Talk:Descent to the underworld
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[edit] Scope of the article
The article currently introduces the topic as:
- The myth involves the death of a youthful god (a life-death-rebirth deity), mourned and then recovered from the underworld by his or her consort, lover or mother.
If this is used as the definition then what about Nekyia, the 11th book of the Odyssey, which describes the descent of Odysseus to the underworld where he is after knowlege not a person.
Also given the current definition should The Divine Comedy be in the list?
Perhaps the definition needs to be altered to a Katabasis -- a decent into the underworld from which the person making the trip returns. --Philip Baird Shearer 10:05, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
