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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. 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 ...
Death goddesses. Goddesses associated with death. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Death goddesses.
The Morrigan: Celtic Goddess of Death. According to Celtic mythology, The Morrigan is the goddess of death, war, strife, battle, and fertility. In Ireland as well as in other parts of Europe, including France, she was regarded as one of the most powerful goddesses of death (and goddesses overall).
Cultures around the world have gods and goddesses connected to death, dying, and the underworld. Typically, these deities are associated with the darker half of the year, when the nights get longer and the soil goes cold and dormant.
Hades, Pluto, and Hel are some of the most well-known gods of death and the underworld from ancient mythology, but nearly all ancient cultures have one. Each death god from around the world represents the unique views different cultures have of death. Hades: Greek God of Death Name: HadesReligion: Greek Gods and GoddessesRealms: God of
This list showcases the Gods of death, the Underworld, and destruction: from the Egyptian God of Death- Anubis, who was recognized as a man with a jackal head, to the Hindu God of Death- “Yama,” who took the records of each person’s death.
Death is not just a soul exiting the body! Time to explore it in depth by exploring the goddesses who have the ultimate authority over the death of the mortals. Here are some famous death goddesses in different popular mythologies and cultures around the world.