Mythological characters who make visits to the underworld include Katabasis

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the return of persephone, frederic leighton (1891)




ancient greek , roman



dumuzid shepherd/tammuz/adonis mourned , recovered consort inanna/ishtar/aphrodite
the god dionysus, rescue semele hades, , again in role patron of theater.
heracles during twelfth labor, on occasion rescued theseus
heracles, rescue alcestis hades
hermes, rescue persephone hades
orpheus, rescue eurydice hades
persephone , demeter
psyche
odysseus
aeneas, speak father in aeneid
theseus , pirithous try abduct persephone; fail, , theseus rescued heracles

christianity



jesus, during harrowing of hell
jesus in pistis sophia

norse religion , finnish mythology



odin
baldr
hermóðr
helreið brynhildar
lemminkäinen s rescue tuonela mother

welsh mythology



angel showing hell yudhisthira



pwyll s descent annwn in welsh mabinogion
preiddeu annwfn, king arthur s expedition annwfn recounted in book of taliesin

other



japanese mythology: izanagi , izanami in yomi
maya mythology: maya hero twins
mahayana buddhism: bodhisattva avalokiteśvara s descent hell-like region after taking on bad karma of executioner in pity
vedic religion: ushas (dawn) liberated vala indra
hinduism: emperor yudhishthira descends naraka
ohlone mythology (native american): kaknu fights body of stone
yoruba religion: obatala, dying-and-rising god of ifẹ̀, yoruba cultural centre
religion of mongols: king gesar launches invasion realm of erlik save soul of mother.




^ graves, p. 27 k cites pausanias description of greece 2.31.2






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