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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 86. Chapters: Underworld goddesses, Underworld gods, Hades, Hermes, Persephone, Tartarus, Anubis, Proserpina, Osiris, Hel, Hecate, Thoth, Q'uq'umatz, Varuna, Manannan mac Lir, Mictlantecuhtli, Erebus, Ptah, Nergal, Mictecacihuatl, Pluto, Sedna, Wepwawet, Djanggawul, Mantus, Oya, Babi, Acolnahuacatl, Aker, Yami, Nehebkau, Supay, Tornarsuk, Andjety, Vanth, Pana, Hine-nui-te-pō, Rohe, Chalmecatl, Aken, Erecura, Zipacna, Ba-Pef, Am-heh, Laverna, Dis Pater, Orcus, Vejovis, Veles, Dewi Sri, Eubuleus, Yama, Serapis, Maya Death Gods, The Mother of the Lares, Bakunawa, Ereshkigal, Triglav, Ningishzida, Aita, Ala, Jiibayaabooz, Erlik, Trivia, Khenti-Amentiu, Akka, Peklenc, Enmesarra, Bata, Mania, Ayao, Aratron, Ninazu, Mamitu, Persipnei, Allatu, Vanatuhi, Tuonetar, Batara Kala, Neti, Arae, Belet-Seri, Xargi, Daiske, Alpanu, Birdu, Shulmanu, Mictlancihuatl, Achthonian, Tuoni, Kalma, Arsay, Arimanius, Manungal, Jabru, Ukur. Excerpt: In ancient Greek religion and myth, Pluto (Πλούτων, Ploutōn) was a name for the ruler of the underworld; the god was also known as Hades, a name for the underworld itself. This deity has two major myths: in Greek cosmogony, he received the rule of the underworld in a three-way division of sovereignty over the world, with his brothers Zeus ruling Heaven and Poseidon the Sea; and he abducts Persephone to be his wife and the queen of his realm. In other myths, he plays a secondary role, mostly as the possessor of a quest-object. The name Ploutōn was frequently conflated with that of Plutus (Πλοῦτος, Ploutos), a god of wealth, because mineral wealth was found underground, and because as a chthonic god Pluto ruled the deep earth that contained the seeds necessary for a bountiful harvest. Ploutōn became a more positive way to talk about the ruler of the underworld, and the name was popularized...
