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List of death deities. Yama, the Hindu god of death and Lord of Naraka (hell). He was subsequently adopted by Buddhist, Chinese, Tibetan, Korean, and Japanese mythology as the king of hell. Maya death god "A" way as a hunter, Classic period. The mythology or religion of most cultures incorporate a god of death or, more frequently, a divine ...
Mania (deity) Matres and Matronae. Meng Po. Merau. Mictēcacihuātl. Miru (goddess) Morana (goddess) The Morrígan. Morta (mythology)
e. In Greek mythology, the Keres (/ˈkɪriːz/; Ancient Greek: Κῆρες) were female death-spirits. They were the goddesses who personified violent death and who were drawn to bloody deaths on battlefields. [citation needed] Although they were present during death and dying, they did not have the power to kill. All they could do was wait and ...
Persephone and Dionysos. Roman copy after a Greek original of the 4th–3rd century B.C. Marble. Hermitage.. In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Persephone (/ p ər ˈ s ɛ f ə n iː / pər-SEF-ə-nee; Greek: Περσεφόνη, romanized: Persephónē, classical pronunciation: [per.se.pʰó.nɛː]), also called Kore (/ ˈ k ɔːr iː / KOR-ee; Greek: Κόρη, romanized: Kórē, lit.
Marzanna. Poland. Marzanna Mother of Poland: modern imagination of goddess by Marek Hapon. Morana (in Czech, Slovene and Serbo-Croatian), Morena (in Slovak and Macedonian), Mora (in Bulgarian), Mara (in Ukrainian), Morė (in Lithuanian), Marena (in Russian), or Marzanna (in Polish) is a pagan Slavic goddess associated with seasonal rites based on the idea of death and rebirth of nature.
Izanami and Izanagi are held to be the creators of the Japanese archipelago and the progenitors of many deities, which include the sun goddess Amaterasu, the moon deity Tsukuyomi and the storm god Susanoo. In mythology, she is the direct ancestor of the Japanese imperial family.
e. Kali (/ ˈkɑːliː /; Sanskrit: काली, IAST: Kālī), also called Kalika, is a major goddess in Hinduism, associated with time, death, violence, sexuality, female empowerment, and motherly love. [ 1 ] Kali is the first of the ten Mahavidyas in the Hindu tantric tradition.
Hebe (/ ˈhiːbiː /; Ancient Greek: Ἥβη, romanized: Hḗbē, lit. 'youth'), in ancient Greek religion and mythology, often given the epithet Ganymeda (meaning "Gladdening Princess"), [1] is the goddess of youth or of the prime of life. [2] She functioned as the cupbearer for the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus, serving their nectar and ...