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Definition of Chthonic
1. Adjective. Dwelling beneath the surface of the earth. "Nether regions"
Definition of Chthonic
1. a. Pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, chthonic religions.
Definition of Chthonic
1. Adjective. Dwelling within or under the earth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chthonic
1. pertaining to the gods of the underworld [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chthonic
Literary usage of Chthonic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mythology of All Races by John Arnott MacCulloch, Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, Alice Werner (1916)
"Zeus as a chthonic Divinity. — The few instances where Zeus appears as a chthonic
divinity, or deity of the underworld, were probably the result of a ..."
2. Greek and Roman [mythology] by William Sherwood Fox (1916)
"Zeus as a chthonic Divinity. — The few instances where Zeus appears as a chthonic
divinity, or deity of the underworld, were probably the result of a ..."
3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"... while the sacrifice is the pig (offered to the chthonic deities, not to those
of the heavens, as was Zeus), and the seated deity is identified with Zeus ..."
4. The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: Terracotta Figurines of the Classical by Gloria S. Merker (2000)
"The chthonic association of Artemis with Hekate could also have been a factor.
She may have been more prominent after the rebuilding of the sanctuary in ..."
5. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"And the chthonic religions were themselves in their origin an innovation upon
animal worship, which corresponded to the rise of Totemism (M'Lennan, ..."
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