ProudestMonkey

Can you guys tell me where 'heaven' to anything of the sort popped up, and what they believed it to look like, and what it was supposed to be? And the other beliefs about what it is, etc? Maybe some cliches about it as well.

Thank you

Stewart

Can you compose your question in a clearer manner? I have trouble understanding what you are attempting to ask.

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Nimbus1944

Heaven was often pictured as a place above (perhaps because the unexplained force of gravity held man down to the earth?) or across the waters. Here's some links to get you started --

Sumerians: http://www.halexandria.org/dward184.htm
Jewish: http://judaism.about.com/library/3_a..._afterlife.htm
Christian: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07170a.htm
Aztec: http://www.crystalinks.com/aztecgods.html
Greek: http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Underworld.html
Eskimo: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF1/197.html
Brahman: http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe34/sbe34070.htm
Shinto: http://www2.gol.com/users/coynerhm/shinto.html

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