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Chthonic (adj) means living in the underworld.

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Living in the underworld.

"The young pantheon had remanded their elders to the role of smouldering, chthonic gods; to inhabiting dark, deep places, hidden from mortal eyes and influence."

"A most striking thing about Hainin’s fauna is how chthonic it is." — Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History (2018)

"Beowulf's mood as he gets ready to fight the dragon - who could be read as a projection of Beowulf's own chthonic wisdom refined in the crucible of experience - recalls the mood of other tragic heroes." — Seamus Heaney, Introduction (1999)

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