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Underworld
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Underworld

For other meanings of the word "underworld" see Underworld (disambiguation)

In the study of mythology and religion, the underworld is a generic term approximately equivalent to the lay term afterlife, referring to any place to which newly-dead souls go.

See also: psychopomp.

Table of contents
1 Underworlds
2 Rulers of the Underworld
2.28 Aboriginal mythology
2.29 Akkadian mythology
2.30 Albanian mythology
2.31 Armenian mythology
2.32 Aztec mythology
2.33 Babylonian mythology
2.34 Bon mythology
2.35 Buddhist mythology
2.36 Canaanite mythology
2.37 Celtic mythology
2.38 Chinese mythology
2.39 Christianity
2.40 Egyptian mythology
2.41 Elamite mythology
2.42 Etruscan mythology
2.43 Finnish mythology
2.44 Greek mythology
2.45 Gypsy mythology
2.46 Haida mythology
2.47 Hinduism
2.48 Hopi mythology
2.49 Ibo mythology
2.50 Incan mythology
2.51 Indonesian mythology
2.52 Inuit mythology
2.53 Islamic mythology
2.54 Japanese mythology
2.55 Kassite mythology
2.56 Khmer mythology
2.57 Latvian mythology
2.58 Lunda mythology
2.59 Maya mythology
2.60 Narragansett mythology
2.61 Navaho mythology
2.62 Niquiran mythology
2.63 Norse mythology
2.64 Orokolo mythology
2.65 Persian mythology
2.66 Phoenician mythology
2.67 Phrygian mythology
2.68 Polynesian mythology
2.69 Prussian mythology
2.70 Pueblo mythology
2.71 Roman mythology
2.72 Russian mythology
2.73 Saami mythology
2.74 Salish mythology
2.75 Siberian mythology
2.76 Slavic mythology
2.77 Sumerian mythology
2.78 Syrian mythology
2.79 Tamil mythology
2.80 Vodun
2.81 Wagawaga mythology
2.82 Yoruba mythology
2.83 Yurak mythology
2.84 Zuni mythology

Underworlds

Aboriginal mythology

Akkadian mythology

Buddhist mythology

Celtic mythology

Christianity

Egyptian mythology

Fijian mythology

Finnish mythology

Greek mythology

Hinduism

Incan mythology

Inuit mythology

Islam

Indonesian mythology

Japanese mythology

Latvian mythology

Maya mythology

Melanesian mythology

Norse mythology

Oromo mythology

Polynesian mythology

Pueblo mythology

Roman mythology

Slavic mythology

Sumerian mythology

Vodun

Wagawaga mythology

Rulers of the Underworld

(Note: this includes guardian-type creatures, ghosts, and spirits such as demons, veli, and Cerberus)

Aboriginal mythology

Akkadian mythology

Albanian mythology

Armenian mythology

Aztec mythology

Babylonian mythology

Bon mythology

Buddhist mythology

Canaanite mythology

Celtic mythology

Chinese mythology

Christianity

Egyptian mythology

Elamite mythology

Etruscan mythology

Finnish mythology

Greek mythology

Gypsy mythology

Haida mythology

Hinduism

Hopi mythology

Ibo mythology

Incan mythology

Indonesian mythology

Inuit mythology

Islamic mythology

Japanese mythology

Kassite mythology

Khmer mythology

Latvian mythology

Lunda mythology

Maya mythology

Narragansett mythology

Navaho mythology

Niquiran mythology

Norse mythology

Orokolo mythology

Persian mythology

Phoenician mythology

Phrygian mythology

Polynesian mythology

Prussian mythology

Pueblo mythology

Roman mythology

Russian mythology

Saami mythology

Salish mythology

Siberian mythology

Slavic mythology

Sumerian mythology

Syrian mythology

Tamil mythology

Vodun

Wagawaga mythology

Yoruba mythology

Yurak mythology

Zuni mythology