Cerberus was the three headed dog that guarded the underworld in Greek mythology.    From LearnThat.org.  [yourdictionary.com]

The Egyptian mythology of judgement in the underworld is all geared around this "weighing" metaphor, though there it's more literal with the soul actually put in the scales.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Stain of Sin] Reference

The underworld is not all rubbish, rats, and dampness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: June 2, 2002 - June 8, 2002 Archives] Reference

The vampire underworld is much larger than most people could imagine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conversations with James Patterson about The Beach House, Violets Are Blue and Suzanne's Diary For Nicholas. A Conversation with James Patterson about The Beach House] Reference

When he entered the underworld midway through life, he called the underworld Dis, D-I-S.    From Wordnik.com.  [The How and Why of Life and Death] Reference

No one even at the highest level of either the government or the criminal underworld is immune to this fact.    From Wordnik.com.  ["All the federales say they could have had him anyday...they only let him slip away"] Reference

The only reason folks would never mistake him for an agent of the underworld is that striking blue pigmentation.    From Wordnik.com.  [‘Avatar’ Gets Us Thinking About Our Other Favorite Blue Stars Of Screens Large And Small » MTV Movies Blog] Reference

Now the land of Yomi generally interpreted "underworld" -- which.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era] Reference

If the underworld was the implacable enemy of Silver.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale] Reference

One could argue that the underworld is a city ... kind of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tyee - Home] Reference

Don't forget that the underworld is a labyrinth of mystery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blacksheep! Blacksheep!] Reference

'Because,' Warren said, 'the underworld is the world of the dead.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stone of Tears]

Sunday in the underworld is the great day for "pitch and toss," for many boys have halfpence on that day.    From Wordnik.com.  [London's Underworld] Reference

At least the underworld could be a beautiful and peaceful place, depending on where you were hanging out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Changeling]

For instance, those who form what is called the underworld of our cities, seek happiness in vice and debauchery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Within You is the Power] Reference

The underworld might be the Keeper's cold domain, but the Creator's everlasting light nourished and warmed good souls.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pillars of Creation]

It doesn’t help that his brother Hades, lord of the underworld, is pressing Zeus to allow him to handle things in his own way.    From Wordnik.com.  [41 High Resolution Photos from Clash of the Titans | /Film] Reference

"Life" in the underworld was the lot of all people good and bad and was a very shadowy existence, almost like the dreams of the dead.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Inerrancy of Ecclesiastes 9:2-6] Reference

The story takes place in the New York "underworld".    From Wordnik.com.  [New YA Novel-The Night Tourist] Reference

Tough to say, but the "underworld" plot device is a GOOD one!.    From Wordnik.com.  [NOVELS: "Gregor The Overlander!"] Reference

Riiight, because everyone knows those in the "underworld" pay up on their taxes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heads you win, and they do, too (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference

The religious and/or post apocalyptic effect is often enhanced by an "underworld" side to the work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-11-01] Reference

Since its top isn't solid, you'll fly down through the bank and into the '' underworld ''.    From Wordnik.com.  [GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features] Reference

Certainly it's nice to speculate that there's some kind of underworld ... rather than nothing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing] Reference

The Maya believed that there were 3 worlds, heaven, earth and the underworld which is what this cave was for them.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference

Enter Don Logan (Ben Kingsley), his old underworld partner and nemesis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Suddenly Last Summer, Mate] Reference

Besides, Bollywood professionals have come under the cloud of underworld and crime syndicates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call: Women At The Helm] Reference

Once Carnival was bankrolled by the underworld: dons who used the pageant to launder their reputations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carnival Goes Political] Reference

In the nasty underworld of electronic child pornography, it was the biggest sting ever and more is to come.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Feds In Cyberspace] Reference

For decades, "good brother" Bill ran the Massachusetts Senate while "bad brother" Whitey ran Boston's underworld.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boston: Brother's Keeper] Reference

In the film, the King of Hades grows angry at the endless Aum trials and hauls the cult leaders into the underworld.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crushing The Cult Of Doom] Reference

In order to take revenge on an underworld kingpin, Max hunts down bad guys in amazingly photorealistic city settings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cyberscope] Reference

In the loosely linked underworld of Al Qaeda, ancient ethnic struggles can turn into modern recruiting posters via the Internet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bin Laden's Invisible Network] Reference

In March 1960 the actress agreed to keep quiet about Kennedy's relationship with "" any political or underworld personalities. ''.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Jfk-Marilyn Hoax] Reference

Abbell's personal style, according to friends, is old-shoe nerdy: he does not fit the stereotype of a flashy underworld mouthpiece.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Turncoat In The Drug War] Reference