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chthonic

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1. chthonic - Adjective

2. chthonic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, chthonic religions.

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For a woman, the typical danger emanating from the unconscious comes from above, from the "spiritual" sphere personified by the animus, whereas for a man it comes from the chthonic realm of the "world and woman," i.e., the anima projected on to the world. Carl Jung

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According to Pasqualini it was a deity similar to Vediove, wielder of lightningbolts and chthonic, who was connected to the cult of the founders who first inhabited the Alban Mount and built the sanctuary. Source: Internet

Cuma too had a cult of a chthonic Hecate and certainly had strict contacts with Latium. Source: Internet

Chthonic serpents and sacred trees In many myths, the chthonic serpent (sometimes a pair) lives in or is coiled around a Tree of Life situated in a divine garden. Source: Internet

Her common name as a vegetation goddess is Kore and in Arcadia she was worshipped under the title Despoina "the mistress", a very old chthonic divinity. Source: Internet

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