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In cultures throughout human history people have believed that some part of themselves continued to exist after they died. Part of that belief is that living can influence what happens to the dead in the afterlife, and the dead can return from the afterlife to affect the living. Death Gods: An Encyclopedia of the Rulers, Evil Spirits, and Geographies of the Dead describes the many ways the afterlifeespecially that part of the afterlife commonly known as Hellhas been characterized in myths from around the world. The hundreds of entries provide readers with a guide to the afterlife as portrayed in these myths - its geography, its rulers, its inhabitants, how they got there, and what happens after their arrival. While the Devil is a prominent resident and ruler of the afterworld in many religions, especially Christianity, this book examines many other versions of Hell whether presided over by the Devil, Hades, or one of the many other rulers of the dead.
Death Gods provides concise encyclopedic entries on all aspects of the mythology of the afterlife: The underworlds form the myths of cultures from across the globefor example, Xibalba, the underworld of the Quiche Maya; Di Yu, the underground realm of the dead in Chinese mythology; the gods and demons of the afterlifethe Hindu god of death and justice Yama; Ahriman, the evil twin of the benevolent god Ahura Mazda in Zoroastrian mythology; Buso, the invisible ghouls who haunt graveyards and feed on human corpses in Philippine mythology. The volume includes an extensive bibliography of the most useful resources for understanding the mythology of death and the afterlife.
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THE RULERS, EVIL SPIRITS, AND
GEOGRAPHIES OF THE DEAD
ERNEST L. ABEL
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A. See God A
Aai
Aakheru
Aalu. See Aaru
Aapep. See Apep
Aaru (aka Aalu, Laru, Yaaru)
Aati
Aat-Shefsheft (aka Paut)
Aau
Ab
Abaasy
Abaddon (aka Abadon, Abbadon, Apollyon, Apollion, Appolyon, Obaddon, Sheol, She'ol)
Abadon. See Abaddon
Abbadon. See Abaddon
Abbaton
Abere
Ab-esh-imy-duat (aka Ab-sha-am-tuat, Aken, Cherti, Khenti-Amenti, Kherty)
Abeth. See Tepi
Abokas
Ab-she
Ab-ta
Abtu (aka Abydos)
Abuhene. See Miana
Abydos. See Abtu
Abyss
Acheron (aka Acherusian Lake)
Acherusian Lake. See Acheron
Achren. See Annwn
Acolnahuacatl. See Mictlantecuhtli
Adiri
Adliparmiut. See Adlivun
Adlivun
Adriel. See Angel of Death
Aeacus (aka Aiakos)
Aeneid
Aericura
Aetna, Mt.
Af (aka Angel of Death, Angels of Destruction, Azriel, Harbonah, Hemah, Kemuel, Kolazonta, Simkiel, Za'afiel)
Afterlife
Afterworld (aka Netherworld, Otherworld, Underworld)
Afu
Agaman nibo
Agares (aka Agreas)
Agreas. See Agares
Ahalgana
Ahalmez
Ahaltocob. See Ahalmez
Aharman. See Ahriman
Ahemait
Ah Puch (aka Ah Puchah, Au Puch, Cum Hau, Eopuco, God A, Hun Ahau, Tzontemoc, Yum Cimil)
Ahriman (aka Aharman, Drauga)
Aiakos. See Aeacus
Aiaru
Aides. See Hades
Aidoneus. See Hades
Aigamuxa (aka Aigamuchias)
Aipaloovik
Aita. See Eita
Aitat-iaitt
Akaanga
Akaranga
Aken (aka Ab-esh-imy-duat, Cherti, Khenti-Amenti, Kherty)
Akentaukhakheru
Akenti
Aker (aka Akar, Akeru, Akerui)
Akert
Akh. See Ba, Ka, and Ank
Akha-en-maat
Akhanarit
Akhekhi
Akhlut
Aki
Akriu
Aksi
Aku Ashe Ki
Akwa
Ala (aka Ale, Alla, Ana, Ane, Ani)
Al Aaraaf
Alan
Alastor
Alecto
Alinda
Al Jassaca
Alkonost
Allat
Allatu (aka Beltis-Allat, Ereshkigal)
Allu
Almout
Als
Ama
Am-aua
Ambrim
Ament (aka Amenet, Ament-ra, Amentet, Amenthes, Amenti, Amonet, Amunet, Iment, Imentet, Imentit, Ker-neter, Tan)
A Mik Ka Ta Bo
Ammon
Ammut (aka Amam, Amermait, Amit, Am-mit)
Am-Netu-F
Ampongo
Amset (aka Amseth, Imset, Mestha)
An-Af
Anaon
Anautalik. See Anguta
Andjety (aka Anedjti, Anezti)
Angel of Death (aka Adriel, Af, Apollyon, Azrael, Gabriel, Hemah, Iblis, 'Izra'il, Kafziel, Kezef, Malach ha Mavet, Mashhit, Mavet, Metatron, Rahab, Sammael, Sam[m] Ael, Sariel, Sauriel, Suriel, Suriyel, Suryal, Yehudiah, Yehudiam, Yetzer-Hara)
Angel of Hell. See Abaddon
Angel of the Abyss. See Abaddon
Angel of the Bottomless Pit. See Abaddon
Angels of Destruction (aka Af, Azriel, Harbonah, Hemah, Kemuel, Kolazonta, Simkiel, Za'afiel)
Angromainyus
Anguta (aka Anautalik)
Anhefta
An-her (aka Anhur)
An-hetep-f
Arthur. See An-her
Ank. See Ba, Ka, and Ank
Ankh. See Anubis
Ankhemfentu
Ankou
Annunnake. See Anunnaki
Annwfn. See Annwn
Annwn (aka Achren, Annwfn, Annwfyn, Anwyl, Ochren)
Anpu. See Anubis
An-rutf (aka Naarutf)
Antichrist
Anu
Anubis (aka Ankh, Anpu, Anup, Anupu, Em Pet, Impu, Inpew, Inpu, Inpw, Khent, Sehet, Sekehem, Tep-Tu-F, Wip, Yinepu)
Anunna. See Anunnaki
Anunnaki (aka Anunna, Annunnake, Ennunki)
Anup. See Anubis
Anupu. See Anubis
Anwyl. See Annwn.
