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The underworld or netherworld is thought to be deep underground or beneath the surface of the world in most religions and mythologies.[1] Typically it is a place where the souls of the departed go, an afterlife or a realm of the dead. Chthonic is the technical adjective for things of the underworld.
Underworlds by Mythology
This list includes underworlds in various mythology:
| Albanian mythology | Ferri |
| Aztec mythology | Mictlan |
| Babylonian mythology | Irkalla |
| Buddhist mythology | Naraka (also Niraya) |
| Celtic mythology | Annwn, Mag Mell |
| Chinese mythology / taoism | Diyu 地獄 |
| Christian mythology | Hades, Hell, Sheol, Gehenna, Tártaros, Limbo, Purgatory |
| Egyptian mythology | Aaru, Duat, Neter-khertet, Amenti |
| Estonian mythology | Toonela |
| Finnish mythology | Tuonela |
| Germanic | Hel, Niflheim |
| Greek mythology | Elysium, Asphodel Meadows, Hadēs, Tártaros |
| Guanche mythology | Echeide, Guayota |
| Hindu mythology | Naraka or Yamaloka, Patala |
| Hopi mythology | Maski |
| Hungarian mythology | Alvilág |
| Inca mythology | Uku Pacha |
| Inuit mythology | Adlivun |
| Islamic mythology | Jahannam, Naar, Barzakh, Araf |
| Jain mythology | Naraka, Adho Loka (the lower world) |
| Japanese mythology/Shinto | Yomi 黄泉, Ne-no-Kuni 根の国, Jigoku 地獄 |
| Jewish/Hebrew mythology | Sheol, Gehenna, Abaddon |
| Korean mythology | "Ji-Ok" 지옥 地獄 |
| Latvian mythology | Aizsaule |
| Malay mythology | Alam Ghaib (The unseen realm) |
| Indonesian mythology | |
| Māori mythology | Hawaiki, Rarohenga |
| Mapuche mythology | Pellumawida, Degin, Wenuleufu, Ngullchenmaiwe |
| Maya mythology | Metnal, Xibalba |
| Melanesian mythology | (includes Fijian) Bulu, Burotu, Murimuria, Nabangatai, Tuma |
| Norse mythology | Gimlé, Hel, Niflheim, Vingólf |
| Oromo mythology | Ekera |
| Persian mythology | Duzakh |
| Philippine mythology | Kasanaan |
| Polynesian mythology | Avaiki, Bulotu, Iva, Lua-o-Milu, Nga- Atua, Pulotu, Rangi Tuarea, Te Toi-o-nga-Ranga, Uranga-o-Te-Ra |
| Pueblo mythology | Shipap |
| Roman mythology | Inferno, Avernus, Orcus/Hadēs, Pluto |
| Slavic mythology | Nav, Podsvetie, Peklo |
| Sumerian mythology | Dilmun, Kur, Irkalla, Hubur |
| Turko-Mongol | Erlik |
| Vodou mythology | Guinee |
| Wagawaga (New Guinea) mythology | Hiyoyoa |
References
- ↑ "Underworld". The free dictionary. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/underworld. Retrieved 1 July 2010.