Death deities

thumb|The Celtic god Sucellus with his characteristic hammer and olla. National Archaeological Museum, France|Musee d'Archéologie National. thumb|This statue of Sucellus is the earliest known likeness of the god (ca. 1st century AD). It is from a Roman home in France and was found in a household shrine (lararium). [[Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.]] In Gallo-Roman religion, Sucellus or Sucellos () was a god shown carrying a large mallet (or hammer) and an olla (or barrel). Originally a Celtic god, his cult flourished not only among Gallo-Romans, but also to some extent among the neighbouring pe

religious motif in which a deity dies and is resurrected

thumb|Vishnudutas rescue Ajamila's soul from Yamadutas (right).|320x320px Yamadutas (Sanskrit: यमदूत; ) are the messengers of death in Hinduism. As the agents of Yama, the god of the netherworld, their role is to take the departed souls of the deceased who do not achieve moksha to Yamaloka.