Death gods : an encyclopedia of the rulers, evil spirits, and geographies of the dead / / by Ernest L. Abel

• Autore: Abel Ernest L. <1943->
• Pubblicazione: Westport : , : Greenwood, , 2009; New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Disciplina: 202/.3
• Soggetto topico: Hell
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- CONTENTS -- ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ENTRIES -- GUIDE TO RELATED TOPICS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ENCYCLOPEDIA -- A -- A -- Aai -- Aakheru -- Aalu -- Aapep -- Aaru (aka Aalu, Laru, Yaaru) -- Aati -- Aat-Shefsheft (aka Paut) -- Aau -- Ab -- Abaasy -- Abaddon (aka Abadon, Abbadon, Apollion, Apollyon, Appolyon, Obaddon, Sheol, She'ol) -- Abadon -- Abbadon -- Abbaton -- Abere -- Ab-esh-imy-duat (aka Ab-sha-amtuat, Aken, Cherti, Khenti-Amenti, Kherty) -- Abeth -- Abokas -- Ab-she -- Ab-ta -- Abtu (aka Abydos) -- Abuhene -- Abydos -- Abyss -- Acheron (aka Acherusian Lake) -- Acherusian Lake -- Achren -- Acolnahuacatl -- Adiri -- Adliparmiut -- Adlivun -- Adriel -- 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 -- Ahalgana -- Ahalmez -- Ahaltocob -- Aharman -- Ahemait -- Ah Puch (aka Ah Puchah, Au Puch, Cum Hau, Eopuco, God A, Hun Ahau, Tzontemoc, Yum Cimil) -- Ahriman (aka Aharman, Drauga) -- Aiakos -- Aiaru -- Aides -- Aidoneus -- Aigamuxa (aka Aigamuchias) -- Aipaloovik -- Aita -- Aitat-iaitt -- Akaanga -- Akaranga -- Aken (aka Ab-esh-imy-duat, Cherti, Khenti-amenti, Kherty) -- Akentaukhakheru -- Akenti -- Aker (aka Akar, Akeru, Akerui) -- Akert -- Akh -- 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 -- 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 -- Angel of the Abyss -- Angel of the Bottomless Pit -- 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 -- Anhur -- Ank -- Ankh -- Ankhemfentu -- Ankou -- Annunnake -- Annwfn -- Annwn (aka Achren, Annwfn, Annwfyn, Anwyl, Ochren) -- Anpu -- 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 -- Anunnaki (aka Annunnake, Anunna, Ennunki) -- Anup -- Anupu -- Anwyl -- Aornus -- Apep (aka Aapep, Apepi, Apophis in Greek) -- Apepi -- Apocalypse -- Apocalypse of Paul -- Apocalypse of Peter -- Apocalypticism -- Apocatastasis -- Apollion -- Apollyon (aka Apollion, Appolyon) -- Apophis -- Appolyon -- Apu -- Aqebi -- Arali -- Aralu (aka Arali, Ekur, Ganzir, Irkalla, Kigal, Kur, Kurnugia, Kutu, Shalu) -- Arawn -- Archetype -- Arecurius -- Arfi-em-Khet -- Ariel -- Ari-em-ab-f -- Arit -- Armageddon -- Arnquagssaq -- Arot Moon -- Artume -- Asaase Aberewa -- Asar -- Ases -- Ashebu -- Asmodeus (aka Ashamadai, Ashmadia, Asmodai) -- Asphodel Fields -- Asrafil -- Assessors -- Astes -- Asto-Bioatu -- Asto Vidatu (aka Asto-Bioatu) -- Aswang -- Ataecina (aka Ataegina) -- Ataegina -- Atai -- Atala -- Atmu -- Atu -- Aufhocker -- Avaiki -- Avatar -- Avernus -- Avici -- Azeman -- Azeto. ; Azhi Dahaka -- Azrael -- B -- Baal -- Baalberith (aka Balberith, Beal, Berith, Elberith) -- Baalith -- Baalzebub -- Baba Yaga -- Babi -- Bacalou (aka Loa) -- Bael -- Baka -- Ba, Ka, and Ank -- Ba Bird -- Bakaowa Ud Haitan -- Bakbakwakanooksiwae (aka Hokhoku) -- Bakru -- Balam (aka Balan) -- Balan -- Balbal -- Balberith -- Baloma -- Balor -- Bamoo -- Banshee (aka Bean Sidhe, Caoineag) -- Bardo -- Bardo Thodol (aka Tibetan Book of the Dead) -- Barguest -- Baron Cimeteire -- Baron La Croix (aka Azagon La Croix) -- Baron Samedi (aka Gede Nibo, Gede Nimbo, NIBO) -- Basad -- Basilisk -- Bat -- Bata -- Bata Kala -- Beal -- Bean Sidhe -- Beelzebub (aka Baalzebub, Baazebul, Beelzeboul, Belzaboul, Belzebud) -- Behemoth -- Bekhkhi -- Belet Seri -- Belial (aka Baalith, Beliar, Beliel, Belit-Ili, Devil) -- Beliar -- Beliel -- Belit-Ili -- Belphegor (aka Baalpeor, Beelphegor) -- Belzaboul -- Belzebud -- Benen -- Berberoca -- Berith -- Bhut -- Big Brigitte -- Bilibo -- Binobaan -- Birds -- Bitu -- Black Angus -- Black Dogs -- Black Horse -- Black Rock -- Boat -- Bocor (aka Bokor) -- Bodach Glas -- Bokor -- Book of Gates (aka Book of the Netherworld -- Book of the Pylons) -- Book of Going Forth by Day -- Book of the Dead (aka Book of Going Forth by Day) -- Bope -- Boroka -- Bozaloshtsh -- Bralgu -- Bran -- Bridge -- Bunyip -- Buso -- C -- Calag -- Camazotz -- Caoineag -- Casanaan -- Cave of the Dead -- Cavern Deities -- Caym (aka Caim) -- Cer -- Cerberus -- Cernunnous -- Chalmecacihuatl -- Chalmecatl -- Charon -- Charun -- Chawthang -- Chemosh -- Chiconahuapan River -- Chicunauhmictlan -- Chignahuapan (aka Chiconahuapan River) -- Ch'in-Kuang -- Chin-ni -- Chitragupta -- Chthonian -- Chuan lun -- Ch'u Chiang -- Chuma -- Chup Tripeme -- Cinvat Bridge -- Cizin -- Coatlicue (aka Cihuacoatl) -- Cockatrice -- Cocytus -- Coffin Texts -- Congo Savanne -- Contrapasso. ; Coqui Bexelao (aka Bezelao) -- Corpse Light -- Coyote -- Cum Hau -- Cupay -- Cwn Annwn -- Cwn Cyrff -- Cwn Wybr -- D -- Daena -- Dagan -- Dakul Banua -- Dalum -- Danag -- Dance Macabre -- Dante's Inferno -- De -- Death Personified -- Debawon -- Demon (aka Daemon, Daimon, devil) -- Demonology -- Descent to the Underworld (aka Tours of Hell) -- Destroyer (aka Destroying Angel, Mashit) -- Deut -- Devil (aka Azazel, Belial, Beliar, Beliel, Duma[h], Lucifer, Mastema, Sammael, Satan, Shaytan) -- Dharma-Raja -- Dhouti -- Dis (aka Dis Pater, Dives, Pluto) -- Ditheism -- Di Yu -- Djahannam -- Djata -- Djinn (aka Dgen, Dschin, Genie, Ginn, Jann, Jinn, Jnun) -- Dog -- Domah -- Donn -- Dozakh -- Dragon -- Drauga -- Draugr -- Drythelm -- Dualism -- Duat (aka Hall of Two Truths, Khert Neter, Neter-khertet, Tuat) -- Duma(h) (aka Devil) -- Dunawall -- Dybbuk -- E -- Ebwa -- Eita (aka Aita, Artume) -- Ek Chuah -- Ekur -- Elberith -- Eleusinian Mysteries -- Emma Daiou -- Emma-O (aka Emma Daiou, Enama O, Yemma Dai, Yemma Dai O, Yemma Ten) -- Emma-O -- Em Pet -- Empusae -- Enama O -- Enkidu -- Ennunki -- Enuerkhata -- Eopuco -- Erebus -- Ereshkigal (aka Allatu, Beltis-Allat) -- Erlik Khan (aka Shulman) -- Ermen-Ta -- Eschatology -- Etemmu -- Eumenides (aka Erinyes, Furies) -- Eurynomos -- F -- Faraony -- Fates (aka Moirae, Parcae) -- Feather of Truth -- Fenrir (aka Fenrisulfr, Fenriswulf, Hrodvitnir) -- Fetches -- Field of Reeds -- Forso -- Frashart -- Freyja -- Furies (aka Erinyes, Eumenides) -- Fye -- G -- Gabriel -- Ga-Gorib -- Galla (aka Gallu) -- Gallu -- Ganzir -- Garm -- Gaume (aka Gauna, Gaunab, Gawa, Gawama) -- Gauna -- Gawama -- Gede (aka Ghede, Guede) -- Gede L'Oraille -- Gede Mazaka -- Gede Miveou -- Gede Nansou -- Gede Nibo -- Gede Nimbo (aka Gede Nibo, NIBO) -- Gede Zeclai -- Gehenna -- Gehinnom -- Ghede -- Ghosts -- Ghoul -- Gidim (aka Etemmu). ; Gilgamesh -- Giltine -- Gimokodan (aka Dakul Banua, Gimokudan, Kilut, Sebad Banua) -- God A (aka Ah Puch, Ah Puchah, Au Puch, Cum Hau, Eopuco, Hun Ahau, Tzontemoc, Yum Cimil) -- God F -- God L -- Gorgons -- Gotterdammerung -- Grann Brigitte -- Grim Reaper -- Gryphes -- Gshed-Ma -- Gwynn (aka Gwynn Ap Nudd) -- Gwynn Ap Nuud -- H -- Hades (aka Aides, Aidoneus, Pluto, Pluton) -- Hahgwehdaetgah -- Hall of Judgment -- Hall of Two Truths -- Hallowe'en -- Harpies -- Harrowing of Hell -- Hazazel -- Heaven -- Hecate -- Hel -- Hell -- Hell Hound -- Hemah -- Heptti -- Heques -- Hermes -- Hetgawauge -- Hetgwaulana -- Hiiela -- Hine-Nui-Po -- Hoebo -- Hokhoku -- Hun Came (aka 1-Death) -- Hutriel -- Hypnos -- I -- Iblis (aka al-Haris, Angel of Death, Azazil, Devil, Eblis) -- Iboll -- Ibu -- Icu (aka Iku) -- Iku -- Illapa (aka Katoylla) -- Impu -- Impw -- Inanna (aka Ishtar) -- Infierno -- Infurin -- Inlabbuut -- Inpew -- Intercession -- Irkalla -- Isis (aka Aset) -- Ixcuina -- Ixpuztec (aka Acolnahuacatl, Lord of Mictlan, Mictlantecuhtli, Mictlantecuhtzi, Nextepehua [''Scatterer of Ashes''], Tzontemoc [''He Who Lowers His Head''], Yeahuiztli) -- Izanagi (aka Izanami-no-kami, Izanami-no-Mikoto) -- J -- Jabeakka -- Jabmeaimo (aka Jabeakka, Jamiaimo, Jamikasaimo) -- Jackal -- Jahannam (aka Djahannam) -- Jambeakka -- Jami-Ajmo-Ollmaj -- Java -- Jigokou -- K -- Ka -- Kabunyan -- Kafziel -- Kagbuoan -- Kakurezator -- Kali (aka Devi) -- Kali -- Kallofalling -- Kalma -- Kami -- Kanaloa -- Kapu Mate -- Kasyrgan -- Katoylla -- Kayong -- Kefi -- Keres -- Kezef -- Khent -- Khenti-Amenti -- Khenti-Heh-F -- Khert Neter (aka Duat, Neterkhertet, Tuat) -- Kherty -- Kigal -- Kiyabusan -- Kokytos -- Kotluwalawa -- Kuga -- Kukulcan -- Kumao -- Kumawing -- Kur -- Kurita -- Kurnugia -- Kushiel -- Kutu -- Ku-Zimu -- L -- Labartu -- Lahatiel -- Lamastu -- Lamia -- Larvae -- Lei Kung. ; Lemures (aka Larvae).
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 afterlife-especially that part of the afterlife commonly known as Hell-has 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 globe-for 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 afterlife-the 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Death gods
• ISBN: 9798400638282; 9786612294853; 9781282294851; 1282294857; 9780313357138; 0313357137
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910966923403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II