the underworld
noun
1
: the world of crime and criminals
2
: the place where dead people go in Greek myths
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The ceiba tree is a connection between three worlds – the underworld via the tree’s roots, the entrance to heaven from the branches, and our present world on earth is the tree trunk base.
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Miriam Porter, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
In this, the first installment, there are two deaths—first, of a local contractor with ties to the underworld, then of the retirement village’s rapacious developer.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 25 June 2025
Omar Sanchez, the spa's manager, explained that the ancient Mayans believed Ceiba trees, of which there are several planted here, connect our world with the underworld through their roots and with the heavens through their branches.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2025
The twin netherworlds—named after the mythical Greek god of the underworld and the pilot who shuttled souls across the river Styx—circle more than five billion kilometers distant from the sun, along an orbit that Stern’s Pluto expedition took nine years to reach.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
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Miriam Porter, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
In this, the first installment, there are two deaths—first, of a local contractor with ties to the underworld, then of the retirement village’s rapacious developer.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 25 June 2025
Omar Sanchez, the spa's manager, explained that the ancient Mayans believed Ceiba trees, of which there are several planted here, connect our world with the underworld through their roots and with the heavens through their branches.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2025
The twin netherworlds—named after the mythical Greek god of the underworld and the pilot who shuttled souls across the river Styx—circle more than five billion kilometers distant from the sun, along an orbit that Stern’s Pluto expedition took nine years to reach.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
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“The underworld.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20underworld. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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