Chthonian Definition

Chthonian Sentence Examples

• As a chthonian divinity she is accompanied by a snake; the myrtle, asphodel and narcissus (which Persephone was gathering when carried off by Hades) also are sacred to her.

• The cult of the heroes exhibits points of resemblance with that of the chthonian divinities and of the dead, but differs from that of the ordinary gods, a further indication that they were not " depotentiated " gods.

• The chthonian aspect of the hero is further shown by his attribute the snake, and in many cases he appears under that form himself.

• The conductor of souls was naturally a chthonian god; at Athens there was a festival.

• He is a god of storms; a god of light or a solar god; a chthonian god, one of the deities of the subterranean world, who could bring prosperity as well as ruin upon men, although in time his destructive qualities obscured the others.