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underworld

Greek and Roman myth the regions below the earth's surface regarded as the abode of the dead; Hades

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Underworld

See also Hell.

Unfaithfulness (See FAITHLESSNESS.)

Ungratefulness (See INGRATITUDE.)

Unkindness (See CRUELTY, INHOSPITALITY.)

Aidoneus

epithet of Hades. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 14]

Amenti

hidden world where the sun sets. [Egypt. Myth.: Leach, 42]

Anunnaki

lesser Sumerian underworld deities. [Sumerian Myth.: Benét, 41]

Aornum

entrance through which Orpheus descended to Hades. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 25]

Aralu

desolate land of no return. [Babyl. Myth.: Leach, 69]

Avernus, Lake

entrance to the maw. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid; Art: Hall, 147]

Dis

god of nether world; identified with Pluto. [Rom. Myth.: Leach, 315]

Duat

one of the Egyptian abodes of the dead. [Egypt. Myth.: Benét, 290]

Erebus

god of underground darkness. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 319]

Ereshkigal

queen of underworld; Persephone equivalent. [Sumerian Myth.: Benét, 319–320]

Hades

realm of departed spirits. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 499]

Hel

ruled over world of the dead. [Norse Myth.: Leach, 488]

Nergal

god ruling the world of dead. [Sumerian and Akkadian Myth.: Parrinder, 203]

Niflheim

region of perpetual cold and darkness; afterworld. [Norse Myth.: Wheeler, 259]

oak leaves, garland

of emblem of Hecate, goddess of the underworld. [Gk. Myth.: Jobes, 374]

Orcus

nether world of the dead. [Rom. Myth.: Wheeler, 270]

Pluto

god of underworld. [Gk. Myth.: Howe, 224 ]

Sheol

abode of the dead. [Hebrew Theology: Brewer Dictionary, 499]

Styx

river of Hades across which souls of dead must travel. [Gk. Myth.: Howe, 259]

Tartarus

infernal regions. [Gk. Myth.: Hall, 147]