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orcus
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Orcus was a god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths in Italic and Roman mythology . As with Hades , the name of the god was also used for the underworld itself. In the later tradition, he was conflated with Dis Pater . Hades is the Greek equivalent ...
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Orcus \Orcus\ prop. n. The god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto. Syn: Dis.
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Images of Ardneh as a rule-this one was no exception were almost always at least partially abstract, in keeping with the idea that the eternal foe of the archdemon Orcus was essentially different from all other gods.
Images of Ardneh as a rule-this one was no exception were almost always at least partially abstract, in keeping with the idea that the eternal foe of the archdemon Orcus was essentially different from all other gods.
The Eyeless One now perceived with merciless clarity, he was for a moment utterly convinced, that he was confronted by Orcus, the king demon, archfoe of Ardneh.
For they cannot tell what is the nature of the soul, whether it be born or on the contrary find its way into men at their birth, and whether it perish together with us when severed from us by death or visit the gloom of Orcus and wasteful pools or by divine decree find its way into brutes in our stead, as sang our Ennius who first brought down from delightful Helicon a crown of unfading leaf, destined to bright renown throughout Italian clans of men.
The fires of the avenging Orcus burst forth against the false witness of my accusers!
When they don't find us aboard any ship, they will suppose us bound for Orcus, and call Nova Roma for a stat of the most detailed geodetic survey map available.
She'd had Orcus and her Morrigan sisters giggling all morning with her puppet show, putting the implants on a shelf and working the head above them.
Orcus has heard my vow, and it is written in the book of the unforgetful Hades.
Originally, he had the name Varius, but later he was called Elagabalus because he was priest of this god -- whom he afterwards brought with him from Syria to Rome, founding a temple for him on the site of an earlier shrine of Orcus.