Chthonic deities
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In ancient Greek religion and mythology, chthonic or chthonian deities or spirits were those who inhabited the underworld or existed in or under the earth, and were typically associated with death or
A relief from grave of Lysimachides, 320 BC. Two men and two women sit together as Charon, the ferryman of the Underworld, approaches to take them to the land of the dead.
Orestes Pursued by the Furies painted by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1862
The Return of Persephone, 1891, by Frederic Leighton
Hagia Triada Sarcophagus, 1400 BC, Minoan fresco potentially depicting chthonic worship.
Underworld
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The underworld, also known as the netherworld or hell, is the supernatural world of the dead in various religious traditions and myths, located below the world of the living. Chthonic is the technical
Chthonic deities
…A relief from grave of Lysimachides, 320 BC. Two men and two women sit together as Charon, the ferryman of the Underworld, approaches to take them to the land of the dead. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, chthonic () or chthonian () deities or spirits were those…
Juno in the Underworld by Jan Brueghel the Younger, between 1626 and 1630
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Buddhist hell