheron, across which lay Hades, the mythological abode of the dead. In The Divine Comedy (Inferno), Cocytus is the ninth and lowest circle of Hell and is frozen by the flapping wings of Lucifer, or Satan. In the Inferno Cocytus is referred to as ...

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Satan (שָׂטָן Standard Hebrew Satan, Greek and Latin Sátanas, Tiberian Hebrew Śāṭān; Aramaic שִׂטְנָא Śaṭanâ: both words mean "Adversary; accuser") is an angel, demon, or minor god in many religions. Satan plays various roles in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocrypha and the New Testament. In the Hebrew Bible, Satan is an angel that God uses to test man for various reasons usually dealing with his level of piety (i.e. the test in the Book of Job). In the Apocrypha and New Test ...

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Persephone Hades Minos Aeacus Rhada- manthys Charon Cerberus Acheron Cocytus Tartarus Lethe Elysion Styx Phlegethon Asphodel Erebus Ixion Sisyphus Tantalus The Titans Greek myth ...

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In Greek mythology, the Oneiroi were the sons of Hypnos, the god of sleep. They were personifications of dreams—black-winged daemons—and they were said to live on the shores of the Ocean in the far West, in a cavern near the border of Hades. The gods sent dreams to mortals from one of two gates located there: true dreams emerged from a gate made of horn, whereas false dreams threaded their way from a gate fashioned of ivory. The most powerful of the Oneiroi was Morpheus, and his brot ...

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The Twelve Olympians, also known as the Dodekatheon (Greek: δωδεκα, dodeka, "twelve" + θεον, theon, "of the gods"), in Greek religion, were the principal gods of the Greek pantheon, residing atop Mount Olympus. There were, at various times, fourteen different gods recognized as Olympians, though never more than twelve at one time. Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Ares, Hermes, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Athena, Apollo, and Artemis are always considered Olympians. Hestia, Demeter, Dionysus, and Hades are the variable gods among the T ...

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Charon may refer to: Charon (mythology) - the figure from Greek, and later Christian mythology, who ferried the dead across the river Acheron in the underworld Hades and Hell, respectively. Charon (moon) - thought for many years to be the only moon of the planet Pluto (for other candidates, see Pluto), sometimes considered a companion planet rather than a moon due to its large relative size. Charon (animal) - a genus of amblypygid Charon (cars) - a Dutch automobile manufacturer Charon (

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Elysian Fields can refer to: Hoboken, New Jersey park, Elysian Fields where first Baseball game between clubs is believed to have been played in 1846 The New York band Elysian Fields Elysium, a section of Hades from Greek Mythology A song by the thrash metal band Megadeth. The title track of the 2003 E.P. from CCM Hard Rock band Least Among Us. Other related archives1846, Baseball, CCM, Elysian Fields, Elysium, Greek

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