Rank
Lord of the Underworld
2 figures in this corpus are recorded as lord of the underworld. Rank here is a claim made by a particular text rather than a property of the figure, so the same name can hold different ranks in different sources — and where it does, the profile shows the disagreement instead of picking one.
2 figures2 texts assign it
Which texts assign this rank?
Who holds the rank of lord of the underworld?
Hades
Lord of the Underworld · Greek
Ruler of the dead by lot rather than by punishment — a god of the underworld who is not evil, a distinction Christian cosmology cannot express.
DisputedGreekc. 700 BCE
4 sources3 powers
Pluto
Lord of the Underworld · Roman
The Roman Hades, whose alternative name Orcus survives in 'ogre' — and whose realm supplied Christian writers much of their imagery for hell.
DisputedRomanc. 400 BCE
2 sources2 powers