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Ampelus was a young lover of the wine god Dionysus who upon his death was transformed into a grapevine. Versions of his death vary; in one, he fell and died while picking grapes. In another, he mocked Selene, who then sent a gadfly to spook the bull he was riding, sending the bull into a frenzy and the unfortunate youth to his early death.
In Hebrew scriptures, Death (Maweth/Mavet(h)) is sometimes personified as a devil or angel of death (e.g., Habakkuk 2:5; Job 18:13). [6] In both the Book of Hosea and the Book of Jeremiah , Maweth/Mot is mentioned as a deity to whom God can turn over Judah as punishment for worshiping other gods. [ 26 ]
In 1912, the poisoner Frederick Seddon (leaning on the dock, left) was sentenced to death by Mr Justice Bucknill wearing a black cap (right) "May God have mercy upon your soul" or "may God have mercy on your soul" is a phrase used within courts in various legal systems by judges pronouncing a sentence of death upon a person found guilty of a crime that carries a death sentence.
Socrates (/ ˈ s ɒ k r ə t iː z /, [2] Ancient Greek: Σωκράτης, romanized: Sōkrátēs; c. 470 – 399 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy [3] and as among the first moral philosophers of the ethical tradition of thought.
The main source of the story of Mot ("Death") is Ugaritic. [6] [7] He is a son of 'El, [1] and according to instructions given by the god Hadad to his messengers, lives in a city named hmry ('Mirey'), a pit is his throne, and Filth is the land of his heritage. But Ba'al warns them:
Behold, below we've gathered 38 of the best Dumbledore quotes about life, love, friendship, Muggles, and, of course, magic. Related: 'Harry Potter' Actor Michael Gambon Dead at 82. Dumbledore ...
Hades ruled the underworld and was therefore most often associated with death and feared by men, but he was not Death itself — it is Thanatos, son of Nyx and Erebus, who is the actual personification of death, although Euripides's play "Alkestis" states fairly clearly that Thanatos and Hades were one and the same deity, and gives an ...
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