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Introduction & Key Concepts: The Greek Mythology has clear distinctions of different realms that are considered

as abodes of the Major Gods. These places had distinct functions in specific situations such as sea voyage, afterlife and calamities that occur on earth. Prominent Places Include Mount Olympus The Ocean The Underworld The Earth Each of these places had entities ruling them and specific purposes. Transition from one realm to another was believed possible for all entities during the life span and the afterlife.

Mount Olympus This is the realm of sky and is ruled by the Head of Gods called Zeus. Olympus is the permanent abode of all other gods except Poseidon and Hades. Features and Functions: This place the represents the Heaven concept in Greek Mythology It is the meeting place of Gods and has the Throne Room Yearly conventions are held during solstices where the 13 Olympians meet twice every year It is the highest possible realm of existence that Heroes or men of great achievement can transcend to Some literatures dispute on whether Elysium is the Heaven concept or the Olympus since no mortals are allowed to reside here except the ones who became Gods like Heraclites or Hercules whereas some heroes like Achilles stay in Elysium.

The Ocean The Greek were great sailors and since they did not consider the Oceans as a part of earth, it was considered as a different realm of existence ruled by Poseidon Features and Functions: The ocean has different layers and the bed of the ocean has the palaces of Poseidon The major entities associated with this plane are Poseidon the sea god, his immortal wife and son & Delphi the first dolphin and a commander of Poseidon The palaces are made of corals, pearls and other under sea plants including Darker and deeper sea beds belong to the titan lord named Oceanus the nemesis of Poseidon Literatures like Odyssey and Iliad written around sea voyages of different heroes explain the sea adventures that are either blessed or cursed by one or more sea gods

The Underworld The realm is reached generally by river Styx though there are other gateways mentioned as well. Hades is the God of Death ruling this domain. Features and Functions: This realm is covers the concept of Hell in Greek mythology The major entities associated with this plane are Hades, his consort Persephone and has different distinctions to place the souls in after life Fields Of Asphodel are the common area for all the souls wherein Heroes reach Elysium while the Fields Of Punishment is reserved for sinners against the Gods and humanity Concepts of afterlife judgment and rebirth are associated with the underworld as well Many heroes have transcended or travelled to this domain even when they are alive to either fool Hades to being back a soul or for being a part of Elysium according to the literatures.

The Earth This is the realm of mortals and is considered flat according to the belief of the time. Greece and its neighboring nations were the only places mentioned. Features and Functions: Gods visited earth from all the other three layers Men born on earth were ruled by the Gods and each nation or social group had their own patron Gods Temples were constructed for the Gods on earth and venerated with great reverence Weather changes and political occurrences such as wars were often closely associated with mythological beliefs such as signs from the gods The social and political life of the Greek was closely associated with mythology and wars were waged based on the disrespect or reverence placed on these mythological beings. Trades of different nations were associated to the patron gods as well.

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