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underworld Greek and Roman myth the regions below the earth's surface regarded as the abode of the dead; Hades Underworld See also Hell. Unfaithfulness (See FAITHLESSNESS.) Ungratefulness (See INGRATITUDE.) Unkindness (See CRUELTY, INHOSPITALITY.) Aidoneus epithet of Hades. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 14] hidden world where the sun sets. [Egypt. Myth.: Leach, 42] lesser Sumerian underworld deities. [Sumerian Myth.: Benét, 41] entrance through which Orpheus descended to Hades. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 25] desolate land of no return. [Babyl. Myth.: Leach, 69] entrance to the maw. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid; Art: Hall, 147] god of nether world; identified with Pluto. [Rom. Myth.: Leach, 315] one of the Egyptian abodes of the dead. [Egypt. Myth.: Benét, 290]
god of underground darkness. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 319] queen of underworld; Persephone equivalent. [Sumerian Myth.: Benét, 319–320] realm of departed spirits. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 499] ruled over world of the dead. [Norse Myth.: Leach, 488] god ruling the world of dead. [Sumerian and Akkadian Myth.: Parrinder, 203] region of perpetual cold and darkness; afterworld. [Norse Myth.: Wheeler, 259] of emblem of Hecate, goddess of the underworld. [Gk. Myth.: Jobes, 374] nether world of the dead. [Rom. Myth.: Wheeler, 270] god of underworld. [Gk. Myth.: Howe, 224 ] abode of the dead. [Hebrew Theology: Brewer Dictionary, 499] river of Hades across which souls of dead must travel. [Gk. Myth.: Howe, 259] infernal regions. [Gk. Myth.: Hall, 147] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And what's unspoken is, he doesn't want to come and take his winning streak into his personal golfing netherworld. In the rest of the book, the author traces the ruling dynasties, explains how structures and adornments represented the gods, and explores people's beliefs about the netherworld. Males seem to inhabit a strange sort of netherworld, destined to roam the fringes of sacred femaleness, forever trying to catch up with knowledge that women seem to have been born with. |
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