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Published on July 14, 2022

Ahlis

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Ahlis (Greek: Ἀχλύς) is an ancient Greek goddess symbolizing the fog of death. According to some ancient cosmogonies, Ahlis was the eternal night before Chaos. Her name from ancient Greek can be translated as "fog" or "darkness".

She is the personification of suffering and sadness. Her image was depicted on the shield Hercules: pale, emaciated, oozing mucus from her nostrils, with bared teeth, swollen knees, long fingernails, bloody cheeks and shoulders thickly covered with dirt.

It is known that she smeared their hair with poisoned potions and smeared their faces with magic ointment, turning them from humans into horned centaurs.

Ahlis in popular culture