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search Yggdrasil, a modern attempt to reconstruct the Norse
world tree which connects the heavens, the world, and the
underworld. The legs of the god Vishnu as the Cosmic Man depict
earth and the seven realms of the Hindu underworld of Patala.
The feet rest on cosmic serpent Shesha.  The underworld or
netherworld is thought to be deep underground or beneath the
surface of the world in most religions and mythologies.[1]
Typically it is a place where the souls of the departed go, an
afterlife or a realm of the dead. Chthonic is the technical
adjective for things of the underworld.  Underworlds by
mythology[edit]  This list includes underworlds in various
mythology, with links to corresponding articles.  Aztec
mythology Mictlan Babylonian mythology Irkalla Buddhist
mythology Naraka (also Niraya) Celtic mythology Annwn, Mag Mell
Chinese mythology / taoism Diyu 地獄 Christian mythology Hades,
Hell, Sheol, Gehenna, Tártaros, Limbo, Purgatory Egyptian
mytholog