There was a very widely held belief about the boat man on the rivers, you had to pay him off in order to get across safely. Commonly seen as the skeleton boatman across the river of styx. The entity that would grant you passage across these rivers, was referred to as Charon.
One such obstacle was the boat man at the river of stix, the Greeks believed in 5 rivers of Hades Acheron – of Sorrow, Cocytus – Lamentation, Phlegethon – of Fire, Lethe– of Forgetfulness, and Styx – of hate. One had to make sure their soul was pure to be awarded properly. To the Greeks (and alot of other civilizations) the afterlife consisted of many trials and tribulations before you arrived at your destination. That is more than we can fit in this topic and is really off topic so moving on. Its amazing how their complex view of life and death and the way the world works, shaped their day to day lives and practices. They wanted to be guaranteed eternal life. Their entire civilization was based around death, well in a round about way. Anubis was the one who lead the souls through the underworld, where they would be judged by thoth. We all have heard of Anubis, god of the afterlife, and some of us have heard and read about thoth. It goes back further than the Greeks though….Įgyptians and Death – Hand in Hand Marriage Egyptians, Christians, Native Americans, even the remote tribes in Africa have similarities to a entity that helps the dead. Many civilizations refer to a type of Psychopomp, that aids in the assistants of souls.
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They believed that the between stage was full of entities that would delay or permantly stop your progress through the abyss to your final resting place. The Greeks called death a “Psychopomp” which translates to “Guide of Souls”, the psychopomp purpose was not to judge the soul but to ensure safe passage for the soul to the place of judgement. We want to see the face of death, we desire to know who takes our loved ones from this world. We have noticed a fascination with death, what it is, how it works, what it looks like. Some call it The Reaper some just death, but what is really uncertain is how it has come to be known and personified as an actual being.įrom many centuries ago, around the time of the greeks and their studies of philosophy and of the gods. Many Religions and regions all over this magnificent globe we call earth believe in a being, an invisible force that comes around when one is near to death and takes their life essence away from this world.
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