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Yomi or Yomi-no-kuni (黄泉, 黄泉の国, or 黄泉ノ国) is the Japanese word for the land of the dead (World of Darkness). [1] According to Shinto mythology as related in Kojiki, this is where the dead go in the afterlife. Once one has eaten at the hearth of Yomi it is (mostly) impossible to return to the land of the living. [2]
The land of the dead also contains the forces of life, tama. [ 2 ] The Michiae no matsuri ( 道饗祭 ) norito is an ancient Shinto prayer asking the gods to prevent the evil beings from Ne-no-kuni-Soko-no-kuni ( 根國底國 ) to do any harm.
The 'Land of the Ever Young' depicted by Arthur Rackham in Irish Fairy Tales (1920). In Celtic mythology , the Otherworld is the realm of the deities and possibly also the dead. In Gaelic and Brittonic myth it is usually a supernatural realm of everlasting youth, beauty, health, abundance and joy. [ 1 ]
Land of the Dead, a 2005 zombie film directed by George A. Romero Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green, a 2005 first-person shooter video game based on the film; The Land of the Dead, a 2000 audio drama based on the Doctor Who series "The Land of the Dead", a chapter in the 1940 film serial Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
It has been noted that the being is likely modelled on landvættir and bergbúar, closely resembling their portrayals in other sources. [21] Some scholars have suggested that landvættir are chthonic and spirits of the dead, but others have interpreted them as nature spirits, since they sometimes live in land that has never been populated. [22] [5]
Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill discusses themes in the Disney Pixar animated film "Coco" ahead of Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead.
"Land of the Dead" is a single by the horror punk band the Misfits, released October 27, 2009 through Misfits Records. It is the first release of new studio material from the band since the 2003 covers album Project 1950 , and their first release of new, original material since 1999's Famous Monsters .
In this case, words created within a digital setting to evade rules are now jumping the fences from virtual spaces into real ones and permeating spoken language, especially among young people.