chthonic
adjective formal uk/ˈθɒn.ɪk/ /ˈkθɒn.ɪk/ us/ˈθɑː.nɪk/
（古代传说中）地府的
relating to or living in the underworld (= the place in ancient stories where the spirits of the dead go)
In older Greek and Hellenistic cults, the snake was worshipped as a symbol of the chthonic deity. 古老的希腊异教将蛇作为冥神的象征来崇拜。
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- In the Odyssey, gulls are associated with Calypso and are chthonic birds.
- He writes about an Ireland that is primal, menacing, chthonic.
- In his youth, Apollo killed the chthonic dragon Python.
- In their unconscious life they were worshipping Wotan, the chthonic god of war and violence.