Showing posts with label underworld ruler. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 18 December 2013

Hades, the Unseen One

Religion: Ancient Greek

Titles/Epithets: Zeus of the Underworld, Plouton (Of Wealth), God of the Underworld, Ruler of Many, Host of Many, Receiver of the Dead, Saviour of the Dead.

Kingdom: The Greek Underworld (Consisting of: The Fields of Punishment, The Fields of Asphodel, Elysium, Isles of the Blessed, Tartarus, and the Rivers Styx + Acheron + Lethe + Phlegethon + Cocytus)

Functions: King of the Underworld, Lord of Funerals, Master of Necromancy, Ruler of Ghosts, God of Mining and Metals

Offerings: Precious Metals, Money, Wine, Beef, Pomegranates, Dates, Incense

Symbols: Bident, Helm of Darkness, the Keys of Hades

Sacred Animals: Screech Owl

Sacred Plants: White Poplar, Mint, Cypress, Asphodel

Relatives: Persephone (WIfe), Cronus (Father), Rhea (Mother), Gaia (Grandmother), Uranus (Grandfather) Zeus (Brother), Poseidon (Brother), Hera (Sister), Demeter (Sister), Hestia (Sister) Heracles (Nephew), Theseus (Nephew), Many Others.

Myths

Donn, First Ancestor of the Irish

Titles: The Dark One, the First Ancestor, Lord of the Dead, Receiver of the Dead, Granter of Rest, Rider of the White Horse, Donn of the Dunes, Chief of the Milesians, Master of the Red Tower, Breaker of Ships, King of Knockfierna and Tech Duinn, Son of Mil.

Colors: Brown and Black

Symbols: White Horse, Shipwreck, Red Tower, Sand Dunes

Offerings: Mead, Ale, Beef, Grain, Cheese, Butter, Spring Water, Milk

Functions: Faerie King, Protector of Crops and Cattle, God of the Dead, Ancestor of the Irish, Brewer of Storms, Wrecker of Ships.

Home: Tech Duinn and Knockfierna

Festival: Samhain

Myths
http://www.shee-eire.com/Magic%26Mythology/Fairylore/Fairy-Mountains/The-legend-of-Knocfierna/Page1.htm
http://www.shee-eire.com/Magic%26Mythology/Myths/TheLeborGabala/Milesians/Page1.htm
http://www.shee-eire.com/Magic%26Mythology/Myths/TheLeborGabala/Milesians/Page2.htm
http://www.shee-eire.com/Magic&Mythology/Myths/Tuatha-De-Danann/LandingoftheMilesians/Page1.htm