在地面之下的深淵、遙遠的土地，或是黑暗的境域，在許多神話的普遍概念中，人類和其他生物在人間死亡之後便存在於該處。這個地方所代表的本質各異，從一個充滿亡者、只有少數出類拔萃的人類英雄才能進入天堂的陰森沈鬱之地，到犯罪者要為其所犯下的罪行付出代價的一個恐怖境域皆有。在許多宗教之中，夢境、鬼魂及惡魔都源於陰間。

地獄(土地或境域)　(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,U,U)
陰間(土地或境域)　(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
冥界(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
ti yü (P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
dì yù (P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
di yu (P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
underworld(doctrinal concept)　(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,U)
underworlds(doctrinal concept)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
Unterwelt(doctrinal concept)　(P,,U,German-偏好,D,U,U)
onderwereld(leerstellige begrippen)　(P,,U,荷蘭語-偏好,D,U,U)
underverden(doctrinal concept)　(P,,U,Danish-偏好,D,U,U)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....關聯概念層面
........關聯概念
............<宗教與信仰概念>
................<宗教概念>
....................<教義概念>
........................地獄 (土地或境域)

meaning/usage overlaps with....

地獄(地方或狀態)

英文....

A deep pit or distant land located under the earth or in a dark precinct where humans and other creatures exist after earthly death, common to many mythologies. The nature of the place varies from a dreary land where the dead are gathered and from which only a few exceptional human heroes are permitted to enter heaven, to a terrible precinct where sinners pay for misdeeds. In many religions, it is from the underworld that dreams, ghosts, and demons originate.

地獄(土地或境域)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	智慧藏百科全書網 July 29, 2014
.................	台灣大百科全書網站 July 29, 2014
陰間(土地或境域)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	智慧藏百科全書網 July 29, 2014
冥界............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	AAT-Taiwan 借詞編輯與使用原則 (2013)
underworld(doctrinal concept)............	[VP]
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001)
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1986)
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
.................	Grove Art Online (2008-)
underworlds(doctrinal concept)............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
Unterwelt(doctrinal concept)............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
onderwereld(leerstellige begrippen)............	[VP]
.................	New Routledge Dutch Dictionary (2009)
underverden(doctrinal concept)............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)

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聯合目錄： 地獄 、陰間 、冥界 、ti yü 、dì yù 、di yu 、underworld 、underworlds 、Unterwelt 、onderwereld 、underverden