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== Folklore and Mythology ==
* In [[Greek Mythology]], the Underworld is Hades, the realm of the god of the same name. Depending on their conduct in life, the dead can end up in the Elysian Fields, which are basically paradise, in the Fields of Asphodel, where they just sort of...hang out, or Tartarus, whose inmates are tortured for all eternity for crimes against the gods.
* In Japanese Mythology, Izanagi, the father of the gods, went to underworld to recover his wife, Izanami, after she died, but ran in terror from her when he saw she was now a rotting undead. Bizarrely, his son, the god Susano-o, on finding out his mother was there, just went to the underworld to live with her like nothing was wrong!
* In [[Mesopotamian Mythology]], the dead go to Irkalla, ruled by Ishtar's [[Darker and Edgier]] twin sister Ereshkigal. [[Inanna's Descent to the Netherworld|Ishtar tries to take over.]] {{spoiler|She isn't successful, and in fact loses her beloved husband Dumuzi for six months out of the year. Sort of karmic payment for stealing Ereshkigal's husband and getting him killed.}}
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* The Underworld in ''[[Hercules (
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