This article is about the Greek deities. For the band, see Chthonic (band). For other uses, see Chthon (disambiguation).
Relief from grave of Lysimachides (320 BC). Two men and two women sit together as Charon, the ferryman of the Underworld, approaches to take him to the land of the dead.
The word chthonic (/ˈθɒnɪk/), or chthonian, is derived from the Ancient Greek word χθών, "khthon", meaning earth or soil. It translates more directly from χθόνιος or "in, under, or beneath the earth" which can be differentiated from Γῆ, or "ge", which speaks to the living surface of land on the earth.[1][2][3] In Greek, chthonic is a descriptive word for things relating to the underworld and can be used in the context of chthonic gods, chthonic rituals, chthonic cults, and more.[4] This is as compared to the more commonly referred-to Olympic gods and their associated rites and cults. Olympic gods are understood to reference that which exists above the earth, particularly in the sky.[5] Gods that are related to agriculture are also considered to have chthonic associations as planting and growing take place in part under the earth.[6]
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^Bailly, Anatole (1935). "Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français". Internet Archive.
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^Roberts, Ellie Mackin (2015), "Echoes of the Underworld: Manifestations of Death-Related Gods in Early Greek Cult and Literature", King's College London
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^Scullion, Scott (1994-04-01). "Olympian and Chthonian". Classical Antiquity. 13 (1): 75–119. doi:10.2307/25011006. ISSN 0278-6656. JSTOR 25011006.
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