Emma Keith

This week, I dug into my topic brainstorm from last week on writing about the Greek Underworld .  As I mentioned last week, I'd like to have Hermes be the storyteller for this project, since he's the escort for the dead to the underworld. I think Charon, another Underworld psychopomp, would also be a fascinating storyteller (they've both seen all the dead in the Underworld). I'd like each section to be an obituary for one of the deceased souls that dwells in the underworld, but I also want each obit to have a personal flair/style from whoever's writing it (Hades, Charon, etc.). I also want each section of the project and each person memorialized to represent a different region of hell, like Tartarus and the Elysian Fields.  "Charon carries souls across the river Styx." By  Alexander Dmitrievich Litovchenko.  Source: Wikipedia Commons . Some of the stories I'd like to tell through this project are those of:  Tantalus Tantalus was a son of...

There are plenty of fascinating options for storybooks or projects, but here are four of my favorite that I found fascinating: The Greek Underworld Charon, ferryman of the Underworld. Courtesy of Hartwig HKD. Source: Flickr . I would love to focus on the Greek Underworld . I do know quite a bit about this subject, and it fascinates me because of all the different characters and the various realms of the region. For a project like this, I'm thinking about having each page of my storybook be an obituary for some famous figure in the Underworld. Each obituary could tell the stories of someone's death, but also talk about what their soul is doing post-death (this style could even be used to explore some of the different areas of the Underworld where souls can end up like the Elysium, the Mourning Fields, or the Asphodel Meadows). The tributes could be penned by Hermes, who escorts the dead to the Underworld. Indian Ghost Stories Ghost stories are fascinating to me...