Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Glossary: Chthonic

Pertaining to the underworld, i.e. the unconscious. Persephone and Hades are considered chthonic gods. The opposite of chthonic is olympian (e.g., the gods of consciousness; the gods who live on Mount Olympus; Zeus, Hera, Apollo, Athena, etc.)

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