TY - BOOK AU - Christinee,Lindsay TI - Myths of the underworld: timeless tales of the afterlife, love, revenge, fatal attraction & more from around the world SN - 9781646045549 PY - 2023/// CY - Berkeley, CA PB - Ulysses Press KW - Death KW - Mythology KW - Future life KW - Mythology, Egyptian KW - Aztec mythology KW - Mythology, Norse KW - Mythology, Greek KW - Hindu mythology KW - Mythology, Japanese KW - Mythology, African KW - Inuit mythology N1 - Anubis -- Mictlantecuhtli and Mictecacíhuatl -- Baldur's death -- Persephone -- Kali's birth -- Maman Brigette -- Shinigami's candle -- The lord of death -- The goddess of the sea -- Camp of ghosts N2 - Myths of the Underworld is a vibrant collection of ten retellings of forbidden love, acts of vengeance, and naive attractions. Modernized for today's reader, these diverse stories span time and space. But while the cultures and traditions are varied, the themes woven throughout these tales reveal how the struggle to understand and accept death and all that comes with it is one that is quintessentially human ER -