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Underworld Journeys

Underworld Journeys is a mythic narrative pattern in which a protagonist undertakes a perilous descent into a chthonic realm of the afterlife, distinguished from other quest narratives by its focus on confronting death, retrieving lost knowledge or souls, and achieving transformation through liminal trials.

10

Publications

369

Citations

8

Authors

3

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

0

Variants

Katabasis

Parents

Publications

10

1–5 of 10

Authors

8

  1. RS
    Ruth Scodel

    American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece

    1 publications · 56 citations

    1

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  2. LM
    Leslie M. Norton

    1 publications · 43 citations

    1

    h-index

  3. RN
    R.T. Naylor

    1 publications · 25 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. HA
    Herbert Asbury

    1 publications · 43 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. ML
    Maura Lucas

    Harvard University, United States

    1 publications · 19 citations

    1

    h-index

1–5 of 8

Institutions

3

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    56 citations

  2. Western University

    London, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

  3. Fordham University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  4. Danish Institute for International Studies

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    1 publications

    13 citations

1–4 of 3

Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 177 citations

    3

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  2. The Classical Quarterly

    2 publications · 82 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. Diogenes

    1 publications · 12 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. The Journal of Southern History

    1 publications · 43 citations

    1

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  5. Crime Law and Social Change

    1 publications · 25 citations

    1

    h-index

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