2017-07-27T19:45:27+03:00[Europe/Moscow] en true Manannán mac Lir, Vanth, Charon (mythology), Death (personification), Persephone, Thanatos, Yama, Huitzilopochtli, Kali, Rudra, Varuna, Veles (god), Imentet, Dīs Pater flashcards
Death gods

Death gods

  • Manannán mac Lir
    Manannán or Manann (Old Irish Manandán), also known as Manannán mac Lir (Mac Lir meaning "son of the sea"), is a sea deity in Irish mythology.
  • Vanth
    Vanth is a chthonic figure in Etruscan mythology shown in a variety of forms of funerary art, such as in tomb paintings and on sarcophagi.
  • Charon (mythology)
    In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon (/ˈkɛərɒn/ or /ˈkɛərən/; Greek Χάρων) is the ferryman of Hades who carries souls of the newly deceased across the rivers Styx and Acheron that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead.
  • Death (personification)
    Death, also known as the Grim Reaper, is a common element in culture and history.
  • Persephone
    In Greek mythology, Persephone (/pərˈsɛfəni/, per-SEH-fə-nee; Greek: Περσεφόνη), also called Kore or Cora (/ˈkɔəriː/; "the maiden"), is the daughter of Zeus and the harvest goddess Demeter, and is the queen of the underworld.
  • Thanatos
    In Greek mythology, Thanatos /ˈθænətɒs/ (Greek: Θάνατος [Ancient Greek: [tʰánatos]] "Death", from θνῄσκω thnēskō "to die, be dying") was the personification of death.
  • Yama
    Yama or Yamarāja, also called Imra, is a god of death, the south direction and the underworld, belonging to an early stratum of Rigvedic Hindu deities.
  • Huitzilopochtli
    In the Aztec religion, Huitzilopochtli (Classical Nahuatl: Huītzilōpōchtli [wiːt͡siloːˈpoːt͡ʃt͡ɬi]), is a Mesoamerican deity of war, sun, human sacrifice and the patron of the city of Tenochtitlan.
  • Kali
    Kālī (/ˈkɑːli/; Sanskrit: काली), also known as Kālikā (Sanskrit: कालिका), is a Hindu goddess.
  • Rudra
    Rudra (/ˈrʊdrə/; Sanskrit: रुद्र) is a Rigvedic deity, associated with wind or storm, and the hunt.
  • Varuna
    Varuna (/ˈvɜːrʊnə, ˈvɑːrə-/; Sanskrit: Varuṇa वरुण, Malay: Baruna) is the Hindu god of water and the celestial ocean, as well as a god of law of the underwater world.
  • Veles (god)
    Veles (Cyrillic: Велес; Polish: Weles; Czech, Slovak: Veles; Old Russian and Old Church Slavonic: Велесъ; Belarusian: Вялес (Vialies)), also known as Volos (Russian: Волос) (listed as a Christian saint in Old Russian texts), is a major Slavic god of earth, waters, forests and the underworld.
  • Imentet
    Imentet was a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religion representing the necropolises west of the Nile.
  • Dīs Pater
    Dīs Pater was a Roman god of the underworld, later subsumed by Pluto or Hades (Hades was Greek).