“For Witches, The lower realm is the home of aspects the Great Mother and the Horned God. The Great Mother is like Mother Earth when the vegetation falls dormant, the Goddess of Death, and the Horned God as the God of those who have died, in contrast to the aspects seen in the middle realm. It is also the home of dwarves, wise snakes, demons, spirits that guard spiritual and mineral wealth, and of course, the deceased. In other words, the underworld is always manifest as the home of the dead. It has so many different creatures, beings, and deities, that the realm is literally teeming with life. Almost all nations of the world considered this to be the underworld, or Hell. It cannot be compared to the Christian Hell, however. To Witches, that world is not seen as a dark and dangerous place, but rather a beautiful realm where another Sun is always shines, the underworld Sun.”
― Radomir Ristic, Balkan Traditional Witchcraft