EVERY Major God of the Dead from Mythology Explained

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From evil deities that torment their subjects to neutral rulers of the Underworld, meet the 19 major Gods & Goddesses of the dead from mythology around the world. From the mysterious and stoic Anubis of Egyptian mythology, to the fearsome Ah Puch of Aztec Mythology. Definitely not forgetting the iconic Greek god, Hades!
We also cover gods of the dead from lesser known mythos and gods including Mot from Canaanite legends and the terrifying Erlik from Turkic mythology. With a short introduction to the tales and myths using lighthearted animation.
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@moranaemi2945 6 месяцев назад

As a Slav I'm happy to see Morana on the list 🥲 I think Slavic mythology deserves more recognition. Thank you for this 😄❄

@filipmartinec7509 5 месяцев назад

There are more gods of death in Slavic mythology than Morana. She was rather winter alone (beautiful, cold and cruel.Veles was the ruler of the empire of the dead and only behind the empire of the dead was the empire of hell that ruled Kasčej

@SkinnyEatWorld95 3 месяца назад

I love learning more about the old gods😁

@Jellyfish308 3 месяца назад

Your a slave?

@Nat.alia20 Месяц назад

Seeing the title made me wonder if our Marzanna will be here, and she is 😊

@Himanshu_Singh793 6 месяцев назад

11:01 the picture you showed as "yamadutas" (Messengers of Yama) are actually Vishnudutas (Messengers of Vishnu), which is why they look like Lord Vishnu. At 10:59, you showed Vishnudutas encircling a dying man. They're actually saving the man from Yamadutas because the man is Ajamila, a devotee of Vishnu. You can read this interesting story on internet, search "the story of Ajamila". Very informative video and thank you for including a Hindu deva. Love all the way from India ❤

@dsr294 6 месяцев назад

An interesting tale in hinduism is the story of sati, the brave wife of satyavan. When Yama takes her husbands soul to the underworld, she follows him. Using her wit and dedication, finally ends up moving Yama to restore her husband back to life.

@himanshukuanr7832 4 месяца назад

Actually, It's Savitri Not Sati.. Impressed by the Devotion for her Husband, God Yam told her to ask for a Boon and Savitri prayed to Yam to let her Husband live until he see His Grandchildren getting Married..

@tulimondal13 4 месяца назад

Little correction** it's Savitri not Sati 😊

@heiAMB 3 месяца назад

@@himanshukuanr7832 She also known as Sati

@heiAMB 3 месяца назад

@@tulimondal13 She also known as Sati. Did you Forget "Sati Savitri" Term?

@himanshukuanr7832 Месяц назад

@@heiAMB Sati is also used as Honorary title which Savitri Earned.. That's why Sati Savitri or Savitri the Pious..and Through the ages "Sati Savitri" as whole itself has turned into an Honorary Title for Well Charactered Women/Wives.

@user-mk3zm6fe4s 4 месяца назад

For Hellenism ,the real answer is not Thanatos as he is just personification ,he isn't killing anyone. The true divinity of death is goddess Atropos one of the Morai ,she cuts the string of life ,this killing the human .

@the1tigglet 6 месяцев назад

Mictlantecuhtli was featured in John Constantine's Justice League Dark where he summoned demons and Mictlantecuhtli to feast on the demons for trespassing on Aztec Lands that were never claimed/blessed for any other deity.

@hilldweller9898 6 месяцев назад

I really like this format. Please keep up with this. And talking about some of the more obscure mythos like Finnish and traditional Canaan and Mesopotamian.

@DarknessandLore 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching and the kind words! More videos on the way soon 😁

@stayout9 4 месяца назад

I wish you could have gotten to Baron Samedi... He's another very interesting death deity

@rubenvasquez8592 6 месяцев назад

Xolotl was a Toltec deity that was added to the Mexica pantheon. It's something like when the Roman's started worshiping Isis. So even though the "Aztecs" (Mexica) worshiped Xolotl, he wasn't part of their original pantheon.

