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At the behest of the Mythology Greek, as the set of beliefs and legends held by the ancient Greeks is called, the underworld, is the term that designates the different kingdoms located below the earth, or failing that, beyond the horizon, in which the Greeks believed.

Greek mythology: place where the souls of the dead went that was ruled by the God Hades, and that was composed of various kingdoms

If we look for a concept equivalent at this time it would be what we popularly call beyond, where people's souls are believed to go once they pass away.

Among the most popular kingdoms are: Island of the Blessed (in this place of the underworld the souls enjoyed a perfect rest once the death of the person occurred), the Elysian Fields (In this sacred place the souls of virtuous men and brave and heroic fighters passed a full existence and in a context that also turned out to be idyllic: landscapes where greenery and flowers), Hades (the famous Hades is the abode to which all mortals go, that is, it is their resting place once they have departed from existence; According to Greek beliefs, very few mortals accessed the exit from this place of the underworld) and

Tartar (In today's terms, Tartarus is the equivalent of hell, it was a place where torment and suffering prevailed).

The oldest mention of the Greek underworld is found in the works the Iliad and the Odyssey Author Homer; also Hesiod and Virgil they have made mention of it in his writings.

Also, the prominent Greek philosopher Plato he made mention of the underworld incorporating the theme of the trial of the dead that was practiced there; once the person died, his spirit was assigned one of the kingdoms mentioned above, the Elysian Fields were accessed by the blessed, Tartarus the damned, and Hades the rest of the spirits.

It should be noted that several peoples of Ancient Greece claimed that they held entrances that led them directly to the underworld and even deployed special rituals in their favor.

Hades has been the Greek deity to whom the authority and the kingdom of the Underworld.

He was the eldest son of the titan Cronos and Rhea, and brother of Zeus and Poseidon, with whom he unites to defeat his father, and later, after achieving it, the brothers divide the authority of the various kingdoms.

Monotheistic religions and other beliefs also boast of places where the souls of the dead go: heaven, hell or purgatory.

The various religions that have existed and still survive in the world, those considered pagan, and those that do not, which for example They are the most representative due to the enormous number of faithful they hold, such is the case of Christianity, Islam, and the Judaism, have specific beliefs and ideologies regarding the place to which people go once they die, hell, where supposedly the people who have committed a lot of evil in life, or heaven, where those who have done good in life are presumed to go and are rewarded with a place near God.

From the very moment that man understood the subject of death, that is, his finitude in this world, and that the same is inevitable for everyone, there are no immortals among men by the way, he began to search for answers already think in the possibilities that existed behind it, more precisely what was behind it, if there was something, and if there was like most of the beliefs consider, where the souls go, the good ones, the not so good and the bad ones, and so it is that for each one a place.

Nobody who is alive knows what happens in that other dimension, in the afterlife, of which so much is spoken and has written, but of course, it is only possible to know it by living it, for example, most of the questions that are said are assumptions and beliefs that religions and various faith proposals have decided to believe and impose on the faithful.

Dark and dangerous connotation

Regarding the Underworld there have been various considerations, some positive and others negative, depending on the crystal with which it was looked at, in any case it has proliferated the negative regard for the Underworld, which was a place full of darkness, evils, monsters, especially associated with dangerousness, among others.

Themes in Underworld