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Elizabeth Eowyn Nelson, in "Embodying Persephone's Desire: Authentic Movement and Underworld", [154] interprets the Persephone myth through Jungian psychology. She focuses on the dual nature of Persephone as both maiden and queen of the underworld, symbolizing the Jungian themes of life, death, and rebirth, and the complexity of the human psyche.
"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 ...
In the Popol Vuh, Camazotz are the bat-like spirits encountered by the Maya Hero Twins Hunahpu and Xbalanque during their trials in the underworld of Xibalba.The twins had to spend the night in the House of Bats, where they squeezed themselves into their own blowguns in order to defend themselves from the circling bats.
A votive plaque known as the Ninnion Tablet depicting elements of the Eleusinian Mysteries, discovered in the sanctuary at Eleusis (mid-4th century BC). The Eleusinian Mysteries (Greek: Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια, romanized: Eleusínia Mystḗria) were initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at the Panhellenic Sanctuary of Eleusis in ancient Greece.
Thalia: A juvenile bat with peach-colored fur and a powerful love of jokes. She dies from toxic gas inhalation in the Firelands. [4] Thalia is most likely named after the Greek muse of comedy. (Deceased, Book 4) Daedalus: An older bat with creamy white fur. Was on the code team. [3] Hermes: Orange-and-black-speckled messenger bat. Brought ...
Balayang (Australian Aboriginal) – Bat-god and brother to Bunjil; Camazotz – Bat spirit and servant of the lords of the underworld; Leutogi – Samoan princess rescued by bats; Minyades – Three sisters who refused to take part in the worship of Dionysus, and turned into bats by Hermes.
The Burney Relief (also known as the Queen of the Night relief) is a Mesopotamian terracotta plaque in high relief of the Isin-Larsa period or Old-Babylonian period, depicting a winged, nude, goddess-like figure with bird's talons, flanked by owls, and perched upon two lions. Side view showing depth of the relief
In Mandaeism, ʿUr (Classical Mandaic: ࡏࡅࡓ) is the king (Classical Mandaic: ࡌࡀࡋࡊࡀ, romanized: malka) of the World of Darkness (alma ḏ-hšuka) or underworld. He is the son of Ruha, the queen of the underworld, [1] and her brother Gaf (also spelled Gap), one of the giants in the World of Darkness described in book 5 of the Ginza ...