chthonian

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Director Donskoi's cartoon-capitalists are often fun to look at, if impossible to take seriously, and even moviegoers who cannot believe in Marxist fairy tales will feel the chthonian power of Donskoi's images.

From Time Magazine Archive

In earth's womb the old gods stir, Fierce chthonian dieties of old time.

From Eight Harvard Poets by Cummings, E. Estlin

There is also indeed a glimmering of the dark background of the nether world, and the chthonian powers that might send up the Erinys to fulfil the curse of the wronged.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

As a chthonian power, she is worshipped at the Samothracian mysteries, and is closely connected with Demeter.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

In some cases, like Serapis, he carries a modius on his head, and this, like the cup, is an emblem of chthonian gods, and a symbol of the fertility of the soil.

From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by MacCulloch, J. A.