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Seker, a falcon god of the Memphite necropolis who was known as a patron of the living, as well as a god of the dead. He is known to be closely tied to Osiris He is known to be closely tied to Osiris Serapis , Graeco-Egyptian syncretistic deity, combining elements of Osiris , the Apis Bull , Hades , Demeter , and Dionysus .
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Mictēcacihuātl (Nahuatl pronunciation: [mik.teː.kaˈsi.waːt͡ɬ], meaning "Lady of the Dead"), in Aztec mythology, is a death deity and consort of Mictlāntēcutli, god of the dead and ruler of Mictlān, the lowest level of the underworld. [1] Her role is to watch over the bones of the dead and preside over the ancient festivals of the dead.
Pelican – Goddess of the dead [125] Perit – A goddess in Duat [172] Pesi – A goddess in Duat [172] Qererti – A goddess [39] Qerhet – Goddess of the eighth nome of Lower Egypt [39] Qed-her – Gate goddess in Duat [39] Qetesh – A goddess of sexuality and sacred ecstasy from Syria and Canaan, adopted into ancient Egyptian religion in ...
Rán, a Norse goddess who oversees those who have drowned; Gefjon, a Norse goddess who oversees those who die as virgins; Freyja, a Norse goddess who oversees a portion of the dead in her afterlife field, Fólkvangr; Odin, a Norse god who oversees a portion of the dead in his afterlife hall, Valhalla; Helreginn, a jötunn whose name means ...
The Greek word κήρ means "the goddess of death" or "doom" [2] [3] and appears as a proper noun in the singular and plural as Κήρ and Κῆρες to refer to divinities. Homer uses Κῆρες in the phrase κήρες θανάτοιο, "Keres of death". By extension the word may mean "plague, disease" and in prose "blemish or defect".
"Queen of the Great Earth") [1] [2] [a] was the goddess of Kur, the land of the dead or underworld in Sumerian mythology. In later myths, she was said to rule Irkalla alongside her husband Nergal . Sometimes her name is given as Irkalla , similar to the way the name Hades was used in Greek mythology for both the underworld and its ruler, and ...
Izanami appears as a playable god in the video game Smite. [18] She also, alongside Amaterasu and Susanoo, appears in the video game DKO ( Divine Knockout ). Izanami is a recurring important character in the Megami Tensei video game series; such as being the true primary antagonist in Persona 4 .