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Definition of Chthonic

Chthonic
Chthonic Chthon"ic, a. [Gr. ?, ?, the earth.] Pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, chthonic religions. [The] chthonic character of the wife of Zeus. --Max M["u]ller.

Meaning of Chthonic from wikipedia

- The word chthonic (/ˈθɒnɪk/), or chthonian, is derived from the Ancient Gr**** word χθών, "khthon", meaning earth or soil. It translates more directly from...
- Chthonic (sometimes typeset ChthoniC or ChThoniC) is a Taiwanese heavy metal band, formed in 1995 in Taipei. They have been called "the Black Sabbath of...
- an automobile brand used by the Spanish company SEAT Cupra (goddess), a chthonic fertility goddess Cupra Marittima, a commune in Marche, Italy This disambiguation...
- Chthonic law is a system of law centered on the sacred character of the cosmos. According to Professor H. Patrick Glenn, the Chthonic legal tradition...
- His Dark Materials is a trilogy of fantasy novels by Philip Pullman consisting of Northern Lights (1995; published as The Golden Comp**** in North America)...
- Vanth is a chthonic figure in Etruscan mythology shown in a variety of forms of funerary art, such as in tomb paintings and on sarcophagi. Vanth is a female...
- Look up chthonian or chthonic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chthon, chthonian or chthonic may refer to: Chthon (Marvel Comics), an Elder God of the...
- The Chthonic Chronicles is the sixth studio album by English metal band Bal-Sagoth. The first in five years since 2001's Atlantis Ascendant, it is rumoured...
- victims the Romans considered inedible, such as horses and puppies, mark a chthonic aspect of the deity propitiated, whether or not the divinity belonged to...
- Apollonian is light and structured while the Dionysian is dark and chthonic (she prefers Chthonic to Dionysian throughout the book, arguing that the latter concept...