primitive mythology is that such as peoples of prehistoric lands. eg belief that a god will heal them classical mythology is more complex, gods animals plants creatures can all be god like or god possesed
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What we today call Greek Mythology came from the ancient peoples of the Mediterranean. Most other mythology comes to us from cultures who did not record their religion nearly so long or detailed a way.
the earliest works of history also incorporated mythology
The Underworld of Ancient Mythology was not merely 'dark and gloomy', it was as differing as we imagine our own world to be above ground. It was often called Hades, after the Greek god who ruled it.
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Persephone was the queen of the underworld and was abducted by and became the consort of Hades. Proserpina was the wife of Pluto who was god of the underworld. Their stories are very similar.