The constellation
A672 Stygian river. River in lower world. In Greek myth five such rivers in Hades, Styx (hate), Acheron (mourning), Kokytus (lamentation), Lethe (forgetfulness) and Pyrephlegethon (flame)
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Nature of the lower world · A670 entry
beneath it
- Ferryman on river in lower world (Charon) · A672.1 entry
- Maiden at the bridge to hell · A672.2 entry
filed beside
- Hell. Lower world of torment · A671 entry
- Hound of hell. Cerberus (monstrous dog) guards the bridge to the lower world · A673 entry
- Judges in the lower world · A675 entry
- Ship of hell · A676 entry
- Workmen and tradesmen of hell · A677 entry
- In other world one room contains the dead, another contains souls of the unborn waiting to enter the wombs of women, and a third contains all the evil spirits · A678 entry
- Sun in the underworld · A681 entry
- Hole to lower world up which people come · A682 entry
- Nature of the lower world – miscellaneous · A689 entry