Talk:Underworld

message: Should this page cover all places for dead souls or just those with negative connotations. The is a central question as it determins which links for various cultures are appropriate.
Wikitony has: The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.
Personally I feel it is better if the list is more inclusive, as it makes it easier to find the heaven equivalents to some culture.--Salix alba (talk) 18:32, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition of underworld 

message: how about a list of those mythological persons that traveled to the various underworlds
such as Hercules (greek) Inanna (sumerian) Dante (christian) etal,and thier various motives, summary of experience.
* NM just saw the see also link at the top :P
Also it may be splitting hairs. but maybe distinguish Rulers/judges from gatekeepers and important inhabitants such as Thanatos and Cerberus from Hades/Dis
--Bloodkith (talk) 06:35, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: travelers to the underworld

message: According to the Bible, where Christianity comes from, God rules the Underworld.  Satan or demons are actucally not in Hell, or the underworld yet.  This is a common misconception that I can back up with biblical statements.  Matthew25:11 talks about hell was actually prepared for the angels and the devil, that is wasn't intended for people.  Jude 1:6-7 talks about fallen angels being chained to the earth until the day of Judgement.  In Christianity God/Jesus is all powerful, and is even over Hell or the Underworld.  24.233.222.85 (talk) 15:53, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it may be useful to explore the relationship(s) between the Chair of the Board of a corporation, and that corporation's CEO.  Who is the CEO of the Underworld?  When CNBC invites someone to speak about Ford Motor Company's 5-year plan, do you think they'd rather have appearing as special guest William Clay Ford, Jr., or Alan R. Mulally?  Does Satan "report" to God or Jesus?  Can God terminate the contract of Mr. Lucifer? -- I'm not that crazy (talk) 16:40, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ruler of Underworld, Christianity 

message: The river Styx should be removed as it is neither the ruler, a demon, a ghost or Cerebrus.  Let us discuss this  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.233.222.85 (talk) 16:07, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Greek Mythology 

message: Can we move it to the article on Hell? Also, see my above comments. :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 01:18, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Good alternative. :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 04:05, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Underworld only means a realm below the earth, not necessarily Hell, for example the Hindu underworld Patala is different from the Hindu Hell Naraka, though in some religions, both are same. --Redtigerxyz  Talk  16:27, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed.  Hell and Underworld are sometimes synonymous, sometimes not, but they are different things, as you can see if you look at Greek underworld.  Geoff B (talk) 18:02, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Furthermore, there may be a problem with the current article on "Hell" which encompasses many different concepts. The articles name evokes the beliefs of one specific religion (however-much this name may be taken from another religion). 14:03, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

text: Given these objections, should a link to Patala be added to Underworld (disambiguation)? If links to this and similar underworlds were added, would there still be objection to moving that page to this name? Cnilep (talk) 23:20, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

text: Oh, I hadn't noticed those pages. I wonder why the page was split into lists. I have asked the editor who performed the split to comment. Cnilep (talk) 17:20, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, that editor doesn't seem interested in this discussion. I withdraw my proposal to move Underworld (disambiguation) here. I support Salix's suggestion that this page be restored to pre-split content. Cnilep (talk) 15:15, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Disagreed with merger into Hell as these can be two different concepts. Agreed with merger into List of underworlds. In any case we should improve the article as currently either page merely contains a list without much of a preface. Also redundant elements with Underworld (disambiguation) should be avoided. --Robinandroid (talk) 21:51, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge to [[Hell]] 

message: As discussed above, the pages List of underworlds and List of underworld rulers were created by splitting them from Underworld. The remaining very short Underworld page was proposed for merger to Hell, but there was no consensus for that merger. During that discussion another user suggested restoring Underworld to its pre-split content. I therefore propose that both list pages be merged to their former parent. Cnilep (talk) 14:14, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge from lists 

message: Why does it list Cur as their underworld figure and then link to a type of dog? Was this a broken or mistyped or incorrect link, or something meant to be offensive? I don't know enough about Tamil mythology to say, but this concerns me.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.11.162.65 (talk) 21:25, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tamil Mythology Section 

message: On the page: "Underworlds" there is an error for the Turkic Underworld
In the list it says that Erlik is the Underworld realm, but he is the ruler of the underworld while the Turkic underworld realm is known as Tamag. It says so on the wikipedia page for Erlik. 
Now half of the internet is incorrect because when I google this everyone is copying and pasting from wikipedia.
If however, I am mistaken, and there is an instance of Erlik as an underworld realm with the same name as the ruler of said realm, I would be very interested in finding a source, because I am making a list of underworld rulers and realms with the same name. Any help would be greatly appreciated.  --Themetacognologist (talk) 23:15, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of Underworlds 

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