Tartarus

E20351

abyss mythological location prison underworld region

Tartarus is the deep, gloomy abyss in Greek mythology used as a dungeon of torment and imprisonment for the Titans and other divine enemies.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Tartarus canonical	44
Τάρταρος (Tartarus)	2
Avernus	1
Tartaros	1
Tartarus (as part of the underworld)	1
Tartarus (place of punishment)	1
Τάρταρος	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abyss ⓘ mythological location ⓘ prison ⓘ underworld region ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	cosmic chaos ⓘ divine justice ⓘ eternal punishment ⓘ retribution ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Cronus ⓘ Gaia ⓘ Hades ⓘ Zeus ⓘ
category	Greek underworld ⓘ Locations in Greek mythology ⓘ Mythological prisons ⓘ
contains	chains and bonds for prisoners ⓘ dark mists ⓘ gates of bronze ⓘ pit of torment ⓘ
contrastedWith	Elysium ⓘ Heaven ⓘ
cosmologicalPosition	as far below Hades as the earth is below the sky ⓘ beneath Hades ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ
deeperThan	Hades ⓘ
describedAs	dark ⓘ deep ⓘ gloomy ⓘ murky ⓘ
etymologyForm	Tartarus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Τάρταρος
etymologyLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ
guardedBy	Hecatoncheires ⓘ
influenced	later concepts of Hell in Western thought ⓘ
locatedIn	underworld ⓘ
mentionedIn	Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ Homer's Iliad ⓘ
moralFunction	deterrent against impiety ⓘ punishment of hubris against the gods ⓘ
roleInMyth	cosmic boundary beneath the earth ⓘ place of punishment for divine rebels ⓘ place where Zeus imprisoned the Titans after the Titanomachy ⓘ
usedAs	dungeon of torment ⓘ place of imprisonment ⓘ
usedForImprisoning	Titans ⓘ divine enemies of the Olympian gods ⓘ monstrous beings ⓘ

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Titanomachy → associatedPlace → Tartarus ⓘ

Ancient Greek religion → hasConcept → Tartarus ⓘ

Menoetius → imprisonedIn → Tartarus ⓘ

Menoetius → associatedPlace → Tartarus ⓘ

Gaia → spouse → Tartarus ⓘ

Titans → imprisonedIn → Tartarus ⓘ

Chaos → precedes → Tartarus ⓘ

Hades → rulesOver → Tartarus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tartarus (as part of the underworld)

Elysium → contrastedWith → Tartarus ⓘ

Typhoeus → parent → Tartarus ⓘ

Typhoeus → imprisonedIn → Tartarus ⓘ

Tartarus → etymologyForm → Tartarus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Τάρταρος

Hecatoncheires → imprisonedIn → Tartarus ⓘ

Cronus → imprisonedIn → Tartarus ⓘ

Crius → imprisonedIn → Tartarus ⓘ

Coeus → imprisonedIn → Tartarus ⓘ

Titans of Greek mythology → imprisonedIn → Tartarus ⓘ

subject surface form: Titans

Nyx → siblingOf → Tartarus ⓘ

Nyx → residence → Tartarus ⓘ

Erebus → sibling → Tartarus ⓘ

Greco-Roman mythology → hasAfterlifeRealm → Tartarus ⓘ

Shades in the Underworld → mayDwellIn → Tartarus ⓘ

Greek mythology → hasPlace → Tartarus ⓘ

House of Hades → hasRegion → Tartarus ⓘ

Underworld → containsRegion → Tartarus ⓘ

Asphodel Meadows → contrastedWith → Tartarus ⓘ

Ἠλύσια πεδία → contrastedWith → Tartarus ⓘ

Elysian Fields → contrastedWith → Tartarus ⓘ

Pluto (Roman god of the underworld) → worshipPlace → Tartarus ⓘ

subject surface form: Pluto

this entity surface form: Avernus

Brontes → associatedPlace → Tartarus ⓘ

Arges → imprisonedIn → Tartarus ⓘ

Hundred-Handers → imprisonedIn → Tartarus ⓘ

Gyges → imprisonedIn → Tartarus ⓘ

Gyges → associatedWith → Tartarus ⓘ

Gyes → imprisonedIn → Tartarus ⓘ

Aegaeon → residesIn → Tartarus ⓘ

The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids → hasTitlePart → Tartarus ⓘ

ᾍδης → associatedPlace → Tartarus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Τάρταρος (Tartarus)

Ἠλύσιον → opposedTo → Tartarus ⓘ

Ἠλύσιον → contrastedWith → Tartarus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tartarus (place of punishment)

Ἠλύσιον → relatedConcept → Tartarus ⓘ

Kreios → imprisonedIn → Tartarus ⓘ

Protogenoi → includes → Tartarus ⓘ

Κρεῖος → imprisonedIn → Tartarus ⓘ

Κρεῖος → relatedConcept → Tartarus ⓘ

Koios → imprisonedIn → Tartarus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tartaros

King of Corinth → associatedPlace → Tartarus ⓘ

Tantalus → locationOfPunishment → Tartarus ⓘ

Aether → sibling → Tartarus ⓘ

Ἔρεβος (Érebos) → sibling → Tartarus ⓘ

subject surface form: Ἔρεβος

this entity surface form: Τάρταρος (Tartarus)