Of or relating to the under world; subterranean.

Springing from the earth.

adjective. Designating, or pertaining to, gods or spirits of the underworld; esp., relating to the underworld gods of the Greeks, whose worship is widely considered as more primitive in form than that of the Olympian gods. 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.

adjective. Pertaining to the underworld; being beneath the earth.

adjective. dwelling beneath the surface of the earth

"In early times the Greek worship was most earnestly directed to that set of deities who resided at the gloomy centre of the earth, and who were called the chthonian gods. 66 The hope of immortality first sprung up and was nourished in connection with this worship."

infernal  

chthonic  

Vedic  all-comprehending  all-glorious  autochthonous  better-class  

Acherontic  Druid  Hadean  Lethean  Parsi