Tales of the Underworld

Savitra, who searches out and marries the man she loves, but then must outwit Lord Yama, God of the Dead, to win him back...

Orpheus, who so loved his wife, he travelled deep beneath the earth, to the land of the Dead, to make a bargain with Hades, Lord of the Underworld...

Balder, killed by a mistletoe dart, who can only return to life if everything on Earth weeps for his loss...

And finally, a story from Australia, of the Dream-Time, and the first ever death...