(religion) the world of the dead; "he didn't want to go to hell when he died"

the abode of the dead

The Netherworld is an alternate plane of existence in The Runelords novel series by David Farland. The Netherworld is not the equivalent of some mythological underworld, but a realm fundamental to the make-up of the cosmology of the setting.

The Netherworld is a fictional autonomous neighborhood of the city of Chicago in the DC Comics universe. It first appears in Hawkworld #30 (January 19893), it was created by John Ostrander and Tim Truman.

Netherworld is a shoot 'em up computer game.