one-way trip

in this latest store mural, I painted the mythological river Styx that you cross when you die to get to the "underworld", "netherworld", "Hades", or "realm of the dead". Anubis is there on the boat that takes you over. it wasn't necessarily a good or bad place.

This myth predates the concept of heaven and hell by thousands of years in greek and egyptian mythology among others... even the old testament mentions the "realm of the dead" many times as opposed to damnation or paradise. According to some scriptures, Jesus went there and met the other prophets during the 3 day passover before his ressurection!

by the way, the correct translation of the Greek "Hades" is actually "hole", "cave", "pit", or "grave", rather than "secret underground world where go when you die to live forever getting tortured if you're a baddy".

Believe what you like, i just paint the pictures :)