Norse mythology
The death of Baldr: the darkest myth of Norse mythology
The death of Baldr: Frigg's oath, the fatal mistletoe guided by Loki, Hel's refusal to release him, and Loki's punishment — the inevitable herald of Ragnarök.
Death and afterlife
Mythological death is rarely an ending. A dismembered Osiris returns to rule the dead, Baldr goes down to Hel and cannot come back for want of a single tear, Persephone commutes between two worlds over a pomegranate. These stories examine what each tradition makes of the crossing: a heart weighed against a feather in Egypt, a fare paid to the ferryman in Greece, a hall of the slain in Scandinavia.
Egyptian mythology
The Judgment of the Dead in ancient Egyptian mythology
The Egyptian Judgment of the Dead: the Hall of Two Truths, the Negative Confession before forty-two divine assessors, and Anubis weighing the heart against Maat's feather.
Egyptian mythology
The Osiris myth: death, resurrection and the judgment of the dead in Egypt
The complete Osiris myth: murder by Seth, Isis's quest, dismemberment, reassembly and resurrection — the founding narrative of ancient Egyptian funerary theology.