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In Greek mythology, Thanatos (UK: / ˈ θ æ n ə t ɒ s /; [2] Ancient Greek: Θᾰ́νᾰτος, Thánatos, pronounced in Ancient Greek: "Death", [3] from θνῄσκω thnēskō "(I) die, am dying" [4] [5]) was the personification of death. He was a minor figure in Greek mythology, often referred to but rarely appearing in person.
In Greek mythology, Penthus (Πενθος) / ˈ p ɛ n θ ə s / or Penthos was the personification of grief. [1] He favors those who weep for the dead. It is believed that he likes to also torment the individuals who mourn. He accompanied Tisiphone when Hera sent her to madden Ino and Athamas. [2]
A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...
A soul eater is a folklore figure in the traditional belief systems of some groups, known for sucking or eating the souls of their victims. Soul eaters can be related to witchcraft, zombies, and other similar phenomena. The soul eater is supposedly able [who?] to consume an individual's spirit, causing a wasting disease that can be fatal.
In Greek mythology, Cyparissus or Kyparissos (Ancient Greek: Κυπάρισσος, romanized: Kupárissos, lit. 'cypress') was a boy beloved by Apollo or in some versions by other deities. In the best-known version of the story, the favorite companion of Cyparissus was a tamed stag , which he accidentally killed with his hunting javelin as it ...
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 ...
Omophagia, or omophagy (from Greek ωμός "raw") is the eating of raw flesh. The term is of importance in the context of the cult worship of Dionysus . Omophagia is a large element of Dionysiac myth; in fact, one of Dionysus' epithets is Omophagos "Raw-Eater". [ 1 ]
Greek mythology has changed over time to accommodate the evolution of their culture, of which mythology, both overtly and in its unspoken assumptions, is an index of the changes. In Greek mythology's surviving literary forms, as found mostly at the end of the progressive changes, it is inherently political, as Gilbert Cuthbertson (1975) has argued.