@Based_Gigachad_001 4 месяца назад

Also Anubis and Xolotl aren't gods. They are mere servants to the actual gods of death in their respective myths

@KnightSlayer-E Месяц назад

@@Based_Gigachad_001 Nope, they are truly deities, it is just with the evolution of the tribes and cities that their pantheons evolve, and some of them were given lesser tasks, but they are true GODS...

@Based_Gigachad_001 Месяц назад

@@KnightSlayer-E Nah.

@vizionara 6 месяцев назад

I llike that you showcased gods from lesser known mythologies! I would love to see gods from Caribbean folklore, which I think pull from South American and African folklore as well.

@holeeshi9959 6 месяцев назад

One notable addition I like to make is the Buddhist Kṣitigarbha Boddhisatva, the Boddhisatva of the underworld, who in many sects of Buddhism is responsible for judging the souls through the reincarnation cycle(and jointly rules hell with Yan Luo Wang/Yama in Chinse/Japanese mythology), and the only reason he(or in rarer cases she) doesn't become a full Buddha is because he vows only to become Buddha when hell is empty. also, the Hindu Yama actually influenced the Chinese Yan(Luo) Wang and Japanese Yama.

@DarknessandLore 6 месяцев назад

Great addition, thanks for watching!

@demongodking6681 6 месяцев назад

@@DarknessandLorehey I'm not sure if you know about this god but his name is Baron Samedi who is technically not a god of the dead but are instead are called loa and are technically not deities but are said to may be of divine origin that were probably created by a god for assistance in a particular role in voodoo mythology and baron samedi has the role of death

@DHRUVKUMAR-pj6ke 4 месяца назад

Lol bro Yama are in Vedas which is most ancient scriptures that's means before Buddhism so how you can say Yama inspired form Chinese and Japanese mythology

@johanandersson7141 6 месяцев назад

Being from Scandinavia, I was taught that while “Hel” was the ruler of the Norse underworld, the proper “God of Death” is actually “Odin” himself. Great video though 👍

@rizkiramadhan9266 5 месяцев назад

Isn't Odin the top god instead?

@derbyblade9572 4 месяца назад

Odin still afraid of Hela Lokidottir. He can retrieve Baldr under her authority. He beg her in the end. Also, Odin can't be God of Death because he fucking dies in the dead

@vlinnstone6919 Месяц назад

Yeah coz Odin is a massive narcissist lol

@vlinnstone6919 Месяц назад

@@derbyblade9572EXACTLY

@vlinnstone6919 Месяц назад

@@rizkiramadhan9266he is... also a massive pompous narcissistic bastard... so it's quite in character for him to want to be known as the true god of death lol

@bobmasters9871 6 месяцев назад

This is way too impressive to have no views like at all

@DarknessandLore 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching, glad you liked it!

@lucabertani225 4 месяца назад

They're racking up, this vids are interesting as hell, even if don't include EVERY specific god they definitely include many even lesser known ones, so I can't complain at all

@kevinnorwood8782 6 месяцев назад

You neglected to mention that Helheim is also the residence of the souls of people who were executed as condemned criminals, and that Hel is exceptionally merciless to those individuals, forcing them to relive every single crime they committed in life.

@thomasmccullough4218 6 месяцев назад

Beyond the omission, this video is amazing. Production, clarity of explanation, variety in mythologies. 👍

@DarknessandLore 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for the kind words! More to come 😁

@OswaldM_14 6 месяцев назад

That's not too bad if they enjoy committing those crimes

@markfarmer3948 6 месяцев назад

He also forgot to mention she has a great spikey helmet and two giant longsword and the ability to destroy mjolnir. Shut up and stop being to pretentious, this a great video for those who want a quick and easy introduction to the gods of death.

@justified_wrath_21 6 месяцев назад

Nordic nerd

@boogsloogus 5 месяцев назад

An additional fun detail in Osiris' story tho is that Sobek ate pieces of his deceased body as he noticed them floatijg down the nile

@pavanswargam1581 5 месяцев назад

The picture used in the above video for Yama-dhutas (Yama's messengers) is lord vishnu saving righteous souls from being taken away to be judged.A righteous is released from the cycle of birth and death. Hell and heaven are both temporary. The picture of the man holding a lotus and other divine objects (shown as a Yama-dhuta) is actually lord vishnu not a Yama Dhuta, but the demonic looking beings are Yama-dhutas. There are many depictions of these messengers. In the popular epic Ramayana, the evil king Ravana is dragged to hell by a woman wearing red.

