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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 ...
Pages in category "Death goddesses" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Akka (spirit)
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 ...
Category. : Death deities. This category is for deities that are associated with death, the dead, and/or the afterlife. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Death deities.
Nemty – Falcon god, worshipped in Middle Egypt, [22] who appears in myth as a ferryman for greater gods [23] Neper – A god of grain [24] Osiris – god of death and resurrection who rules the underworld and enlivens vegetation, the sun god, and deceased souls [25] Ptah – A creator deity and god of craftsmen, the patron god of Memphis [26]
A common term for the personification of death across Latin America is "la Parca" from one of the three Roman Parcae, a figure similar to the Anglophone Grim Reaper, though usually depicted as female and without a scythe. Mictlantecutli in the Codex Borgia. In Aztec mythology, Mictecacihuatl is the " Queen of Mictlan " (the Aztec underworld ...
Hine-nui-te-pō, also known as the "Great Woman of Night" is a giant goddess of death and the underworld. [1] Her father is Tāne, the god of forests and land mammals. Her mother Hine-ahu-one is a human, made from earth. Hine-nui-te-pō is the second child of Tāne and Hine-ahu-one.
Pandion I, a king of Athens. Pandion II, a king of Athens. Peleus, king of the Myrmidons and father of Achilles; he sailed with the Argonauts and participated in the Calydonian boar hunt. Pelias, a king of Iolcus and usurper of Aeson's rightful throne. Pelops, a king of Pisa and founder of the House of Atreus.