death god
Underworld divine ruler
A death god is a deity associated with death, the underworld, or the passage of souls in a culture's mythology or religion.
Examples include Hades in Greek mythology, Anubis in Egyptian belief, and the Grim Reaper in Western folklore.
In fantasy fiction and video games, death gods often appear as powerful beings who collect or judge souls: The death god appeared to claim the fallen warrior.
- reaperOne who gathers crops
- underworldRealm of the departed
- HadesGreek afterlife realm
- river StyxUnderworld's boundary waters
- AnubisEgyptian mortuary deity
mortality · afterlife · scythe · black cloak · skull · Osiris · grim · souls · final judgment · judgment · Pluto · Baron Samedi · Santa Muerte · ferryman · pale · shroud · specter · grave
- deitiesZeus, Odin, Thor, Ra, Apollo
- UnderworldHades, Tartarus, netherworld, Sheol, Styx
- ancient religionpantheon, deity, polytheism, temples, sacrifices
- MayaTikal, Chichen Itza, glyphs, glyph, hieroglyphs
- OsirisOsiris, Isis, Set, Horus, dismemberment
- Underworld BeingsHades, Cerberus, Charon, Persephone, demon
death godfertility god
Divinity governing procreation, growth
life-giver · creator god · mother goddess · harvest god · fertility deity
death, deaths, gods, dead, deadly, deadliness, deaden, deadened, died