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Where Orpheus nearly manages to retrieve Eurydice from Hades, the Hell or underworld of classical mythology, Lúthien rescues Beren three times – from Sauron's fortress-prison of Tol-in-Gaurhoth, involving singing; from Morgoth's Angband, with the Silmaril; and by getting Mandos to restore both of them to life.
Hades (also sometimes Pluto or Hell) is a fictional character appearing in DC Comics publications and related media, commonly as an adversary and sometimes-ally [1] of the superhero Wonder Woman. Based upon the eponymous Greek mythological figure , he is the Olympian god of the dead and ruler of the underworld.
According to the author, the ancient Greek figure of speech "be gone to blessedness" meant to go "into destruction", in a euphemistic manner (as the dead were traditionally referred to as "the blessed ones"; thus dying would mean to be with the blessed); [3] it was counterpart to the modern "go to hell". [5]
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Pausanias' inferred assertion is unsupported in cult practice, though he noted a sanctuary of the Moirai there at Olympia (5.15.4), and also at Corinth (2.4.7) and Sparta (3.11.8), and adjoining the sanctuary of Themis outside a city gate of Thebes.
22. "Look, your daughter doesn't say she's a demon. She says she's the devil himself. And if you've seen as many psychotics as I have, you'd know it's like saying you're Napoleon Bonaparte."
While in the underworld, Juno passes several souls who are being punished in Hades. Hades is also a person, and he needs to get rid of those souls because he needs them to fully recover (Tantalus, Sisyphus, Ixion, and the Belides). [31] When the Furies agree to Juno's request, she happily returns to the heavens, where she is purified by Iris. [32]
Several verses in the Quran mention the eternal nature of Hell or both Paradise and Hell, [Note 14] or that the damned will linger in hell for ages. [171] Two verses in the Quran (6:128 [ 172 ] and 11:107) [ 173 ] emphasize that consignment to hell is horrible and eternal — but include the caveat "except as God (or your Lord) wills it", which ...