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The word Lethal comes from the Latin "letalis" which means deadly or fatal. That word shares an etymology with the Greek word "lethe" which means to oblivion. It was the name of one of the rivers of Hades, the Lethe. People who were granted passage to the Elysian Fields would first drink from the Lethe to forget their worldly lives and the pain associated with them.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe Lethe was one of the five rivers of Hades. The word itself means oblivion, forgetfulness or concealment, as anyone who drank from the river would forget everything. Souls going to the Elysian Fields would drink from the Lethe before entering so they would have no memory of the pain of their former lives.
The word "lethal" as we know it derives from the idea of the dead drinking from hydor lethe or Water of Oblivion. The Romans associated Lethe with death because of this.
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