Underworlds By Mythology
This list includes underworlds in various mythologies, with links to corresponding articles.
| Turko-Mongol | Yerlik (see Erlik) |
| Aztec mythology | Mictlan |
| Babylonian mythology | Irkalla |
| Buddhist mythology | Naraka (also Niraya) |
| Celtic mythology | Annwn, Mag Mell |
| Chinese mythology | Yum gan (陰間) is an underworld though not necessarily negative like Diyu (地獄) |
| Christian mythology | Sheol/Hadēs (Abode of the dead), Gehenna/Tártaros (Hell), Abaddon, Limbo, Purgatory, Annihilationism, Intermediate state, Resurrection of the Dead |
| Egyptian mythology | Aaru, Duat, Neter-khertet, Amenti |
| Estonian mythology | Toonela |
| Guanche mythology |
Echeide, Guayota |
| Fijian mythology | see Melanesian mythology. |
| Finnish mythology | Tuonela |
| Greek mythology | |
| Hebrew mythology | Sheol, Gehenna |
| Hindu mythology | Naraka or Yamaloka, Patala |
| Hopi mythology | Maski |
| Hungarian mythology | Alvilág |
| Inca mythology | Uku Pacha |
| Inuit mythology | Adlivun |
| Islamic mythology | Jahannam, Naar, Barzakh, Araf |
| Jain mythology | Naraka, Adho Loka (the lower worlds) |
| Japanese mythology | Yomi, Jigoku |
| Korean mythology | "Ji-Ok" 지옥 地獄 |
| Latvian mythology | Aizsaule |
| Malay mythology | Alam Ghaib (The unseen realm) |
| Indonesian mythology | |
| Māori mythology | Hawaiki |
| Mapuche mythology | Pellumawida, Degin, Wenuleufu, Ngullchenmaiwe |
| Maya mythology | Metnal, Xibalba |
| Melanesian mythology | (includes Fijian) Bulu, Burotu, Murimuria, Nabangatai, Tuma |
| Norse mythology | Gimlé, Hel, Niflheim, Vingólf |
| Oromo mythology | Ekera |
| Philippine mythology | Kasanaan |
| Polynesian mythology | Avaiki, Bulotu, Iva, Lua-o-Milu, Nga- Atua, Pulotu, Rangi Tuarea, Te Toi-o-nga-Ranga, Uranga-o-Te-Ra |
| Pueblo mythology | Shipap |
| Roman mythology | Inferno, Avernus, Orcus/Hadēs, Pluto |
| Slavic mythology | Podsvetie, Peklo, Nava |
| Sumerian mythology | Dilmun, Kur, Irkalla, Hubur |
| Vodou mythology | Guinee |
| Wagga Wagga mythology | Hiyoyoa |
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