Underworld

The underworld, also known as Hades, was a concept of the afterlife in several religions both on and off Earth.
In Mesopotamian mythology, the underworld was ruled by a queen named Erishkigal. (PROSE: ) Ishtar was known for descending to and returning from the underworld. (PROSE: )
In Greek mythology, Hades was king of the underworld and Charon was the ferryman who carried people across the River Styx to the underworld. Orpheus was known for going into the underworld to get his wife back from the dead. (PROSE: ) Katarina believed that the Doctor's TARDIS travelled through the underworld. (TV: ) After her death, she entered the Underworld. She was unable to cross the River Styx, but the First Doctor helped her to enter the Elysian Fields. (PROSE: )
In Pompeii, the Romans believed that the Pyroviles were the gods of the underworld. (TV: )
In Quill mythology, the Quill Goddess emerged from the underworld, where she had been trapped, into the first Quill nest. (TV: )
Maximilian Vilmius called himself the king of the underworld. (AUDIO: )
The Fourth Doctor called the planet which had formed around the P7E the underworld. (TV: )
Seb called the Nethersphere the underworld. (TV: )
In 1816, when Ashad attempted to manifest himself over Lake Geneva near Villa Diodati, he looked like a bright white light, which Percy Shelley described as a "death god rising from Hades". (TV: )
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