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Definition of Chthonian
1. Adjective. Dwelling beneath the surface of the earth. "Nether regions"
Definition of Chthonian
1. a. Designating, or pertaining to, gods or spirits of the underworld; esp., relating to the underworld gods of the Greeks, whose worship is widely considered as more primitive in form than that of the Olympian gods. The characteristics of chthonian worship are propitiatory and magical rites and generalized or euphemistic names of the deities, which are supposed to have been primarily ghosts.
Definition of Chthonian
1. Adjective. Pertaining to the underworld; being beneath the earth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chthonian
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chthonian
Literary usage of Chthonian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cults of the Greek States by Lewis Richard Farnell (1907)
"In the rare cases where the name Persephone was the official title, we may assume
that a specially chthonian character attached to the religion. ..."
2. The Greek Philosophers by Alfred William Benn (1882)
"... partly that its objects need not be lured away by the attraction of richer
offerings elsewhere, partly because the activity of these chthonian deities, ..."
3. The Journal of Philology by William George Clark, John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor, William Aldis Wright, Ingram Bywater, Henry Jackson (1868)
"ON chthonian WORSHIP. A DREAD of malignant spirits, of unseen powers of evil,
seems, from its universality, to be an instinct in man. ..."
4. Review of Theology & Philosophy edited by Allan Menzies (1908)
"If the chthonian elements are to predominate, if Demeter's original identity ...
The chthonian character of Demeter was recognised, probably in most Greek ..."
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