Home›Underworlds›Doctrinal Status›AttestedBrowse ByAttestedThis page groups realms by the specific role a faith gives them in its own teaching. Wikipedia notes that "in the Abrahamic faiths of Christianity, Islam, and some schools of Judaism, as well as Zoroastrianism, heaven is the realm of afterlife where good actions in the previous life are rewarded for eternity." Browsing by doctrinal status lets a visitor compare how differently two traditions rule on the same realm.FactsLearn MoreAttestedSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRealms below or beyond the living world to which the dead are said to go. The traditions gathered here disagree about whether such a place is a punishment, a shadowy continuation or a stage on the way somewhere else, and the entries keep those answers apart. 2Peoples and Traditions CoveredWell-attestedAncient Greek, Ancient Egyptian, Jewish, Norse, Islamic, Hindu, Aztec and Maya cosmologies. These are unrelated traditions; Sheol, Hades, Naraka and Jahannam are not four names for one place. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard comparative category in the study of religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRealms 1Learn MoreThe underworlds This group holds the underworlds, the lower and subterranean realms of the world's cosmologies, the abodes of the dead and, in many traditions, of chthonic powers. The underworld ranges from a neutral land of shades to a place of judgement and torment, depending on the tradition. The browser will find the underworld realms the atlas gathers. The entries describe each realm's inhabitants, rulers and character, reporting each tradition's own map of the world below.AttestedFilter Results25 entriesSacred ToAllEreshkigal (1)Hades (1)Hel (1)Izanami (1)Mictecacihuatl (1)Mictlantecuhtli (1)Osiris (2)Yama (1)Yanluo (1)Originates In LanguageAllAncient Greek (3)Biblical Hebrew (2)Classical Chinese (1)Classical Nahuatl (1)Finnish (1)Japanese (1)K'iche' Maya (1)Latin (1)Middle Egyptian (2)Old Norse (1)Sanskrit (2)LanguageAllAncient Greek (3)Biblical Hebrew (2)Classical Chinese (1)Finnish (1)Japanese (1)Kiche Maya (1)Latin (1)Middle Egyptian (2)Nahuatl (1)Old Norse (1)Sanskrit (2)Belongs To TraditionAllAncient Egyptian Religion (2)Ancient Greek Religion (3)Aztec Religion (1)Buddhism (1)Chinese Folk Religion (4)Finnish Paganism (Suomenusko) (1)Hinduism (1)Inuit Religion (1)Judaism (2)Kongo Religion (1)Maya Religion (1)Mesopotamian Religion (1)Norse Paganism (1)Polynesian Religion (2)Roman Religion (1)Shinto (1)Slavic Native Faith (Rodnovery) (1)Attested InAllPopol Vuh (1)Tanakh (1)Kind of realmAllBiblical and Islamic Hells (2)Chinese and Japanese Underworlds (2)Egyptian and Mesopotamian Underworlds (2)Greek and Roman Underworlds (3)Indic and Buddhist Hells (2)Norse, Finnish and Slavic Underworlds (2)Underworlds of the Americas, Africa and Polynesia (6)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 25AdlivunAttestedAsphodel MeadowsAttestedAviciAttestedDiyuAttestedDuatAttestedFengduAttestedGehennaAttestedHadesAttestedHelheimAttestedHuangquanAttestedIrkallaAttestedKalungaAttestedMictlanAttestedNarakaAttestedNavAttestedPulotuAttestedRarohengaAttestedSheolAttestedTartarusAttestedThe Hall of Two TruthsAttestedThe Ten Courts of DiyuAttestedThe Underworld of Dis Pater and ProserpinaAttestedTuonelaAttestedXibalbaAttestedYomiAttestedSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. Descent into the UnderworldView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.