@mudeschuppentier6306 6 месяцев назад

Didn’t mention Donn for Celtic/Irish myth He’s really interesting, said to be the ancestor to all Irish people, and when you die you go to his house (Tech Duine) before being transported to the otherworld.

@Johnny21345 5 месяцев назад

Teach*

@mudeschuppentier6306 3 месяца назад

@@Johnny21345 Irish is an interesting language, I think it might be able to be spelled both ways.

@Johnny21345 3 месяца назад

@@mudeschuppentier6306 nope

@mudeschuppentier6306 3 месяца назад

@@Johnny21345 idk man that’s how it’s spelled on most of the internet and the internet is always right (joking, of course)

@Johnny21345 3 месяца назад

@@mudeschuppentier6306 I’m fluent and I’ve never seen it spelt that way in my life. Maybe in a British anglicised format, but then that wouldn’t be Irish would it?

@Chillchildren999 4 месяца назад

Death Gods/Shinigami are My favorite type of Gods in mythology and three of my favorite anime/manga are focused on them like Bleach, Death note and Soul Eater

@bravesirrobinn 4 месяца назад

The layout and way information is given in these videos is really good. Please make more of these types of videos but with Gods of other aspects of life and death.

@Joromonni 6 месяцев назад

Didn't expect Finnish mythos to be mentioned.

@Cama_Zotz 4 месяца назад

Mictlantehuitli is the Aztec god of death, and Ah Puch is a well known god of death, but there was no one god of death in Maya religion.

@arien_000 6 месяцев назад

YAMA is the best death god. Best in the sense that the concept behind him makes the most sense. Also it's important to note that he is always depicted with a noose cuz no one can escape death. Although his father Surya is not the creator. Brahma is the creator.

@theblackone_ 6 месяцев назад

Yamadharmaraja is actually not the God of death, but the Devata (Deity or Lord) who judges the karmas (actions) of the mortals post their death. His brother Shanaischara plays the role of the judge during the mortal's lifetime. Surya is the Sun. Like literally.

@NECR0MENCER 5 месяцев назад

@@theblackone_ Sani Dev?

@theblackone_ 5 месяцев назад

@@NECR0MENCER Yes. Swami Shanaischara. He's the judge during our mortal lifetime.

@meli-cruz 6 месяцев назад

Im also reallyyyyyyyy happy that ypu touched on Aztec gods, they don’t get enough love

@T0B3573R 6 месяцев назад

Imagine all of them in purgatory being like, “What is the next hurdle of death that we should embark upon the earth this year?” And they all vote. They all probably share whatever afterlife is with each other. They are all death gods.

@toastedcrack8105 6 месяцев назад

One of the cooler god types

@pawlee77 4 месяца назад

Maquetaurie Guayaba or Maketaori Guayaba was the Taino god of Coaybay, the land of the dead. Opiyelguabirán, a dog-shaped Taino god, watched over the dead

@Beth.H 5 месяцев назад

It would be cool to see Hine-nui-te-pō from Māori mythology in a future video 😊

@bruhman651 6 месяцев назад

Love this video ❤

@DarknessandLore 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@jonathandeman9051 5 месяцев назад

izanagi, goddess of death, foiled by a boulder

@W7RSON 4 месяца назад

Love the shared moto of scythes and dogs between various unrelated culture's gods.

@ysgramornorris2452 6 месяцев назад

In recent years, it's been found that Anubis' head isn't that of a jackal, as was previously thought, but that of a dog.

@nyetloki 6 месяцев назад

I think you mean that the Egyptian jackal is technically a wolf under modern genetic testing. Doesn't matter.

@krzysztofczarnecki8238 6 месяцев назад

As for Innana, I have read the version of the story where she descends to the underworld to save her husband Dumuzi or Tammuz. And she did manage to leave, but with the help of other gods, and Dumuzi had to stay. Her visiting Dumuzi in Ereshkigal's kingdom was used as an explanation of winter, because Innana is not only a goddess of love and war, but also of life. So when she stays in the underworld, there is generally less life in the world of the living. And that's why it is fitting that they are sisters, being goddesses of life and death, and hating each other's guts despite being related.

