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
Juno in the Underworld by Jan Brueghel the Younger, between 1626 and 1630
Sheol in the Hebrew Bible is the underworld place of stillness and darkness which is death.
Biblical text on a synagogue in Holešov, Czech Republic: "HaShem kills and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up." (1 Samuel 2:6)
Puck cartoon of 1885 parodying the changing interpretation of Sheol in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament): a number of historical sinners and atheists are seen enjoying the relatively pleasant atmosphere of "Sheol" after suffering the flames of the traditional Hell; at left is a dejected Satan sitting beneath a sign that states "This Business is Removed to Sheol, Opposite."