Underworld
"Born Slippy" performers
The underworld is the realm of the dead in various mythologies—a shadowy place beneath the earth where souls go after death: Orpheus descended to the underworld to retrieve Eurydice.
By extension, the underworld refers to the criminal element of society, organized crime operating beneath legitimate society: He had connections to the underworld, an underworld figure.
Greek afterlife realm
- afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
- PersephoneGreek underworld queen
- OrpheusLegendary Greek musician
- StyxMythological boundary water
Charon · shades · Cerberus · Tartarus · Elysium · Anubis · Osiris · ferryman
Below ground or countercultural
- cavernLarge natural underground chamber
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
- depthsLowest or innermost regions
chthonic · cave · beneath · hollow · darkness · labyrinth · catacombs · sewers
Criminal organization using intimidation
- organized crimeStructured illegal enterprise
- mobDisorderly, aggressive crowd
- syndicateCombined group pursuing shared interest
- gangsterCriminal organization member
cartel · smuggling · trafficking · black market · racket · godfather · capo · hitman
Hades
Greek afterlife realm
- afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
- PersephoneGreek underworld queen
- OrpheusLegendary Greek musician
Styx · Charon · shades · Cerberus · Tartarus · Elysium · Anubis · Osiris · ferryman · souls
underground
Below ground or countercultural
- cavernLarge natural underground chamber
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
depths · chthonic · cave · beneath · hollow · darkness · labyrinth · catacombs · sewers · buried
mafia
Criminal organization using intimidation
- organized crimeStructured illegal enterprise
- mobDisorderly, aggressive crowd
- syndicateCombined group pursuing shared interest
gangster · cartel · smuggling · trafficking · black market · racket · godfather · capo · hitman · enforcer
- Death MythsGrim Reaper, Anubis, Hades, Osiris, Charon
- 2003 FilmsFinding Nemo, Pirates of the Caribbean, Kill Bill, The Matrix Reloaded, Bruce Almighty
- 90s BooksHarry Potter, Fight Club, Jurassic Park, The English Patient, Bridget Jones
- realmsrealm, kingdom, domain, Heaven, Hades
UnderworldHeaven
Sacred afterlife realm
Paradise · celestial realm · Olympus · Elysium · upper world
Underworldupperworld
Society's privileged echelon
establishment · polite society · civil society · high society
Underworldoverworld
Main explorable surface area
upper world · aboveground · surface · sky · topside
- the underworldRealm of the dead
- criminal underworldIllegal activity's hidden realm
- seedy underworldSociety's corrupt hidden layer
- Greek underworldClassical realm of dead
- dark underworld
- underworld journeyMythic descent to death's realm