Aornus
Apep (aka Aapep, Apepi, Apophis in Greek)
Apepi. See Apep
Apocalypse
Apocalypse of Paul
Apocalypse of Peter
Apocalypticism. See Apocalypse
Apocatastasis
Apollion. See Apollyon
Apollyon. See Abaddon, Angel of Death
Apophis. See Apep
Appolyon. See Apollyon
Apu. See Shemti
Aqebi
Arali. See Aralu
Aralu (aka Arali, Ekur, Ganzir, Irkalla, Kigal, Kur, Kurnugia, Kutu, Shalu)
Arawn. See Annwn
Archetype
Arecurius
Arfi-em-Khet
Ariel
Ari-em-ab-f
Arit
Armageddon
Arnquagssaq. See Sedna
Arot Moon
Artume. See Eita
Asaase Aberewa
Asar. See Osiris
Ases
Ashebu
Asmodeus (aka Ashamadai, Ashmadia, Asmodai)
Asphodel Fields
Asrafil
Assessors
Astes
Asto-Bioatu. See Asto Vidatu
Asto Vidatu (aka Asto-Bioatu)
Aswang
Ataecina (aka Ataegina)
Ataegina. See Ataecina
Atai
Atala
Atmu. See Tern
Atu
Aufhocker. See Hell Hound
Avaiki
Avatar
Avernus
Avici
Avimadye
Azael. See Azazel
Azagon La Croix. See Baron La Croix
Azazel (aka al-Haris, Azael, Devil, Hazazel)
Azeman
Azeto
Azhi Dahaka
Azrael. See Angel of Death
Baal
Baalberith (aka Balberith, Beal, Berith, Elberith)
Baalith. See Belial
Baalzebub. See Beelzebub
Baba Yaga
Babi
Bacalou (aka Loa)
Bael
Baka
Ba, Ka, and Ank
Bakaowa Ud Haitan
Bakbakwakanooksiwae (aka Hokhoku)
Bakru
Balam (aka Balan)
Balan. See Balam
Balbal
Balberith. See Baalberith
Baloma
Balor
Bamoo
Banshee (aka Bean Sidhe, Caoineag)
Bardo
Bardo Thodol (aka Tibetan Book of the Dead)
Barguest. See Hell Hound
Baron Cimeteire
Baron La Croix (aka Azagon La Croix)
Baron Samedi (aka Gede Nibo, Gede Nimbo, NIBO)
Basad
Basilisk
Bat
Bata
Bata Kala
Beal. See Baalberith
Bean Sidhe. See Banshee
Beelzebub (aka Baalzebub, Baazebul, Beelzeboul, Belzaboul, Belzebud)
Behemoth
Bekhkhi
Belet Seri
Belial (aka Baalith, Beliar, Beliel, Belit-Ili, Devil)
Beliar. See Belial
Beliel. See Belial
Belit-Ili. See Belial
Belphegor (aka Baalpeor, Beelphegor)
Belzaboul. See Beelzebub
Belzebud. See Beelzebub
Benen
Berberoca
Berith. See Baalberith
Bhut
Big Brigitte. See Madam Brigitte
Bilibo
Binobaan
Birds
Bitu. See Aralu
Black Angus. See Hell Hound
Black Dogs. See Hell Hound
Black Horse
Black Rock
Boat
Bocor (aka Bokor)
Bodach Glas
Bokor. See Bocor
Book of Gates (aka Book of the Netherworld; Book of the Pylons)
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