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- DictionaryUn·der·world/ˈəndərˌwərld/
noun
- 1. the world of criminals or of organized crime: "a man reputed to be a godfather of the Glasgow underworld"
- 2. the mythical abode of the dead, imagined as being under the earth.
noun
The underworld, also known as the netherworld or hell, is the supernatural world of the dead in various religious traditions and myths, located below the world of the living. Chthonic is the technical adjective for things of the underworld. The concept of an underworld is found in almost every civilization and "may be as old as humanity itself". Common features of underworld myths are accounts of ... Wikipedia