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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: descent to the underworld, psychopomp.

see Melanesian mythology.

(includes Fijian)

Rulers of the Underworld

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

Indonesian mythology

Levantine mythology

Lunda mythology

(includes Fijian mythology)

Fictional underworlds

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This has influenced several gothic fiction texts.

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