31. A separate room had a ground altar with burned food debris, evidently used for regular chthonic sacrifices. 32. In 19th century fiction, the chthonic gnome became a sort of antithesis to the more airy or luminous fairy. 33. The blood from all chthonic sacrifices including those to propitiate Hades dripped into a pit or cleft in the ground. 34. As of 2012, the Taiwanese black metal band Chthonic remain the only black metal band to use the erhu. 35. Gaia is believed by some sources to be the original deity behind the Python there and usurped the chthonic power. 36. The myth theme of not looking back, an essential precaution in Jason's raising of chthonic Brimo Sodom. 37. Statius prays that the chthonic gods will receive his father kindly and that his shade will continue to inspire him. 38. Deities involved are not those of the sky, the earth or the ancestors, but are zoomorphic chthonic deities. 39. Heracles was the greatest of Hellenic chthonic heroes, but unlike other Greek heroes, no tomb was identified as his. 40. In early 2006, Chthonic held the " A Decade on the Throne " concert in Huashan Culture Park, Taipei.