chthonian

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Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation, exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis, horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2021

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 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.

The chthonian aspect of the hero is further shown by his attribute the snake, and in many cases he appears under that form himself.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

It must be strange to die, surrounded by jackals at their chthonian litanies.

From In Mesopotamia by Nicoll, Maurice