Who is Ishtar? A Mesopotamian god
The Mesopotamian god Ishtar or Inanna Who was Ishtar? Ishtar (also called Inanna) was an important god of West Asia. Beginning at least by 3000 BC the Sumerians, the Akkadians, the [...]
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The Greek underworld – Hades
Hades and Persephone in the Greek underworld What happened when you died? Greek people didn't like to talk about what happened to you after you died. So we don't know [...]
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07, 2017
Persephone and Hades – Greek religion
Hades kidnaps Persephone (mosaic from Amphipolis, 300s BC) Persephone was the daughter of the goddess Demeter. One day Persephone was dancing with her friends in a sunny meadow, having a good time, picking [...]
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07, 2017
Tantalus’ Crime and Punishment
Tantalus' crime and punishment: This Italian vase from the 300s BC shows a different version of the story where a spirit holds Tantalus back from a basket of bread and a jug of water [...]
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07, 2017
Herakles and Cerberos – Greek mythology
King Eurysthenes hides in a jar, while Hercules threatens him with his dog Cerberus Herakles' last labor For the last and toughest of his twelve labors, Herakles had to get the [...]
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07, 2017
Who was Ajax? The Iliad – Greek mythology
Ajax in the Iliad carrying the dead Achilles He brought back the body of Achilles Ajax was one of the great heroes of the Trojan War. He was the king of [...]
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07, 2017
Who is Hades? – ancient Greek gods
Hades and the underworld In Greek mythology, Hades was the god of the dead, who ruled the place where dead people went after they died (Sometimes people also called the underworld "Hades"). [...]
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06, 2017
Who was Guanyin? Chinese god
The god Guanyin, from the Liao Dynasty (about 1000 AD) Guanyin and the underworld Guanyin was a Chinese Buddhist god based on a real woman, the way Guanti was based on [...]
