the underworld

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The animated movie about a Korean girl group battling invaders from the underworld was a surprise hit last year, becoming the most watched original film on Netflix.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

There may be no better time for a schemer like Ashur to be resurrected from the underworld.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025

His status in the underworld earned him the moniker "the Sultan".

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2025

The show’s villains are not just the demons from the underworld Jentry faces in battle but the people closest to her and how the choices they’ve made have affected her.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2024

Tartarus and Erebus are sometimes two divisions of the underworld, Tartarus the deeper of the two, the prison of the Sons of Earth; Erebus where the dead pass as soon as they die.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton