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The fourth realm was the Burial Mound where the dead could live, and the last realm was Valhalla, ruled by Odin and was called the Hall of Heroes. [3] The masses of those killed in combat (known as the Einherjar ), along with various legendary Germanic heroes and kings, live in Valhalla until Ragnarök , when they will march out of its many ...
It is possible that death required an extra portion of fertility and eroticism, but also that the living received life force from the dead. The thought might have been that life and death have the same origin, and if an individual died, the fertility and the future life of the ætt would be ensured. [79]
The Weighing of the Heart in the Hall of Maat as depicted in the Papyrus of Hunefer (19th Dynasty, c. 1300 BCE) To the ancient Egyptians, the judgment of the dead was the process that allowed the Egyptian gods to judge the worthiness of the souls of the deceased.
The ancient Egyptians believed that life in the mortal world was short in comparison to eternity in the afterlife. They, therefore, had two concepts of time for 'the eternal cycle of life of earth' (neheh – nḥḥ) and 'life in the eternity of the kingdom of the dead' (djet – ḏt). 'Neheh' means a period of time in which something exists ...
Care of the dead and the loving duty toward one's ancestors were fundamental aspects of ancient Roman culture. [45] A clear manifestation of this is Roman Republican era portrait busts which may have originated in the practice of making death masks of ancestors which were displayed in the home and during funerary rites and on the anniversary of ...
The central panel portrays the Hindu god Yama judges the dead. Other panels depict various realms/hells of Naraka. Judgement in an afterlife, in which one's deeds and characteristics in life determine either punishment or reward, is a central theme of many religions. Almost all religions are greatly devoted to the afterlife, emphasizing that ...
the sittings in the hall. She half the fallen chooses each day, but Odin th' other half. [3] Henry Adams Bellows translation: The ninth is Folkvang, where Freyja decrees Who shall have seats in the hall; The half of the dead each day does she choose, And half does Othin have. [4]
The Nekromanteion (Greek: Νεκρομαντεῖον) was an ancient Greek temple of necromancy devoted to Hades and Persephone. According to tradition, it was located on the banks of the Acheron river in Epirus, near the ancient city of Ephyra. This site was believed by devotees to be the door to Hades, the realm of the dead.