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  2. Gate of the Ghosts - Wikipedia

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    The Gate of the Ghosts [2] (simplified Chinese: 鬼门关; traditional Chinese: 鬼門關; pinyin: Guǐmén guān), or Devil's Gate, [3] Demon Gate, [4] known as Guimen guan in Chinese, [5] is a pass in the Underworld in Chinese mythology. [6] The gate is a pailou [7] with the words "Gate of the Ghosts" written on the horizontal plaque. [8]

  3. Liminal deity - Wikipedia

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    Janus was believed to see over times of change, such as the New Year and the beginning of the day.. A liminal deity is a god or goddess in mythology who presides over thresholds, gates, or doorways; "a crosser of boundaries". [1]

  4. Gates of hell - Wikipedia

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    Auguste Rodin was commissioned to make a pair of bronze doors to symbolize the gates of hell. He received the commission on August 20, 1880, for a new art museum in Paris, to exhibit at the 1889 Exposition Universelle, which ultimately did not open; however in 1900, some of them were part of his first solo exhibition in Paris.

  5. Gate deities of the underworld - Wikipedia

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    5th gate: this gate is the goddess "Lady Of Duration" while its guardian serpent is "Flame-Eyed"; this access is inhabited by the perfidious demon Apep — embodiment of evil and chaos , bitter enemy of Ra [7] — here called "Evil Of Face". 20 deities manage to stem his devastating power by continuing to dissect it, while the heads of those he ...

  6. Menshen - Wikipedia

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    The earliest-attested door gods, appearing in the Mountain and Sea Classic. Ordered by the Jade Emperor to guard the trees of the Peaches of Immortality, which were being gnawed upon by demons. Yulü: 鬱壘 Wangtianjun: 王天君 Attendants of the North God; seen at Taoist temples Matianjun: 馬天君 Azure Dragon: 青龍 Seen at Taoist ...

  7. Why We Love to Talk About Demons - AOL

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  8. The Beyond (1981 film) - Wikipedia

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    The Beyond (Italian: …E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilà, lit. And you will live in terror! The afterlife") is a 1981 English-language Italian Southern Gothic [6] [7] supernatural horror film directed by Lucio Fulci.

  9. Gabriele Amorth - Wikipedia

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    He also attributed the number of exorcisms performed to his opinion that "People have lost the Faith, and superstition, magic, Satanism, or ouija boards have taken its place, which then open all the doors to the presence of demons." [15] When asked whether the devil can strike inside the Vatican City, Amorth stated, "He has tried already.