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Gatekeepers of Aaru, painting on the southern wall of the tomb of Sennedjem in Dayr al-Madīnah, Thebes, Egypt,c. 1775 BCE. A crocodile -god guardian of the underworld — from the tomb (KV17) of Pharaoh Seti I.
Bitu's primary function is that of a gatekeeper (ì-du 8). [11] He could also be addressed as the "great gatekeeper," ì-du 8 gal. [5] This epithet was transcribed in Akkadian as idugallu. [5] In incantations which were meant to compel demons and ghosts to return to the underworld, a formula placing them under the control of Bitu was sometimes ...
Rivers are a fundamental part of the topography of the underworld and are found in the earliest source materials: [12] In Homer's Iliad, the "ghost" of Patroclus makes specific mention of gates and a river (unnamed) in Hades; [13] in Homer's Odyssey, the "ghost" of Odysseus's mother, Anticlea, describes there being many "great rivers and appalling streams", and reference is made to at least ...
The underworld, also known as the netherworld or hell, is the supernatural world of the dead in various religious traditions and myths, located below the world of the living. [1] Chthonic is the technical adjective for things of the underworld. The concept of an underworld is found in almost every civilization and "may be as old as humanity ...
The mythology or religion of most cultures incorporate a god of death or, more frequently, a divine being closely associated with death, an afterlife, or an underworld. They are often amongst the most powerful and important entities in a given tradition, reflecting the fact that death, like birth , is central to the human experience.
Ereshkigal is described as being Inanna's older sister. When Neti, the gatekeeper of the underworld, informs Ereshkigal that Inanna is at the gates and demanding to be let in, Ereshkigal responds by ordering Neti to bolt the seven gates of the underworld and to open each separately, but only after Inanna has removed one article of clothing.
Ox-Head and Horse-Face in the Hell Scroll at Seattle Asian Art Museum. Ox-Head (simplified Chinese: 牛头; traditional Chinese: 牛頭; pinyin: Niútóu; Wade–Giles: niu 2-t'ou 2) and Horse-Face (simplified Chinese: 马面; traditional Chinese: 馬面; pinyin: Mǎmiàn; Wade–Giles: ma 3-mien 4) are two guardians or types of guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology.
Adonis, god of beauty and desire who spent part of his time in the underworld, and part on earth before his tragic death [5] Alexiares and Anicetus; Charon, a psychopomp believed to ferry souls between the worlds of the living and the dead [6] Cerberus, a multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent the dead from leaving