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Nature of the lower world.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The universe. · Nature of the universe. · Nature of the lower world. · view the constellation · filed as A670

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Hell. Lower world of torment 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) Hound of hell. Cerberus (monstrous dog) guards the bridge to the lower world Judges in the lower world Ship of hell Workmen and tradesmen of hell 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 Sun in the underworld Hole to lower world up which people come Nature of the lower world – miscellaneous

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