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| Wolf that is one of the children of Loki. During Ragnarok Fenrir kills Odin. |
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| Jormungand was known as the Midgard Serpent. Odin threw the serpent into the ocean surrounding Midgard (home of the humans). |
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| Dominating gods in Norse mythology. They live in Asgard. |
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| He is killed by Loki which brings Ragnarok on. He comes back to life and becomes ruler of the new world. |
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| He is one of the bad guys in Ragnarok. He is also a fire giant that burns the earth. He leads the giants to Asgard. |
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| He was the god who guarded the Bifrost rainbow bridge that linked heave and earth. Loki and Heimdall kill eachother. |
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Norse god. At Ragnarok, when almost all of the gods will be killed, Hod will be one of the two survivors. The other god who survives Ragnarok will be Baldr, who will return from Hel.
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| One of the last humans that survived Ragnarok. They survived by finding a forest and they repopulate the earth. |
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| The other human that survived Ragnarok. they found a forest and repopulate the earth. |
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| name of the Egyptian underworld. It was thought to be a paradise-like place where the souls of the dead enjoyed a life similar to an ideal form of earthly life. In some accounts, there was also a section of Duat inhabited by the damned souls, those who failed to pass the judgement of Osiris. Their afterlife was thought to be bad, and they were also believed to fight the sun every night as he passed through the underworld. |
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| Greek author who wrote one of the assigned readings, the story of Isis and Osiris. Although he was from ancient Greece, he is one of our best sources for some aspects of Egyptian mythology. |
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| Lord of the Egyptian underworld. He is a culture hero that brings fertility and agriculture. He is married to the godess Isis. |
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| Wife of Egyptian Osiris. Her attributes are portrayed in pictures with a headdress in the shape of a throne, a pair of cow horns with a sun disk. |
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| an Egyptian god, the brother of Isis, Osiris, and Nephthys. He is married to his sister Nephthys. Seth is a trickster god, and in the Isis and Osiris myth, he tricks Osiris, kills him, and usurps his position as king. Seth is later defeated by Osiris' son Horus, who becomes king. |
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| Married to Seth. Has an illegitimate son, Anubis. |
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| He is the god of embalming. Also the protector of the dead. He is the illegimate son of Osiris and Nephthys. |
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| city where Isis finds the body of Osiris. Seth tricked Osiris into getting into a chest; once Osiris was in the chest, Seth locked him inside it and threw the chest into the ocean, killing Osiris. Isis searches throughout the world for the body of her husband. Eventually she finds that the chest has washed up near Byblos. A tree has grown around it, and that tree has been cut down and made into a pillar for the palace of the queen of Byblos, Astarte. Isis becomes the nursemaid to Astarte's son. She is discovered trying to burn away the child's immortality by placing it into a fire, however, and so she reveals herself as a goddess and takes the body of Osiris. |
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| In Plutarch's story of Isis and Osiris, Isis travels to Byblos to find the body of her husband Osiris. Astarte is the queen of Byblos. Isis becomes the nursemaid to Astarte's child |
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| another Egyptian god, is the son of Isis and Osiris. He is associated with kingship and thought to be falcon-shaped, or sometimes to have the head of a falcon. |
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| one of the elements that make up a person, along with the ka, the name, the shadow, and the body, according to ancient Egyptian thought. The ba was thought to be in the form of a bird. After a person died, his or her ba could fly back and forth, sometimes staying in the tomb with the body, and sometimes accompanying the soul to the underworld. |
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| one of the elements of a person in ancient Egyptian thought. Each person's ka looks like a ghostly version of himself or herself. After death, the ka stays with the body in the tomb. It must be fed, which is why the Egyptians put food offerings in tombs, as well as paintings and models of food. If the ka is not preserved, then the soul cannot reach the underworld to be judged by Osiris, and it cannot go to the good afterlife. |
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| another element of a person in Egyptian thought that must be preserved in order for the soul to get to the good afterlife. The shadow travels with the soul to the underworld as it goes to meet Osiris. The danger is that it will be stolen and eaten by underworld demons. In order to prevent this from happening, people were buried with magic spells against demons. |
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| another element of a person in Egyptian thought. All of the elements had to be preserved in order for a soul to enter the good afterlife. Each person was thought to have a true name, and if that name were destroyed, the person's soul could not enter the afterlife. |
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| Protestation of Guiltlessness |
