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The UnderworldUnderworld Underworld World of the dead in various mythologies For other uses, see Underworld (disambiguation). 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.[1] Chthonic is the technical adjective for things of the underworld. Oweynagat in Rathcroghan, the entrance to the underworld in Irish mythology Juno in the Underworld by Jan Brueghel the Younger, between 1626 and 1630 The concept of an underworld is found in almost every civilization and "may be as old as humanity itself".[2] Common features of underworld myths are accounts of living people making journeys to the underworld, often for some heroic purpose. Other myths reinforce… (Source: Wikipedia)
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