@cekken 5 месяцев назад

Ankou is not evil, but necessary in our folklore. Also his scythe is looking up instead of down, there are many theories as ro why but nobdy can tell where this comes from. Ankou is also the original inspiration for the look of the grim reaper, as he is way older.

@Acertainfrog 4 месяца назад

Another interesting God of death is the Charthaginian god Mot, who was the worst enemy of the creator of the universe Baal (also, in west Semitic, Mot means Death). This legend is found all around the Mediterranean from Malta to Sicily and some versions are present in Mesopotamia.

@meli-cruz 6 месяцев назад

The edits are funny something simple like *poof* and a ruler apears. 😂 Im having fun playing the videos on 2x speed, your channel as a whole is very promising. Keep up the good work ❤

@DarknessandLore 6 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! More to come 😁

@iandownes3130 6 месяцев назад

You forgot Kyle. Kyles are deadly godlike creatures known for enhancing their powers through monster cantations.

@KossolaxtheForesworn 5 месяцев назад

Finnish mythology has a whole fleet of minor gods associated with death related things. like Kalma, direct daughter of Tuoni and Tuonetar. her name means "the stench of corpses" and her favorite place to linger is the graveyard. she has multitude of siblings associated with pain and sickness, and other such niceties.

@undertalefan5867 5 месяцев назад

Do thunder gods next!

@Renzx123 5 месяцев назад

Underrated channel

@DarknessandLore 5 месяцев назад

Thank you, appreciate it!

@georgeolaroiu3807 6 месяцев назад

did you make video Races of Ghosts in Mythology & Folklore from the next week please?

@brandonthompson1856 6 месяцев назад

You should edit in the inclusion Owuo of Akan, Eshu of Yoruba, and Kalunga-Ngombe of Kongo.

@diegoflamenco4908 6 месяцев назад

Awee really wanted to see Supay, the Inca god of death here too :((( he’s from my ancestors beliefs and pantheon. He was a lord of demons and bringer of chaos hehe kinda like Set

@intergalactic92 2 месяца назад

The part I find interesting are the recurring themes on display. Scythes come up a few times, and then there is Morana with the sickle, harvesting is obviously a recurring theme here.

@phoenixfaytes2747 5 месяцев назад

I really wish this list added Hermes and Hekate to the list of Greek gods, they both have chthonic aspects and rulings and especially Psychopomp duties that assist Thanatos and Hades all the time. Not to mention I think Expanding on Persephone’s History as a goddess of death would have added some good meet to the story of hades as well

@jovemdinamico2836 4 месяца назад

you forgot about anhangá from the Tupi-Guarani mythology.

@brendonhill 4 месяца назад

I love this channel

@dragondph4519 6 месяцев назад

11:49 are we just not going to talk about the “death swan”?

@Beth.H 5 месяцев назад

It explained a LOT about swan behaviour

@emildrimbea3210 6 месяцев назад

nice one

@nekostar07 3 месяца назад

What about Azrael? THE ANGEL OF DEATH

@UnvaccinatedBendsNoKnee 2 месяца назад

God

@flowers1564 Месяц назад

bro think angels are gods

@josephwilliammarek9566 6 месяцев назад

Can you do one of these on all KINGS of the gods?

@pokkenmaster642 5 месяцев назад

Amazing video! Was hoping you’d go over other death gods in Africa like in Yoruba, Ghanaian or Akan but still amazing nonetheless.

@KakoThePoet 4 месяца назад

I know I’m late, but as someone of Nahuatl origin who still follows the gods, Mictlantecuhtli does have parents, just not in the way you’d think. The four directions- Quetzalcoatl, Xipe Totec, Tezcatlipoca, and Huitzilopochtli- are all his fathers. It’s not the most important, but there is a distinction between the parentless (Ometeotl), their children: the four directions, then the children of Tlalticpac, then the children of Coatlicue, so on and so on

@KakoThePoet 4 месяца назад

anyways- I’m trying to world build, so this video was very helpful with understanding different mythologies! Also the editing made me laugh a lot

@Beth.H 5 месяцев назад

How about the fact that Poseidon was once a death god in pre Mycenaean Greece

@emilywyatt9340 20 дней назад

I knew he was Mycenaean but had no idea he was associated with death. Thought he ruled the sea.

