Limbo and Underworld

Limbo

Limbo noun - Theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals.

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

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

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

full	full limbo	full underworld
original	original limbo	original underworld
legal	legal limbo	legal underworld
black	black limbo	black underworld
Other adjectives: dark, strange, literal.

Famously Limbo, after traversing the bleak eponymous underworld searching for his sister, the boy breaks into a glass and slowly floats in the darkness, until he wakes up in the same place he started his journey.

Source: Gainax Ending
Tarot Crusaders: On the night before Halloween, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, now with Cutie Marks, have been thrust into Limbo by an asylum that is angry for being cast aside with only three days to survive its trials or be consumed by the hellish underworld.

Source: Pantheon / Trope Pantheons
Rescued from the Underworld: Build and Split were both sent to Limbo when they died during the Shatter, and they each escaped separately.

Source: Roleplay / Destroy The Godmodder

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