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chtho⋅ni⋅an
[thoh-nee-uh
n] 
–adjective Classical Mythology.
| of or pertaining to the deities, spirits, and other beings dwelling under the earth. |
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| chthon·ic (thŏn'ĭk) adj. Greek Mythology Of or relating to the underworld. [From Greek khthonios, of the earth, from khthōn, earth; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Chthonian
Chtho"ni*an\, a. [Gr. ? in or under the earth, fr. ?, ?, earth.] 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.
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