For anyone that bothered to notice, Nether Regions has been on hiatus for a couple of weeks. Yours truly was off in a far away place...

So...a couple of things. The next on wiki's list was the Greek Underworld (Hades) but I'm such a not-fan of Greek myth I chose to give it...

In ancient Sumerian, the word for underwear/loincloth is "dara" So put on your Daras and sit back. Today's Nether Region (the next on...

Todays post should have been on the Duat but I already did that post;

Alright everybody, buckle up because today's Nether Regions is gonna be a BIGGY. Why? Because the next one on the list is DIYU! First,...

Another short one today. I'd like to say how I super hate it when there's a wikipedia listing for a thing, but then the author doesn't...

An interesting one today! We begin in Fiji. When someone dies, they are said to begin their journey to "Bulu" (the underworld...and...

The next on the list is supposed to be Baralku (of Northern Aboriginal fame) However...the lack of information on Baralku is rampant...

Normally, I don't do 2 parts in one day but...why not? The 5th episode of Nether Regions is the fairly famous "Astral Planes" about which...

So I found this cool little cgi render by an artist of what a Yokai plane of existence might look like and put it on a pair of Yokai...

Next on the list is a place called "Alam al Jabarut." This is apparently the 'highest realm' of Islamic folklore. However it is normally...

Alright, admittedly I don't know everything about the afterlife...like, for example...are boxers or briefs more popular with the dead?...

Welcome to Afterpants’s newest series: Nether Regions. This will be a set of blog entries that will focus specifically on different...

While I wanted to make this post about underpants that you wear in a coffin. ( 6 Feet Underwear?)...I basically already did that. Here...

After a grueling trip from Hong Kong, then Singapore, a "brief" stay in L.A., a overlong bus ride in the middle of the night to San Fran...

Ok...so I am really gonna try to keep this brief...no pun intended. The thing is, I've been studying the Ancient Egyptian afterlife for...

So, I wanted to write today about the actual underworld and I wracked my brain trying to figure out a humorous, underwear related way to...

I promised a separate entry on Oni and their underpants...so here it is. Now, my "about" page has a great illustration from a Japanese...

Ghosts...revenants...whatever you want to call them, there are a lot of them, all over the world. They come in 100's of different styles wit

So, today I want to talk a little bit about reincarnation. Many people (if they subscribe at all) believe in the Buddhist ideal regarding...