@ericguzman1191 5 месяцев назад

You should do a video of all the sun deities

@majorasmask5523 Месяц назад

Herakles wrestling Thanatos on behalf of Alcestis is easily one of his most defining tales. He was apparently a stand up guy.

@beyzagunduz172 6 месяцев назад

happy to see erlik :)

@NECR0MENCER 5 месяцев назад

Please more of these different mythologies videos

@DarknessandLore 5 месяцев назад

Another video coming very soon! Thanks for watching 💜

@bookwormaddict3933 6 месяцев назад

I would have liked to see that Hel in Ragnarok

@PaTrick-cf6ev 6 месяцев назад

The Slavic one is Morena, not Morana.

@DarknessandLore 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching! Marzanna (in Polish), Morė (in Lithuanian), Marena (in Russian), Mara (in Ukrainian), Morana (in Czech, Slovene and Serbo-Croatian), Morena (in Slovak and Macedonian) or Mora (in Bulgarian) so both are correct.

@milutinstankovic4638 6 месяцев назад

What about Veles?

@catlover7466 Месяц назад

Fun folktale about the Mayan Ah Puch, he was once after an old woman whom he could never reach because the old woman had so much to do everyday that Ah Puch would tire of chasing her and come back the next day. The moral behind it was if you sit around and do nothing Ah Puch will reach you.

@jonathanalfaro6005 4 месяца назад

Are you considering doing a part 2? If so, would you consider exploring the lore of Iku from the Yoruba?

@DarknessandLore 4 месяца назад

A second part is being considered, thank you for the suggestion!

@jonathanalfaro6005 4 месяца назад

@@DarknessandLore No problem. A video on ocean mythologies would be of interest if you do consider making one. Olokun (Yoruba-Bini), Yemoja (Yoruba), Guabonito (Taino), Guabancex (Taino), Kianda (Angolan), are some of my suggestions. Creation wise, Orisanla (The original one-Yoruba) and Odu (Yoruba).

@DarknessandLore 4 месяца назад

Thank you for those! We did include Shango in our thunder gods video which you can find here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ATLLAmlMkIw.html

@jonathanalfaro6005 4 месяца назад

@@DarknessandLore I'll check this out. Thanks.

@MR.APZero 6 месяцев назад

The favorite son and Left hand of El is MOT. The only Canaanite deity that was never worshiped in fear of him.

@lissandrafreljord7913 6 месяцев назад

Judging from Japan's declining population, it looks like Izanami is winning. 😂 Also, pretty interesting how the Mongekyo Sharingan of Naruto world makes so many references to Shinto gods and goddesses: Izanami, Izanagi, Tsukuyomi, Amateratsu, Susanoo.

@davestaff1889 6 месяцев назад

Lol

@rameshjakhar785 6 месяцев назад

The Japanese animes are full of references from eastern religions like hinduism, buddhism and shintoism. Like zoros sword Yama, and big Mamas Vajra named Indra. The chakra concept from naruto is also taken from hinduism and the swastikas in many managas, vinsmoke judge is named after the hindu god garuda, and fate characters are named after mahabharata characters, Rakshash from berserk are demons in hinduism, agni in black butler, and the whole concept of reincarnation.

@isabellaspangher1734 4 месяца назад

I wish I would’ve seen more deities from Africa and South America. There are many cultures on those continents that have really interesting pantheons

@DarknessandLore 4 месяца назад

More coming in our next video, thanks for watching!

@christopherwoods5150 6 месяцев назад

Didn't see Baron Samedi, aka Bawon Sanmdi, and his wife Brigitte, from the voodoo.

