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The abyssal zone or abyssopelagic zone is a layer of the pelagic zone of the ocean. The word abyss comes from the Greek word ἄβυσσος (ábussos), meaning "bottomless". [1]
In Greek mythology, Tartarus (/ ˈ t ɑːr t ər ə s /; Ancient Greek: Τάρταρος, romanized: Tártaros) [1] is the deep abyss that is used as a dungeon of torment and suffering for the wicked and as the prison for the Titans.
Abyss (Flying Buffalo), a 1980 role-playing game adventure for Tunnels & Trolls; Abyss, a defunct gaming magazine; Abyss, a flight map in Aion; Abyss, the final boss character of Marvel vs. Capcom 2; Abyss or Zasalamel, a character in Soulcalibur III "The Abyss", a content update for No Man's Sky "The Abyss", an area in the video game Hollow Knight
In a later extended sense in intertestamental Jewish literature, the abyss was the underworld, either the abode of the dead or eventually the realm of the rebellious spirits (fallen angels) . In the latter sense, specifically, the abyss was often seen as a prison for demons. This usage was picked up in the New Testament.
In this example, the adept must surrender all, including the guidance of his Holy Guardian Angel, and leap into the Abyss. If his accumulated karma is sufficient, and if he has been utterly thorough in his own self-destruction, he becomes a "babe of the abyss", arising as a Star in the Crowleyan system. On the other hand, if he retains some ...
Dr. Oz said the uninsured “don’t have the right to health,” but should be given “a way of crawling back out of the abyss” with “15-minute physicals” provided by the government “in ...
Apollyon (top) battling Christian in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress.. The Hebrew term Abaddon (Hebrew: אֲבַדּוֹן ’Ăḇaddōn, meaning "destruction", "doom") and its Greek equivalent Apollyon (Koinē Greek: Ἀπολλύων, Apollúōn meaning "Destroyer") appear in the Bible as both a place of destruction and an angel of the abyss.
An abyssal plain is an underwater plain on the deep ocean floor, usually found at depths between 3,000 and 6,000 metres (9,800 and 19,700 ft).Lying generally between the foot of a continental rise and a mid-ocean ridge, abyssal plains cover more than 50% of the Earth's surface.