Mystery religions are very ancient and, at least in ancient times, came from two main sources. The first came from Egyptian mythology about the god of Osiris, his wife, known as the goddess Isis along with their son called the god Horus. Later sources came from Greek mythology about goddesses known as Demeter and Persephone. Both traditions involved a god or goddess who symbolically or actually died, but was somehow resurrected. Both religions involved series of births, deaths and reincarnations in nature, particularly in the seasons. Although it is difficult to find a direct link between them, both traditions may reflect an ancient tradition of the sacred marriage of the Sumerian gods known as Inanna and Dumuzi. Furthermore, these traditions mainly had a pastoral origin and were probably linked to simple fertility customs, which differed depending on the place. This feature of mysteries is hard to miss. The emphasis on secrecy and multi-level startup procedures is quite evident. It is hypothesized that this is due to invasions or migrations; this meant that people of a certain area invented their own personal religious customs, however, when migrants moved into their territory, they kept the customs for themselves. Pastoral customs consolidated at the beginning of the first millennium. In Egypt the myth of Osiris or Isis became the foundation of pharaonic authority; the Pharaoh was considered the agent of Osiris on earth and descended from him through Horus. The resurrected Osiris was the ruler of the underworld, Pharaoh was the ruler of the earth, and Horus was the ruler of the sky. The history of mystery religions never died of...... middle of paper...... Polis religions, however, were special subsets of the cult of certain gods. Some cults dealt in particular with the theme of the afterlife. The basic Greek ideology of the afterlife was not beautiful. One existed as a shadow in the underworld. In the Odyssey, as Odysseus travels through the underworld and meets with the ghost of the supreme fighter, Achilles, Odysseus tells him that he was very supreme in life and his eternal fame so assured him that he should not consider death so harsh. . Achilles then says, “Speak not a word in favor of death; I would rather be a paid servant in a poor man's house and be on the surface than the king of kings among the dead. In ancient times, spells along with prayers were mostly written on small sheets of paper or beaten metal, which were eventually rolled up and worn as an ornament on the neck..