chthonian

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Definition of chthonian in English Turkish dictionary

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Definition of chthonian in English English dictionary

Designating, or pertaining to, gods or spirits of the underworld; esp

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

of the underworld; "nether regions

Pertaining to the underworld; being beneath the earth

relating to the underworld gods of the Greeks, whose worship is widely considered as more primitive in form than that of the Olympian gods

Hyphenation

chtho·ni·an