Sentences with phrase «underworld mythologies»
Objects in the Pluto system are traditionally named for figures in underworld mythologies, so some features stick to that theme.
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The names pay homage to the underworld mythology, pioneering space missions, historic pioneers who crossed new horizons in exploration, and scientists and engineers associated with Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.
However, considering how dense the Underworld mythology is and how each sequel / prequel hardly ever slows down to rehash backstory covered in previous installments (much to the franchise's credit), those in need of any sort of refresher in the world's now vast history will find this an invaluable resource, and the disc producers have executed it in such a way that it never disrupts the flow or skips and / or runs over any key scenes in the film.
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It applies not only to the god of the underworld, but also to the underworld itself, and in Greek mythology the souls of those who defied the gods were tortured there, doing things like rolling rocks uphill forever.
It has Hades, the Greek god of the underworld in it and it makes me feel like Greek mythology that I enjoy to date.
«We're very excited to approve names recognising people of significance to Pluto and the pursuit of exploration as well as the mythology of the underworld.
Sleipnir Fossa is named for the powerful, eight - legged horse of Norse mythology that carried the god Odin into the underworld.
Tartarus Dorsa is a ridge named for Tartarus, the deepest, darkest pit of the underworld in Greek mythology.
By convention, the moons» names come out of Greek mythology, in this case from stories related to Pluto, the god of the underworld.
In Egyptian mythology, Osiris, lord of the underworld, was torn into 14 pieces by the god Seth.
Pluto's five moons, including recently discovered Kerberos and Styx, all have names relating to the underworld from classical mythology.
Recorded as deep as -1100 m the new species was named Geophilus hadesi, after Hades, the God of the Underworld in the Greek Mythology.
He says he will wait until he has completed his search so he can propose names that fit together — and chime with the Greek mythology of the underworld theme used so far.
Some themes continue focusing on the mythology of the underworld ruled by Roman god Pluto.
Tartarus Dorsa is a ridge bearing the name of the deepest, darkest pit in the Greek mythology's version of the underworld.
Since the dwarf planet was originally named for Pluto, the god of the underworld in Greek mythology, many of the new titles have been plucked from various underworld myths from around the globe.
«We're very excited to approve names recognizing people of significance to Pluto and the pursuit of exploration as well as the mythology of the underworld,» says Rita Schulz, chair of the IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature.
The planet is named Pluto after the God of the Underworld in Roman mythology.
It takes the success of Blade, reworks the mythology a bit and gives us Underworld.
With Penny Dreadful brought to a surprising and all - too - abrupt end earlier this year, it looks like we won't have to wait long for new take on the classic Dracula mythology to arrive on TV in what could be a cool cross-breeding of Underworld and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
In general, Mister & Pete succeeds with this sort of narrative small stuff, establishing the housing project's internal mythology as well as the tricky dynamics of its underworld.
Even more exquisitely strange than its stylized predecessor, Chad Stahelski's John Wick: Chapter 2 sends Reeves» artist - of - death on an Orphic journey through the criminal underworld; Derek Kolstad's script expands on the original's internal mythology with plenty of deadpan wit.
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Inside you will read about... ✓ A Timeline for Ancient Egypt ✓ Historical Egypt ✓ The Myth Of Creation ✓ The Pantheon Of Gods ✓ Mythology In Day To Day Ancient Egypt ✓ The Central Role Of The Temple And Some Temple Rituals ✓ Sources Of The History Of Egyptian Mythology ✓ The Underworld And Life After Death ✓ Pyramids And Their Locations The book includes the myths of the creation in some detail and introduces the top Deities in a Pantheon of over two thousand God and Goddesses.
You'll also hear about how the caves tie into Maya mythology and Xibalba (pronounced she - bal - ba), the cave that serves as the opening to the underworld.
In the enigmatic Maya religion and mythology, caves were considered to be the home of gods and an entrance to the ever mysterious underworld.
In Greek mythology, Avernus was the gate to The Underworld — not a very nice place.
In Mayan mythology, Xibalba (also spelled Xibalbá or Xibalbay) means underworld ruled by Mayan spirits of disease and death.
Hellblade blends Celtic and Norse mythology to tell the story of Senua as she navigates through an underworld composed from reality and certain projections of her own crumbling mind.
In mythology katabasis refers to the heroic descent into the Underworld.
Jean Cocteau adapted the tale of Orpheus, the tragic bard from Greek mythology who unsuccessfully sought to rescue his wife Eurydice from the underworld, for his film Orphée (1940).
The jugs are etched with figurative motifs and represent the five rivers of the underworld, which according to Greek mythology, possess a distinct power to help lead those into the afterlife.
«Like Cerberus, the animal guarding the gates of the underworld in Greek mythology, -LSB-...]
Provoked to visual explosions by the great Indian epic, The Ramayana, and by Celtic mythologies - they are not illustrations or literal translations; instead, they are transformations from myths to mysterious worlds where the boundaries between underworld and waking earth are traversable, terror coexists with joy, and loss must always yield to renewal.
In Greek mythology, «the Kindly Ones», also known as Furies, are female deities or goddesses of vengeance from the underworld.
After I posted, I got curious about why it's called Stux net, and discovered that it's a variant on Styx, as in the River Styx, that globe - circling river separating the world from the underworld of Greek mythology: «Greek: Στύξ, Stux, also meaning «hate» and «detestation» `.