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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