Rivers of the Underworld

Regions of the Underworld

• Tartarus is the dark pit of the Underworld in which all the evil and impious souls of people (and monsters and Titans) are held and punished.

• This was the place for the souls of ordinary people (not bad enough for Tartarus but not good enough for Elysium). Souls here wandered through old fields and groves for eternity. It wasn't unpleasant, just kinda boring. (largest region of the Underworld)

• This was the place for the souls of good, pious, righteous, and brave people. It was also called the Elyisan Fields. It was similar to modern views of Heaven with most things that people would want and that they enjoyed. Many demigods and heroes were found here.

• The Isle of Blessed was a special place, where souls who had been reincarnated twice and earned Elysium for all three lifetimes were sent to live in eternal paradise.

Deities of the Underworld:

• Hades: - Hades was the brother of Poseidon and Zeus and brother to Hestia, Hera, and Demeter. He was the ruler of the Underworld. He controlled the flow of dead souls and had powers including death and invisibility. He was the least-liked of the Olympians but also the richest (since gems and minerals come from underground).
• Persephone: - Persephone was the queen of the Underworld, daughter of Zeus and Demeter, and wife of Hades. She was the goddess of flowers and springtime.
• Hecate: - Hecate was the chthonic goddess of crossroads, entryways, dogs, the moon, magic, witchcraft, herblore, necromancy, and sorcery. She was one of the three moon goddesses with Artemis and Selene.
• The Furies: - (The Erinyes or the Kindly Ones) - [Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone] - 3 goddesses of vengeance who torture people who commit evil deeds, especially murder of family members (such as parents' murder - matricide and patricide) - winged women with whips and snakes.
• Thanatos - Death
• Hypnos - Sleep
• Nyx -Night
• Melinoe - daughter of Persephone-nightmares and madness
• Achlys - Sadness
• Eurynomos - demon who eats the flesh off of corpses

Heroes that went to the Underworld