Search results for "Underworld" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Ereshkigal (lit. "Great Lady under the Earth") was the goddess of the land of the dead, the Underworld, in Mesopotamian mythology. ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 19:19, 13 February 2024
- #039;s opera "Orpheus in the Underworld," caused great controversy ... speaking world are Orpheus in the Underworld, La vie parisienne, La ...11 KB (1,730 words) - 08:34, 18 March 2024
- Dilmun, the home of the gods, to the Underworld, for raping the his future ... . After Ninlil followed him to the underworld, Enlil disguised himself ...12 KB (1,974 words) - 18:55, 13 February 2024
- adequately when she became lost in the Underworld. The god's sojourn ... ====Descent into the Underworld==== According to the myth of Inanna ...16 KB (2,459 words) - 04:00, 27 February 2023
- Ishtar is the tale of her descent to the underworld. One of the most striking ... he made for Ishtar were dropped into the underworld. Gilgamesh cannot reach ...12 KB (2,015 words) - 03:03, 8 March 2024
- , Aidēs) refers to both the ancient Greek underworld and to the deity ... The deceased were said to enter the underworld by crossing the Acheron ...23 KB (3,693 words) - 16:36, 21 January 2024
- Satre, which referred to a god of the underworld who was responsible for ... then Saturn may have originally been a underworld deity linked to funerary ...11 KB (1,785 words) - 17:00, 23 December 2022
- the earth. Persephone had gone into the underworld (underground, like seeds ... seen by Hades, the god of death to his underworld kingdom. Distraught, Demeter ...18 KB (2,798 words) - 16:07, 13 February 2024
- On their advice, Orpheus traveled to the underworld, using his music to soften ... the trustworthiness of the King of the Underworld&mash;perhaps his seemingly ...19 KB (3,011 words) - 02:17, 18 November 2022
- but later sent down to rule in Yomi, the underworld (Nihongi 18-19). According ... Izanagi descended to Yomi (the underworld) in hopes of bringing back ...14 KB (2,300 words) - 02:45, 24 July 2023
- In Greek mythology, Orion was both a great hunter, who met Ulysses in the underworld, and also a constellation amongst the stars. His story is ...11 KB (1,784 words) - 02:16, 18 November 2022
- assembly of the gods then banishes Enlil to the underworld for this transgression. Ninlil, knowing she is pregnant with the "bright seed of Sîn ...12 KB (1,952 words) - 08:45, 9 October 2022
- Poland and his treatment of the Odessa underworld, were innovative for both ... Red Cavalry, were published in Jewish underworld before and after the Russian ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 18:50, 7 March 2024
- souls of ancestors and other ghosts back to the underworld. [http://en.people.cn/90002/98669/98755/6798883.html Chinese Ghost Festival - "the ...19 KB (2,824 words) - 07:41, 24 January 2023
- and ask Persephone, the queen of the underworld, for a small measure of ... After Psyche left the underworld, she decided to open the box and ...23 KB (3,678 words) - 06:01, 11 August 2023
- , Odysseus makes a voyage to Hades, the Underworld, and raises the spirits ... Ovid writes of a marketplace in the underworld, where the dead could exchange ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 16:08, 11 November 2022
- the deceased and his journey through the underworld to join the company of ... *Chapters 1-16 The deceased enters the tomb, descends to the underworld ...17 KB (2,857 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2024
- quot;) may also be translated as "underworld," "netherworld ... The Hellenistic views of heroic descent into the Underworld and successful ...14 KB (2,171 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- to Nergal, the Mesopotamian god of the underworld who is listed upon god ... This reference to the underworld suggests that the fate of children ...20 KB (3,200 words) - 21:06, 21 December 2022
- linked to the god Osiris, the god of the Underworld, to indicate the everlasting ... of Ptah, the god connected with the Underworld, who always remained in ...14 KB (2,343 words) - 06:55, 14 June 2023
