Archetype:Judge of the Dead

Judge of the Dead
Mandos, Judge of the Dead (The Silmarillion) was an Ainu, one of the Aratar, and a Vala who was responsible for the judgement of the Spirits of all elven dead. He also had responsibility for pronouncing the dooms and judgments of Eru Ilúvatar under Manwë.
The Archetype of:	A judge of the dead.

"I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom."

― 2 Timothy 4:1 (The Bible)

The archetype for the characters that possess or have traits of a judge of the dead. Variation of Afterlife Guardian and Psychopomp. Not to be confused with Afterlife Guardian or Underworld Ruler.

Also Called

• Afterlife/Underworld Judge
• Judge of Souls
• Judge of the Afterlife
• Judge of the Underworld

Properties

As an archetype, a judge of the dead reviews a newly deceased being's actions in life to determine where they deserve to end up in the afterlife. Once the judge passes their judgement, they will carry out their sentence upon the spirit that has been judged, sending them to heaven, hell, the underworld, the spirit plane or even to purgatory itself. Judges of the dead rarely change their minds once a sentence has been passed; however, it isn't uncommon for them to do so.

Judges of the dead were present in mythology and greatly feared whether that judge be of goodness or neutrality as they were never actually evil in nature.

Associated Powers

• Afterlife Lordship (minor level; varies on which afterlife)
  • Afterlife Guardian
  • Afterlife Manipulation
    • Afterlife Border
    • Afterlife Judgement
      • Judgement Manipulation
      • Punishment
        • Damnation
        • Punishment Manipulation
      • Reincarnation Denial
      • Salvation
    • Afterlife Marking
  • Authority
  • Eternal Rest Inducement
  • Heaven Lordship
  • Hell Lordship
  • Phantasm Manipulation
  • Purgatory Lordship
  • Spiritual Plane Lordship
  • Underworld Lordship
• Divinity
  • Dark Divinity or Light Divinity (varies)
  • Divine Psionics
    • Character Judgement Mastery
    • Morality Viewing
    • Necroscience
    • Prescience
    • Soul Reading
  • Immortality
  • Lesser Divinity (varies)
  • Transcendent Spirit (varies)
• Door Manipulation
  • Key to the Door
• Subterranean Adaptation (underworld entities only)
• Spiritual Power

Associations/Relationships

• Afterlife Guardian
• Afterlife Judgement
• Death Deity
• Divinity
  • Lesser Divinity
• Grim Reaper Physiology
• Liminal Deity
• Patron Saint
• Psychopomp
• Underworld Deity
• Underworld Lordship
• Underworld Ruler

Know/Example Characters

Also See: Judgement of the Dead

Anime/Manga

• King Yemma (Dragon Ball series)
• Anubis (Oh, Suddenly Egyptian God)

Folklore/Mythology

• Dokiel (Abrahamic Religions); examiner of souls and judge
• God (Abrahamic Religions)
• Puriel/Pyriel (Abrahamic Religions); examiner of souls and judge
• Jesus Christ (Christianity)
• Anubis (Egyptian Mythology)
• Assessors of Maat (Egyptian Mythology); 42 deities
• Osiris (Egyptian Mythology)
• Judges of the Underworld (Greek Mythology)
  • Aeacus
  • Minos
  • Rhadamanthus
• Yama/Enma (Hinduism/Japanese Mythology)

Literature

• Anubis/Mr. Jacquel (American Gods)
• King Minos (The Divine Comedy: Inferno)
• Death (Incarnations of Immortality: On a Pale Horse)
• Mandos (The Silmarillion: In J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium)

Live Action Movies/Television Series

• Saint Peter (The Brittas Empire)
• St. Peter (Fleksnes Fataliteter)
• Underworld Judges (Gods of Egypt)
• Anubis (Supernatural)
• God (Supernatural); originally
• Osiris (Supernatural)

Video Games

• Anubismon (Digimon)
• Three Judges (God of War)
  • Aeacus
  • Minos
  • Rhadamanthus
• Hangan (Onmyoji (2016))
• Eiki Shiki, Yamaxadu (Touhou Project)

Web Comics

• Lord Tivo (Hell Warden Roruv); formerly

Gallery

God (Abrahamic Religions)

After his Second Coming, Jesus Christ (Christianity) will judge both the living and the dead in an event known as "the Judgment of The Sheeps and Goats" and "the Great White Throne Judgement" were those who believed in him will have eternal life and those who did not believe in him will be damned to eternal darkness, death and destruction.

Anubis/Mr Jacquel (American Gods)

Anubismon (Digimon) serves as judge for the dark area of the digital world.

King Yemma (Dragon Ball series)

Anubis (Egyptian Mythology)

Osiris (Egyptian Mythology)

Three Judges (God of War)

Underworld Judge (Gods of Egypt)

The Judges of the Underworld (Greek Mythology)...

...including Aeacus, Minos and Rhadamanthus

Yama/Enma (Hinduism/Japanese Mythology)

Mandos, Judge of the Dead (The Silmarillion)

Anubis (Supernatural)

Osiris (Supernatural)

Eiki Shiki, Yamaxadu (Touhou Project), the Supreme Judge of Paradise is a yama who belongs to the Ministry of Right and Wrong.

Videos

Mandos, Doomsman of the Valar - Tolkien Explained