Gods of death

Gods of death preside over death, dying, and funerals.

Egyptian Mythology

 * Aker: an Egyptian death deity.
 * Anput: the Egyptian goddess of funerals and mummification.
 * Anubis: the Egyptian god of cemeteries, mummification, and embalming.

Greek Mythology

 * Achlys: the Greek goddess of the "eternal night", or the mist of death which fell upon the eyes before death.
 * The Androctasiae: Greek spirits of battlefield slaughter.
 * Iapetus: the Greek Titan of mortality.
 * The Keres: Greek spirits of violent and cruel deaths.
 * Macaria: the Greek goddess of blessed death.
 * Menoetius: the Greek Titan of human mortality.
 * Thanatos: the Greek god of death who presided over peaceful and painless deaths.

Roman Mythology

 * Februus: the Etruscan and Roman god of death and purification.
 * Libitina: the Roman goddess of funerals and burial.
 * Mors: the Roman god of death.
 * Nenia Dea: a Roman funeral deity.
 * Trivia: the Roman goddess of graveyards.
 * Viduus: a Roman god who separated the soul from the body after death.