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| Once the ka, ba, name, shadow, and body were preserved, the soul of the dead person, according to the Egyptians, would have to go to the underworld and go through a trial. The soul would be judged by Osiris, along with several other gods. At this point, the soul would recite the Protestation of Guiltlessness, which is a long list of sins that the soul would claim never to have committed. After the protestation, the god Anubis would weigh the heart of the dead soul against the feather of Ma'at. If the soul was telling the truth, the heart would not be weighed down with guilt, and it would be lighter than the feather. In this case, the soul got to go to the good afterlife. If the heart was heavier than the feather, it would be eaten by the monster Ammut. Ammut is a hybrid monster made up of the most terrifying animals in Egypt: he has the head of a crocodile and the body of a hippopotamus. |
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| Egyptian god associated with writing. He has the head of an ibis. When a soul is judged by Osiris, and its heart is weighed, Thoth is the official scribe; he writes down everything that happens. |
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| After an Egyptian soul recites the Protestation of Guiltlessness to Osiris and the other judges, its heart is weighed by the god Anubis against the feather of Ma'at. If the heart is weighed down with guilt, it will be heavier than the feather, and in that case it is given to the monster Ammut, and he eats it. Ammut is a hybrid monster made up of the scariest creatures of the Egyptian world: he has the head of a crocodile and the body of a hippopotamus. |
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| name for a soul/spirit, "breath", misty spirits, Greek Afterlife |
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| Hermes acts as this, "soul escorter". Hermes becuase he is the god of crossing boundaries. |
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| acts as psychopompos, soul escorter, god: trickster, messenger, travel thieves |
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| acts as ferryman across River Styx or Acheron. Greek afterlife |
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| giant three-headed dog, snake for tail, lets souls in but not out. guards the entrance of Greek underworld, Erebos. |
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| One of the names of the river running around the underworld. Make it swampy |
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| The other name for the river around the Greek underworld. Makes it swampy |
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| Name of Greek Underworld. Surrounded by swampy river, guarded by a three-headed dog. described as shadowy. |
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| God of the Underworld. Said to possess the earth: gold, silver, minerals etc. Plouton=Roman Pluto |
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| Roman name for Hades, Pluto. |
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| Queen of the Underworld, daughter of Demeter, abducted by Hades. Zeus decides Persephone has to spend 1/3 of the year with Hades and 2/3 with Demeter. |
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| Another name for Persephone |
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| Mother of Persephone, searches for her frantically. goddess of grains and fertility. while she is searching she causes a famine. |
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| Greek Furies. Goddess of Vengeance. Mostly punish people by driving them insane for murdering blood relations. |
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| Also called Isles of the Blessed by Hesiod. Paradise in the West. A place for select number of heroes or heroines. Thought of as still being alive, thought of like gods, life of ease. Heroes/heroines seem to be chosen randomly. |
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| Same thing as Elysion Fields. Paradise in the West. A place for select number of heroes or heroines. Thought of as still being alive, thought of like gods, life of ease. Heroes/heroines seem to be chosen randomly. |
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| Mortals eternally punished who need a little extra punishment after death. An abyss or dungeon of torment. Binatural god. |
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| Not really sure what he did to get there. Every day he had to roll a boulder up a hill and every day it rolled back down for him to roll it back up. |
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| The giant who raped Leto who was the mother of Artemis and Apollo. As punishment vultures tear him apart but he never dies. |
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| He feeds his son, Pelops, to the gods to test them. Tantalos is "tantalized" in Tartarus by water up to his neck but he can't drink it even though he's thirsty and fruit nearby that he can't reach even though he's hungry. |
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| He is a prince that goes on a quest for immortality. Father dies leaving him a golden box with Greek parchment inside telling him where to find a ring that will grant him immortality. |
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| The Thousand and One Nights |
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| Collection of 300 different stories. Arabic, written in 1200-1300 BCE. Set in Sassanid Empire 224-651 BCE |
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| the Sultan that the stories are told to. He becomes a crazy wife killer. |
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| the vizier's daughter that marries the Sultan, tells part of a story each night to keep him from killing her. Never gets to the end of a story for 1001 nights. |
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| The ring that Buluqiya is looking for was given to Sulaiman (Solomon) by Gabriel, the angel, who took it from Adam. The ring was buried with Sulaiman. |
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| Seas between 7 islands at the boundaries of the world. The seventh island holds Sulaiman's tomb. |
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| Narratory of the Tale of Buluqiya. They go to her for help and she gives them a magical plant that will let them walk on water, which is the only way to cross the seven seas. Advises them not to try to get the ring. |
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| This island had a piece of the sun fall to earth and turned everything to gold. |
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| Companion of Buluqiya. Old sage. Wisest of Buluqiya's advisors. Is killed by the fire coming down after Buluqiya says a spell backward. |
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