What is the common name of death and underworld gods in Greek mythology?

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Thanatos(Death);god of Death,child of Nix(Night) brother of Hypnos(Sleep). Hades,Polydectes (also called Pluto);Lord of the Underworld and precious metals, son of Kronos(Cronos) and Rheia(Rhea) two of the Titans and brother of Zeus. Persephone; Goddess of the underworld and daughter of Demeter. The underworld was often called Hades. It consisted of two regions: Erebus;where the dead go as soon as they die Tartarus;a cave in the deeper region of the underworld where the most wicked souls were sent. Tartarus was gaurded by Cerberus, a three-headed dog with a dragon tail. The children of Uranus and Gaea were banished to Tartarus, they were: The Cyclopes(giants with one eye in the middle of there forehead) - Arges, Brontes, and Steropes. They forged lightning bolts for Zeus, made Poseidon's trident and Hades invisibility cap. The Hecatonchires(giants with fifty heads and one hundred arms) - Briareus(also called Aegaeon), Cottus, and Gyges(also called Gyes). They helped Zeus in his war against the Titans. The Titans - Cronus(Kronus,Saturn);the ruling Titan and father of Zeus, Rhea; mother of Zues, Oceanus(Ocean);the water encircling the world, Tethys;wife of Oceanus, Hyperion;the Titan of Light, Mnemosyne;Titan of memory, Themis;Titan of Justice, Iapetus; Coeus;Titan of Intelligence, Crius; Phoebe;Titan of the moon, Thea; Prometheus(Forethought);the wisest of the titans he can tell the future, Epimetheus(Afterthought);the most stupid titan, Atlas;he had to hold up the world on his back, and Metis;mother of Athena and the Titaness of the 4th day and the planet Mercury she presided over all wisdom and knowledge. Other inhabitants of Tartarus were; Sisyphus, Ixion, Tantalus, Salmoneus, Tityus, Ophion, and the daughters of Danaus.

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