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In [[Mesopotamia]]n [[mythology]], the underworld was ruled by a [[queen]] named [[Erishkigal]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)|Timewyrm: Genesys]]'') [[Ishtar (goddess)|Ishtar]] was known for descending to and returning from the underworld. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Walking to Babylon (novel)|Walking to Babylon]]'') | In [[Mesopotamia]]n [[mythology]], the underworld was ruled by a [[queen]] named [[Erishkigal]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)|Timewyrm: Genesys]]'') [[Ishtar (goddess)|Ishtar]] was known for descending to and returning from the underworld. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Walking to Babylon (novel)|Walking to Babylon]]'') | ||
In [[Greek mythology]], [[Hades]] was [[king]] of the underworld and [[Charon]] was the ferryman who carried people across the [[River Styx]] to the underworld. [[Orpheus (mythology)|Orpheus]] was known for going into the underworld to get his wife back from the dead. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadly Reunion (novel)|Deadly Reunion]]'') [[Katarina]] believed that [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] travelled through the underworld. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') | In [[Greek mythology]], [[Hades]] was [[king]] of the underworld and [[Charon]] was the ferryman who carried people across the [[River Styx]] to the underworld. [[Orpheus (mythology)|Orpheus]] was known for going into the underworld to get his wife back from the dead. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadly Reunion (novel)|Deadly Reunion]]'') [[Katarina]] believed that [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] travelled through the underworld. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]''). After her death, she entered the Underworld. She was unable to cross the [[River Styx]], but the [[First Doctor]] helped her to enter the [[Elysian Fields]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Katarina in the Underworld (short story)|Katarina in the Underworld]]'') | ||
In [[Pompeii]], the [[Roman]]s believed that the [[Pyrovile]]s were the gods of the underworld. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'') | In [[Pompeii]], the [[Roman]]s believed that the [[Pyrovile]]s were the gods of the underworld. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'') | ||
