DEATH AND THE UNDERWORLD

In Greek, Egyptian, Japanese, Native American, Hawaiian, Celtic and Aztec mythology, there are all similar death gods. All of these death gods are kings of the Underworld. In all of the different mythologies there is a strong belief in the land that men travel to after death, or an underworld. Often, these gods are wealthy, and may live in palaces or castles in the underworld.

Also, these gods usually judges the sins of the dead, and decides whether their afterlife will be a happy one or not. Sometimes a death god will carry the dead to the underworld. As you can see, there are many common themes between death gods of different cultures.

 

 

 

 

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