Furies or Dirae in Roman mythology were female chthonic ("in, under, or beneath the earth") deities (a postulated preternatural or supernatural immortal being) of vengeance or supernatural personifications of the anger of the dead. They represent regeneration and the potency of creation, which both consumes and empowers. A formulaic oath in the Iliad (iii.278ff; xix.260ff) invokes them as "those who beneath the earth punish whosoever has sworn a false oath". Burkert suggests they are "an embodiment of the act of self-cursing contained in the oath".[
Two Furies, from an ancient vase.
The fury in the movie
The descriptions found on the internet don't make what is seen in the movie, as is shown by the pictures. Although the fury in the movie is sent by Hades god of the dead which matches the description.
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