Underworld Collection

Religion / Egypt / Nephthys
A funerary deity, she mourns the Pharaoh when he dies, and escorts him into the Underworld

Charon / Styx / Dante / Virgil
Charon ferries Dante and Virgil across the Styx, the river which separates this world of ours from the infernal regions

Dante / Virgil Cross Styx
Charon, the ferryman of the Styx, carries Dante and Virgil to the Underworld

Judgement Day / Osiris
Judgement of the dead before Osiris in the Underworld

Weighing of the Heart
Ani, recently dead, is judged in the Underworld where his heart is weighed

Goddess of Underworld
Hel, daughter of Loki & goddess of the underworld

Religion / Egypt / Sobek
The crocodile-headed god who symbolises the might of the pharaohs : the strength and swiftness of the crocodile are appropriate to the ruler of the country

Cerberus & Herakles
The last Labour of Herakles is to descend to the Underworld and capture the three-headed dog Cerberus; he does this, but returns the dog to Hades who needs him as a watchdog

Persephone In Soho
A side profile portrait sketch of a Roman figure with curly hair, titled Persephone In Soho, who was the goddess queen of the underworld, the wife of Hades, from Greek mythology. Date: circa 1920

4th Century Bc Acheron Aeneid Allegoric Allegorical
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Statuette of Osiris. Granite. Third Intermediate Period. Eg
Statuette of Osiris wearing crown and royal scepters in their hands. Granite. C. 700 B.C. 25th Dynasty. Third Intermediate Period. Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark

18th Century Alterlife Ancient Art Atef Crook
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Bacchus, Neptune and Pluto, Roman gods.. Handcolored copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from Mythology in Prints

Cape Reinga lighthouse, North Island, New Zealand
View of the lighthouse at Cape Reinga, at the far northern end of the North Island, New Zealand. The lighthouse was built in 1941

ROMAN FUNERAL IMAGE
A Roman funeral image, possibly representing the Lord of the Underworld before whom the dead individual must come for judgment Date:

PRESENTATION TO OSIRIS
Ani, recently dead, is taken to the Underworld where he is presented to Osiris

RHADAMANTHYS
The son of Europa and Zeus, after his death he and his brothers found posthumous employment as JUDGES OF THE UNDERWORLD : they are shown Date:

AENEAS AND ANCHISES
Aeneas visits his dead father Anchises in the Underworld, and is shown a vision of the glorious heroes of Rome who will be his descendants

DIS PATER the Roman God of the dead and the underworld, later adopted by the Celta, was associated with the Egyptian god Serapis and credited with oracular powers

Soul Underworld Religion Egypt Book Dead Descent
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Bifrost or The Rainbow Bridge leading to the Afterlife
Bifrost - a burning rainbow bridge that reaches between Midgard (the world) and Asgard (the realm of the gods) in Norse mythology. 1916

Music cover, Orpheus Quadrille, after Offenbach
Music cover, Charles Godfreys Orpheus Quadrille, after Offenbachs operetta, Orpheus in the Underworld. Date: mid 19th century

CHARON (DORE)
The ferryman who carries travellers across the Styx to the Underworld, a one-way trip : he must be paid - those who lack the requisite coin are left gibbering on the bank

Herakles - Cerberus
The last Labour of Herakles is to descend to the Underworld and capture the three-headed dog Cerberus; he does this, but returns the dog to Hades who needs him as a watchdog

Divine Comedy. Eigth Canto of Hell. Dante and Virgil cross t
Divine Comedy. Epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. Eigth Canto of Hell. Dante and Virgil cross the river Styx in the boat of Phlegyas

Adam and Eve with the serpent in the Garden of Eden
Adam and Eve are tempted by the serpent who wears a crown to show that, despite his diabolical nature, he is still King of the Underworld

Orpheus and Cerberus
With his music Orpheus charms Cerberus, the guardian of the underworld, to let him enter and rescue his wife Eurydice, whom he almost succeeds in bringing back to life

Italy. Florence. Dome of Brunelleschi. Last Judgement, by Gi
Italy. Florence. Last Judgement frescoes of the Dome of Brunelleschi, by Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) and Zuccari (1572-1579). Detail. Hell

Hades in Hell
Hades - also known as Pluto or Dis - the Ruler of the Underworld, contemplates his domain

Achilles and Aeneas
He overpowers Aeneas and is just about to dispatch him to the Underworld when Poseidon intervenes to protect the Trojan hero who will found the dynasty of Romulus & Remus

The Cave of the Cumaean Sibyl. Cumae. Italy
The Cave of the Cumaean Sibyl, a trapezoidal passage that leads to an innermost chamber where the Sibyl was thought to have prophesied. Dated at 4th-3th centuries B.C. Cumae. Italy

Greek art. About 420 BC. Demeter and Persephone. Glyptothek
Greek art. Votive relief. About 420 BC. Demeter and Persephone. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Cuneiform writing. Clay tablets written with prayers and rituals against the evil eye and the vision of the underworld. 9th-7th Centuries B.C. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Can t Help Lovin that Man! by Helen McKie
A red-haired woman staring into the eyes of her lover - a magnetic but dangerous looking Apache man, an allegedly savage member of the Parisian underworld haunting areas such as Montmartre

Palace Minos Ring Nestor
Interior of the Palace: A painting from a design on the Ring of Nestor

Jesus in the Underworld
Jesus visits Hell to save some of the condemned : from Caxtons printing (circa 1490) of the Speculum Vitae Christi

Three-Headed Dog / Cerberu
Dante & Virgil throw a sop to Cerberus, the dog who guards the entrance to Hell, thus ensuring that he ll not attack them as they pass

Orpheus Loses Her
Orpheus almost succeeds in rescuing his wife Eurydice from the Underworld, but at the last minute he looks back, which is the one thing he has been told he must not do

Persephone / Proserpina
Persephone is abducted by Hades, who takes her in his chariot to the Underworld, where he is the king; but she pines for the sunshine, and he lets her come up half the year

Hades / Dis / Pluto
Hades (known to the Romans as Dis or Pluto) the God of the underworld, with his three- headed dog Cerberus

TITANS
The Titans - a race of giants - seek to scale the heavens by piling mountains upon one another, but Zeus hurls his thunderbolts and they are thrown into the Underworld

Persephone & Pluto
Summer turns to Autumn, and to her dismay Persephone (Proserpina) must ride with her husband Pluto (Hades) in his chariot to the underworld until the following Spring

Offenbach / Orphee / Satire
(Orpheus in the Underworld) A satirical comment on Offenbachs opera

Ceres & the Satyrs
Mother Ceres (Demeter) asks two satyrs if they have seen her daughter Persephone (Proserpina). But Pluto (Hades) has taken her to the underworld until the Spring

King of the Devils
Joosje Goezar (the spelling is not reliable !), lord of the Underworld, honoured by Japanese worshippers

Orpheus Rescues Eurydice
Orpheus tries to rescue his wife Eurydice from the Underworld, but he mustn t look back as they go : at the last minute he turns to check shes still there... alas !

Book of the Dead / 37
God of the underworld, and of vegetation : associated with the mortuary goddess Serket in this painting showing him in a shrine to Hathor as hippopotamus

Hades / Pluto
The Ruler of the Underworld contemplates his domain

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