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In Orphic literature, in which there are four rivers of the underworld, the Phlegethon is associated with the element of fire, and the direction east. [ 3 ] In Oedipus by Seneca the Younger , the first singing of the chorus, which mainly describes the plague that has settled in Thebes , includes the line, "Phlegethon has changed his course and ...
Enji, Zjarri, fire god: releaser of light and heat with the power to ward off darkness and evil, affect cosmic phenomena, and give strength to the Sun, and sustainer of the continuity between life and afterlife and between the generations; I Verbti, "the blind one", adjectival noun also used for the fire and wind god
Lethe, the river of forgetfulness, is one of the five rivers of the Greek underworld; the other four are Acheron (the river of sorrow), Cocytus (the river of lamentation), Phlegethon (the river of fire) and Styx (the river that separates Earth and the Underworld).
The Hindu wind god, Vayu. A wind god is a god who controls the wind(s). Air deities may also be considered here as wind is nothing more than moving air. Many polytheistic religions have one or more wind gods. They may also have a separate air god or a wind god may double as an air god. Many wind gods are also linked with one of the four seasons.
[3] [b] In the Gilgamesh flood myth, the highest god, Enlil, decides to destroy the world with a flood because humans have become too noisy. The god Ea, who had created humans out of clay and divine blood, secretly warns the hero Utnapishtim of the impending flood and gives him detailed instructions for building a boat so that life may survive.
Water god in an ancient Roman mosaic. Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Gaziantep, Turkey. A water deity is a deity in mythology associated with water or various bodies of water.Water deities are common in mythology and were usually more important among civilizations in which the sea or ocean, or a great river was more important.
The only ziggurat at Eridu was at the temple of the god Ea (Enki), known as the apsû-house. [41] In Gilgamesh XI, line 42 the flood hero said "I will go down [the river] to the apsû to live with Ea, my Lord." [42] Lines 189–192 (lines 198–201) in Gilgamesh XI are usually translated "Then god Enlil came aboard the boat. He took hold of my ...
The river gods were depicted in one of three forms: a man-headed bull, a bull-headed man with the body of a serpent-like fish from the waist down, or as a reclining man with an arm resting upon an amphora jug pouring water. [citation needed] Notable river gods include: