Mythology Glossary Definition (English)

Underworld Defined
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"The dark, subterranean world of death into which the hero of the monomyth must descend before he may be reborn. Variations of this quintessentially chthonic episode are found in the stories of Gilgamesh, Demeter and Persephone, Kutoyis, and Jesus, among many others."
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