Roots of Hell

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Zoroaster

Founder of Zoroastrianism

Opening of mouth ceremony

Funerary ritual performed so that person's soul could eat, drink, speak, smell, in order to survive in afterlife.

Osiris

God of the dead.

Maat

Goddess of truth and justice. Depicted with a feather on her head.

Merry Hell

Graveyard humor that was popular in the Middle Ages.

Irkalla

Great below

Isis

Wife and sister of Osiris. Collects Osiris's body parts in Nile putting him back together bringing him back to life.

Enkidu

Wildman sent by gods to defeat Gilgamesh but end up being equals/friends.

Book of Daniel

gives insight into the long years of Babylonian exile and Persian domination

Pharisees

populists who embraced resurrection.

Akh

When Ba and Ka unite with proper burial offerings.

Descent Motif

When a living person descends to the underworld on a quest.

Sekhet Aaru

Field of Rushes. Afterlife in your new body.

Shabti

Figurine that will be your slave in afterlife.

Epic of Gilgamesh

First and most popular of stories of Gilgamesh in search for immortality.

Chinvat Bridge

Foot of underworld. Here is where the separation of the living and the dead happens.

6 Regular features of Hell

1) Mountain barrier 2) River 3) Boat and boatman 4) Bridge 5) Gates and guardian 6) Important tree

Essenes

3rd group influenced by Neoplatonism. Envisioned afterlife where soul and body are seperate

Boat of Ra

A boat that the sun god, Ra used to travel across the sky and through the Nile to the underworld.

Syncretism

Amalgamation of different relgions

Book of the Dead

Collection of religious spells and prayers to help guide you after death.

Pukku and Mikku

Drum and drumstick. Gilgamesh's penis and Testicles.

The 12th Tablet

End of a confusing story where Enkidu is seized by Ereshkigal and Gilgamesh can only communicate with him through a small hole to the underworld while he suffers.

Ammit

Horrid little monster that devours your soul. Eater of hearts.

Ahura Mazda

In Zoroastrianism, the good god who rules the world.

Dumuzi

Inanna's shepherd consort that was seized to the underworld by her sister Ereshkigal for ransom in place of her.

Dying vegetation God/Goddess myth

Inanna's shepherd consort, Dumazi is seized to the underworld by her sister Ereshkigal for ransom in place of her 6 months out of the year. Explains change of seasons.

Dilmun

Isle of the blest.

Anubis

Jackal-headed guardian that escorts the dead to the Hall of Justice.

Josephus

Jewish historian that documented the friction between the Sadducee's and Pharisees.

Sheol

Known as Hell in old testament.

Psychopomp

Leader of the soul.

The Nile River

Longest River in the World.

Utnapshtim

Mesopotamian Noah chosen by gods to build a huge ship for a flood. Achieved immortality.

Nergal

Minor god seduced by Ereshkigal. Leaves her promising to return to the underworld but doesn't. She threatens to send the dead to earth.

Set

Osiris's jealous brother that kills him and distributes his body parts all over The Nile River.

Duat

Realm of the Dead with 7 gates.

Sadducees

Rejected resurrection.

Yama/Yima

Ruler of hell.

Ereshkigal

Ruler of the dead and the Great Below

Ba

Second self. Soul

Schadenfreude

Shameful joy.

Dermonology

Study of Demons

Infernology

Study of Hell

Diabology

Study of the Devil

The Burney Relief

Terracotta plaque believed to be Ereshkigal in the nude with wings and a horned crown from 1800 b.c.

Horus

The Falcon. Son of Osiris and Isis who avenges father by defeating Set.

Weighing of the heart

The ceremony to see if the person was good enough for the afterlife.

Ahirman

The evil spirit in Zoroastrianism that is against the supreme God Ahura Mazda

Avesta

The sacred writings of Zoroastrianism

Abominable Fancy

Those in heaven taking joy when looking upon those suffering in hell.

Harrowing of Hell

Type of Descent Motif story (Example: what Jesus did to release the righteous into Heaven)

Gehenna

Valley of Hinnom. Life removed from Yahweh. Hell

Soshyans

Victorious Savior that destroys hell and resurrects and renews world

Ka

Vital life-force.


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