(Religion) the world of the dead.
(Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone.
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Examples for "underworld "
Examples for "underworld "
1 They hide in the crannies of the underworld ; politics is their protection.
2 The Chicago Crime Commission concluded: The underworld was well-represented at the meeting.
3 They are often very good Healers, or Travelers in the Mother's underworld .
4 Spying on the underworld is an important part of the office's work.
5 The links between cricket and the underworld go back a long way.
1 Nothing lived there that hadn't crossed over into the netherworld long ago.
2 Yet Shadoath had come from the netherworld , and she bore such runes.
3 Some were beasts of the netherworld and looked in no way human.
4 But the magnificent pine of the netherworld held the storm at bay.
5 The door to the netherworld still looked as if it was open.
1 The messengers prayed her to assist in weeping Baldur out of Hel .
2 He stared at her with an astonishment that Hel found quite unflattering.
3 Maddy on one side, Hel on the other, Balder in the middle.
4 Around his neck Hel 's deathwatch indicated that they had thirty-eight minutes left.
5 With a flick of her dead fingers, Hel made the window disappear.
1 No really, this area of Manhattan New York is called Hell 's Kitchen.
2 But in the torment of Hell shall the wicked remain for ever:
3 I cannot cross the barrier; Hell has posted the Vertumni as sentinels.
4 Barcelona in August was like the Hell to which Emile likened it.
5 Somewhere among the Off Islands; on the Terrier, maybe, or the Hell -meadows .
1 For good or evil, my fate lies ahead, in the bowels of this infernal region .
2 A continual roaring filled his ears, and it seemed as if he was being drawn into some infernal region .
3 Here flows the Styx, the River of Hate, nine times round the infernal region , dark waters flooded with ancient mysteries.
4 Macrobius writes, in his commentary on the "Dream of Scipio," "Here, on earth, is the cavern of Dis, the infernal region .
5 Soon after we leave this infernal region we hear a constant roar like that coming from a large steamer about to leave its moorings.
In Greek mythology, the underworld and abode of the dead.
1 Artemis resumed her cradling position as Zeus crawled over to Hades ' side.
2 The matter is serious, very serious indeed; all Hades is in commotion.
3 If any ask after me, tell them to seek me in Hades .
4 Every muscle in my body is raising particular Hades at this moment.
5 Of that the old creature in her nethermost Hades was nearly incapable.
6 Another upgrade Hades made: he tightened security at the gates of Erebos.
7 Phlegethon: a river of Hades in which flowed flames instead of water.
8 This time, Hades sent the messenger god Hermes to look for Sisyphus.
9 There had been an earthquake, all right, and it was Hades 's fault.
10 An inquirer had asked how Epicurus fared in Hades , and was told:
11 Yes, and where were Persephone's guards that day that Hades got her?
12 Sisyphos was punished by being obliged to roll stones up-hill in Hades .
13 The roar that followed made Hades 's earthquake look like a minor event.
14 Let us have Odysseus down in Hades , and Ajax stalking past him.
15 He had under him the great wrong-doers of one part of Hades .
16 You'll need to travel to Hades then, for he is also dead.
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