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Yggdrasil , a modern attempt to reconstruct the Norse world tree which connects the heavens, the world, and the underworld.
The legs of the god Vishnu as the Cosmic Man depict earth and the seven realms of the Hindu underworld of Patala . The feet rest on cosmic serpent Shesha .
The underworld or netherworld is an otherworld 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, with links to corresponding articles.
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
Hell , Sheol , Gehenna , Tártaros , Limbo , Purgatory
Egyptian mythology
Aaru , Duat , Neter-khertet , Amenti
Estonian mythology
Toonela
Fijian mythology
see Melanesian mythology
Finnish mythology
Tuonela
Germanic
Hel , Niflheim
Greek mythology
Elysium , Asphodel Meadows , 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 , Azazel , Tehom , Tophet , Tzoah Rotachat , Dudael
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 , Nabagatai , Tuma
Norse mythology
Gimlé , Hel , Niflhel , 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
Romanian mythology
Tărâmul Celălalt
Slavic mythology
Nav , Podsvetie , Peklo , Iriy
Sumerian mythology
Dilmun , Kur , Irkalla , Hubur
Turko-Mongol
Erlik
Vodou mythology
Guinee
Wagawaga (New Guinea) mythology
Hiyoyoa
This list includes rulers or guardians of the underworld in various mythologies, with links to corresponding articles.
Aboriginal mythology
Baiame (Kamilaroi ), Eingana
Akkadian mythology
Allu , Anu , Anunnaku , Ereshkigal , Etemmu , Gallu , Humbaba , Mamitu , Nergal , Utnapishtim
Albanian mythology
E Bukura e Dheut
Turko-Mongol
Erlik
Armenian mythology
Spandaramat
Aztec mythology
Mictlantecuhtli , Mictecacihuatl , Chalmecacihuilt , Chalmecatl
Babylonian mythology
Erra , Nergal , Ninlil , Sursunabu , Ur-shanabi , Utnapishtim
Balinese mythology
Batara Kala , Setesuyara
Bon mythology
gNyan
Buddhist mythology
Yama, Emma-O-, Yanluo
Canaanite mythology
Mot , Arsay
Celtic mythology
Aed , Arawn , Cwn Annwn , Donn , Gwyn ap Nudd , Manannán mac Lir , Pwyll
Chinese mythology
Gui , Yanluo
Christian mythology
Satan , Lucifer , Beelzebub
Egyptian mythology
Aken , Aker (strictly only the gatekeeper), Am-heh , Amunet , Ammit , Andjety , Anubis , Apep , Apis , Astennu , Ha , Imiut (if the Imiut was ever considered a god), Isis , Mehen , Naunet , Nehebkau , Nephthys , Nun , Nut , Osiris , Ptah , Seker , Thoth
Elamite mythology
Jabru
Estonian mythology
Vanapagan
Etruscan mythology
Charun , Culsu , Februus , Mania , Mantus , Nethuns , Tuchulcha , Vanth
Finnish mythology
Kalma , Kipu-Tyttö , Kivutar , Lovitar , Surma , Tuonen akka , Tuonetar , Tuoni , Vammatar
Greek mythology
Cerberus , Charon , Hadēs , Pluto , Keres , Persephone , Thánatos
Georgian mythology
sasuleti
Haida mythology
Ta'xet , Tia
Hinduism
Yama
Hopi mythology
Maasaw
Ibo mythology
Ala
Incan mythology
Supay , Vichama
Indonesian mythology (ancient Javananese, Sundanese and Balinese)
Batara Kala guardian for sinners souls' underworld, Dewi Sri guardess for the righteous souls' underworld
Inuit mythology
Pana , Sedna
Islamic mythology
Maalik as the guardian of the jahannam hell's door, Iblis accompany the sinners in jahannam
Japanese mythology
Hotoke , Izanami-no-Mikoto , Jikininki , Shikome , Shitidama , Shiryō , Susanoo-no-Mikoto , Yama
Kassite mythology
Dur
Khmer mythology
Preas Eyssaur
Latvian mythology
Veļi , Velu mate , Zemes mate
Levantine mythology
Mot , Arsay
Lunda mythology
Kalunga
Maori mythology
Kewa
Maya mythology
Xibalba
Melanesian mythology
(includes Fijian mythology) Degei , Ratumaibulu , Samulayo
Narragansett mythology
Chepi
Navaho mythology
Estsanatlehi
Niquiran mythology
Mictanteot
Norse mythology
Garmr , Hel , Ran
Ob-Ugrian mythology
Heini-iki
Orokolo mythology
Kiavari
Persian mythology
Angra Mainyu , Azhi Dahaka , Peri
Philippine mythology
Magwayen/Maguayen , Sidapa
Phoenician mythology
Horon
Phrygian mythology
Men
Polynesian mythology
Hikuleo , Hina , Hine-nui-te-Po , Kanaloa , Kiho-tumu , Makea Tutara , Mahiuki , Mahu-ike , Marama , Mauri , Merau , Milu , Miru , Rimu , Rohe , Whiro
Prussian mythology
Picullus
Pueblo mythology
Iyatiku
Roma (Gypsy) mythology
Beng
Roman mythology
Cerberus , Dea Tacita , Dis Pater , Egestes , Fames , Inferi Dii , Larenta , Letum , Libitina , Mors , Orcus , Pluto , Proserpina , Viduus
Romanian mythology
Diavolu , Satana , Necuratu , Scaraoschi
Russian mythology
Dyavol , Satanaya
Saami mythology
Yambe-akka
Salish mythology
Amotken
Siberian mythology
Chebeldei , Kul
Slavic mythology
Crnobog , Flins , Marzana , Nyia , Veles (god)
Sumerian mythology
Edimmu , Ekimmu , Endukugga , Enmesarra , Ereshkigal , Gidim , Gula , Irkalla , Kur , Namtar , Nergal , Neti , Nindukugga , Ninlil , Urshanabi , Ziusudra
Syrian mythology
Reshep
Tamil mythology
Cur
Thracian mythology
Heros
Turkic mythology
Erlik
Vodou
Baron Cimetière , Baron La Croix , Baron Samedi , Ghede , Maman Brigitte , Marassa Jumeaux
Wagawaga mythology
Tumudurere
Yoruba mythology
Esu
Yurak mythology
Nga
Zuni mythology
Uhepono
See also
Otherworld
World Tree — A tree that connects the heavens, the earth, and the underworld in a number of spiritual belief systems
References
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