Underworld Rulers Compared

Hades, Pluto, Hel and Osiris rule the dead in four traditions, but they do not rule the same way. Hades holds the dark by lot and keeps the dead in; Pluto is Hades under a Latin name; Hel in the Poetic Edda is a place as much as a person; Osiris is a murdered king who rules because he died and who presides over a judgment the others never hold.