Underworld

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. In most cultures the term refers to a neutral or dystopic realm of the afterlife, instead of a heavenly or paradisiac one. Sometimes the underworld is identified as "Hell" because Hell is thought to be under the Earth.

Rulers of the Underworld

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

References in popular culture

The setting for the Heroes in Hell shared world series of Bangsian fantasy works by Janet Morris, C. J. Cherryh and others.
The location of the captive Prince Rilian in The Silver Chair, of C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia series, is the Underland.
The evil Outer Planes of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.
The Netherworld of the Playstation 2 video game Disgaea: Hour of Darkness and other games of the series.
The Underworld in the video game Devil May Cry in Mission 19 "Enter the Corrupted World"
The Underworld in Super Paper Mario, where people whose "games have ended" go to.
A high-end zone of the Guild Wars video game series.
A representation of hell in the Mortal Kombat video game series, known as the Netherrealm.
Underworld is the title of a Doctor Who story based on the legend of the Golden Fleece
In certain games of the Legend of Zelda series, Hyrule has an underworld.
In The Birds (1963), when Mitch and Melonie are on top of the hill during Cathy's party.
This has influenced several gothic fiction texts. Karzahni, where poor Matoran workers were sent before 's coming in the Bionicle mythos.
In the television series Charmed, The Underworld was the residence of evil beings.
From Star Trek, Gre'thor and Fek'lhr appear in Klingon mythology.
In the television series Power Rangers: Mystic Force, the antagonists reside in a world which appears to be quite literally under the surface of the earth. Nevertheless, several ghoulish characters —such as Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies, Mummies and even someone very similar to Frankenstein's monster — act as primary residents (this version of the Underworld is more similar to Hades or Hell).
Underworld (2003), a film directed by Len Wiseman and starring Kate Beckinsale about a war between vampires and werewolves. There was also a sequel - Underworld: Evolution (2006) and followed by a prequel, Underworld 3: The Rise of the Lycans
In the animated television series Chaotic, there's a tribe called the UnderWorld in perim.
In Tony Hawk's Underground 2 in the New Orleans area, if you complete the "Raise The Dead" goal, there will be a mini-movie showing the opening of the underworld in the middle of the city.
In the anime Renkin 3-kyū Magical ? Pokān, four princesses (a witch, a vampire, a werewolf, and an android) live in Japan

Limbo

Limbo is where the river of Styx is and King Minos the Judge of the Damned lives.

Translation

The word "Underworld" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Simple English.

Translation(s) in other languages: Catalan: Inframón, Czech: Podsvětí, German: Unterwelt, Spanish: Anexo:Inframundo, French: Au-delà, Italian: Oltretomba, Luxembourgish: Ënnerwelt (Mythologie), Lithuanian: Požeminis pasaulis, Macedonian: Подземен свет, Dutch: Onderwereld (mythologie), Norwegian (Bokmål): Dødsrike, Polish: Zaświaty, Portuguese: Submundo, Russian: Загробный мир, Serbo-Croatian: Podzemni svijet, Finnish: Vainajala, Swedish: Dödsrike, Tagalog: Mundong Ilalim, Vietnamese: Địa ngục, Volapük: Disvol.