μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under Nature of the lower world.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Dark puddles in hellFoul odor in hellHunger in hell
Filed beside it
Hell. Lower world of tormentStygian 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 worldJudges in the lower worldShip of hellWorkmen and tradesmen of hellIn 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 spiritsSun in the underworldHole to lower world up which people come

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