Afterlife and Underworld

Afterlife

Afterlife noun - Life after death.

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Underworld and afterlife are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Underworld" instead a noun "Afterlife".

Underworld noun - A social sphere that exists outside of the mainstream.

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Afterlife and underworld are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Afterlife" instead a noun "Underworld".

heavenly	heavenly afterlife	heavenly underworld
full	full afterlife	full underworld
entire	entire afterlife	entire underworld
main	main afterlife	main underworld
Other adjectives: ancient, neutral, different, generic, greek, Egyptian.

The souls in the underworld/afterlife were called umbrae, meaning shadows, in Latin.

Source: Living Shadow
If, in the created world, there is nobody referred to as "God", and if there isn't at least a belief in an afterlife/underworld called Hell, then nobody should use expressions that invoke either — although a charitable audience could always put this down to Translation Convention.

Source: Oh My Gods!
Zekkyou Gakkyuu: The bus in "The Bus To the Underworld," (translated as "Bus To Hell" by some groups, though it actually goes to a generic afterlife, rather than Hell).

Source: Afterlife Express

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