@lifewithlee6298 5 месяцев назад

Beer 🍻 that causes memory loss 😅 yeah that sounds like all beers 🍻

@SkinnyEatWorld95 3 месяца назад

You forgot that Horis helped find the pieces of Osiris

@UnreadyPlayer 6 месяцев назад

Damn, the Goddess of Love and War

@rrrosecarbinela 6 месяцев назад

Not the only one.

@georgeolaroiu3807 6 месяцев назад

Can you do new video top 10 Races of Werewolf Around of World please?

@HEEHEEBOII 5 месяцев назад

I’m Chinese, yanluo wang is native Chinese deity and not associated with Buddhism. It is often included in Buddhism due to the original Nepalese branch of Buddhism got “localized” with Taoism (native Chinese belief where Yanluo Wang is from) which created Zen Buddhism. Also side note Finnish death god Tuoni is Chinese pin yin spelling of the English name Tony lmfao I found that really funny.

@mrfive427 5 месяцев назад

Yama in Hinduism and yanluo wang seemed similar and I’m curious. But I don’t know much about Chinese version. Is he responsible for rebirth, guiding soul to heaven and giving punishment to the people who were bad in over world ?

@killerzillavolt2655 4 месяца назад

What about Supay from Inca mythology? I'd say the Inca pantheon is pretty important to include seeing how it's the main one of South America

@barrybaarsma 6 месяцев назад

Nice

@sabernaturezasupremo5181 6 месяцев назад

No Brasil temos Catxuréu

@thriceXplus7 6 месяцев назад

You put the Japanese gravestone backwards!

@indianAJ93 5 месяцев назад

interesting video, though i am surprised Nergal isn't in the video

@meg2249 2 месяца назад

Isn’t he more of a destruction and decay god rather than death/afterlife? Like a negative aspect of chaos in nature rather than death in and of itself? At least that was what I understood from a look into Nergal.

@DoktorKhaos1 Месяц назад

“Osiris’s wife and sister” is a crazy title for someone

@steezuschrist1320 3 месяца назад

I think this is a very good video but I have 2 things to mention. First Ousiris was becoming important in the Old Kingdom, in the 5. Dynasty and he was separated in 42 pieces, this is also the origin of the 42 administration districts in ancient Egypt.

@sampatton146 5 месяцев назад

If you do a follow up please mention the gods of death of the Native American/First Nations people in Canada and the USA

@gimmeyourrights8292 5 месяцев назад

Could you make a trickster gods list? Like Anansi and Loki?

@jamiquedavis5650 6 месяцев назад

Where are the African death gods 🤔

@susamogus4653 Месяц назад

egypt?

@Seshnaga Месяц назад

Fun fact: Hinduism is actually monotheistic just like christian mythology islamic mytholgy and stuff, but hindus believe the deities are manifestations of that supreme god.

@wethefreeproductions 5 месяцев назад

I feel like there’s gotta be more than 19 Major Deadeities.

@wildmen5025 4 месяца назад

Hail to the Gods of the Dead!

@kacangajaib1563 6 месяцев назад

Death is not Evil, how can Grim Reapers be malevolent if they only execute the Natural order of the universe? Unless someone is cheating death

@buzztube1738 5 месяцев назад

Because ancient peasants were snowflakes

@leoochofaigh6714 5 месяцев назад

Donn = the irish god if death

@lilyalexander5574 Месяц назад

i would have loved to see the welsh god of death Arawn :)

@toxel7186 5 месяцев назад

Where is Baron Samedi

@rishiraj9642 2 месяца назад

Well, there is a minor error in the YAMA and Yamadoota Section, the photo you showed as yamaduta is actually vishnu and the previous picture from which you have taken it, Multiple Vishnus are protecting their devotee from yamadootas

@Potocalter 2 месяца назад

Anatha Mythology: Medeinian (custom) Other Names: Sumu Iuda (Supreme Judge) Anatha is the goddess of death, darkness and judgement, one of "the great three" and the opposite of her husband, Tonatiuh the god of light, sight and the stars, unlike most polytheistic religions, Anatha, like the other divinities have no known form, so she is represented by her symbol. Anatha has the task of Judging the souls at the end of the 4 worlds (Thalassa, Marica, Faunus and Gaia/Earth) and send them to Ina (the void) or Preme (the reward)