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Cthonic vs Chthonic - What's the difference?

cthonic | chthonic |

As adjectives the difference between cthonic and chthonic

is that cthonic is an alternative spelling of lang=en while chthonic is dwelling within or under the earth.

cthonic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • * 1990 , Julia Bolton Holloway, Equally in God's image: women in the Middle Ages? , Peter Lang Publishing, page 5
    • Then, denied official presence, this sexual material went underground, becoming again cthonic and the expression of the folk, rather than the establishment.

    chthonic

    English

    (wikipedia chthonic)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Dwelling within or under the earth.
    • The young pantheon had remanded their elders to the role of smouldering, chthonic gods; to inhabiting dark, deep places, hidden from mortal eyes and influence.

    Related terms

    * Chthonia * chthonian * chthonic law