For those who don’t know or whose memories are foggy on the regions of Hades, according to Greek mythology, they are as follows. Asphodel Meadows: where the ordinary person goes after they die. Apparently it is a rather pleasant place.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Depending on which sources you read, Tantalus was a son of Zeus or of a mere mortal king. Either way, he was a sick dude. Promethean in sharing the secrets of the gods with mortals, his story gets pretty dark[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The subterranean political situation is intense, folks. For those maybe confused by all this mythology, here goes: Hades is both a god (known as Pluto to the Romans, not the Disney character, but where we get the name for the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And so we’re off into the Underworld. That is indeed Charon, the ferryman — or death cabbie — of the River Styx found in Classical Greek mythology. He’s one of my favorite psychopomps (along with the Raven), and I have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…