Almost all the religions of the world insist on the existence of some form of the afterlife.
Almost every religion or mythology anyway, there is such a place where the souls of those who behaved good and right in this world. Here only the notions of correctness of many of the religions are too different. But now not about it, and about how it looks the place that you call Paradise in the representation of different religions and beliefs. It is not always just a pretty garden.
Classical mythology — Elysium
It’s been called: Elise, Elysium, the “Champs élysées” or “valley”. It is a special place in the afterlife where there is eternal spring, and where the chosen heroes spend their days without sorrow and worries. At first it was believed that the Islands of the blessed, Zeus can only put the heroes of the fourth generation, died in the battle. But later, Elysium was “available” for all the blessed soul and dedicated. Among the shady alleys of the righteous spend a blissful life, arranging sports games and musical evenings. By the way, from this word came the name of Elisha, and the name of the Parisian Champs elysées Avenue.
Slavic mythology — iriy
East Slavic and vostochnobeisky mythology imagined Paradise as a kind of mythical country that is on the warm sea in the West or South-West of the land where the wintering birds and snakes. The same is the name of the heavenly world tree, the top of which is inhabited by birds and the souls of the dead. Iry is a place in the sky or under the ground, where to go and where dwell the souls of the dead ancestors, where in the winter they fly the birds and insects and snakes crawl. According to popular belief there first cuckoo flies away (because she holds the keys) and the last stork.
Armenian mythology — Drakht
In ancient Armenian mythology part of the afterlife − a Paradise where the righteous were called Drakht. In Drakht worth Partez — Paradise garden in the middle of which grows the world tree of life − Kenaz car, which is the center of the world and the symbol of the absolute reality. At birth, the spirit of death Groh writes on the forehead of a man his destiny. Throughout the life of a person Groh said in his book his sins and good deeds that need to be notified on the day of judgment. Sinners, walking on the Maze to the Bridge, slip and fall into the Fiery river, which leads them in Djokhq (similar to Ada), and the righteous pass over the bridge and fall into Drakht.
Norse mythology — Valhalla
Literally translated as “the Palace of the fallen” heavenly Palace in Asgard for the fallen in battle, a Paradise for valiant warriors. Valhalla ruled himself One, sitting on Hlidskjalf. According to legend, Valhalla is a giant hall with a roof of gilded shields which are held up by spears. This hall with 540 doors and through each will be 800 soldiers at the call of the God Heimdallr during the last battle of Ragnarok. The warriors that live in Valhalla, called Angeli. Every day in the morning, they dressed in armor and fight to the death, and then rise and sit at the common table to feast. They eat the meat of a boar Sahamnya that score every day and every day he is resurrected. Drink Angeli honey, which milked a goat, Heidrun, stands in Valhalla chewing the leaves of the World Tree Yggdrasil. And at night come fair maidens and entertain the soldiers until the morning.
Egyptian mythology — Field Ialu
Part of the underworld where the righteous receive eternal life and bliss after the court of Osiris. In the Fields Yalu, “Fields of Reeds” the deceased was waiting for the same life that he led on earth, only she was happier and better. Late nothing was perfect. Seven Hathor, Napery, Napit, Selket and other deities provided him food, made him the afterlife of the arable land is fertile, yielding a rich harvest, and his cattle fat and prolific. So the deceased could enjoy the rest and he wouldn’t have to work the fields and herd cattle, they put in the tomb ushabti — wooden or clay figures of people: scribes, porters, reapers, etc., Ushabti, “the defendant”. The sixth Chapter of the “Book of the Dead” talks about “how to make ushabti to work”: when in the Fields Yalu gods will call late to work, calling out his name, man, ushabti must step forward and respond: “Here I am!” then he undoubtedly will go where I command the gods, and will do anything you want. Rich Egyptians are usually put in the coffin of the ushebti — one for every day of the year; the poor also, ushabti replaced the papyrus scroll with a list of 360 such workers. In the Fields Yalu with magical spells, creatures, named in the list were embodied in ushebti and worked on his master. It Field Yalu became the prototype of the Elysian fields (Elysium) in Greek mythology.
Christianity (Old Testament) — Edem
The garden of Eden, which according to the Bible was the original habitat of the people. Living people, Adam and eve were, according to the traditional view, is immortal and sinless, however, seduced by the serpent, they ate fruit from the forbidden Tree of knowledge of good and evil, because of the fall, which gained suffering. God closed Paradise to the people, banished them, putting on the guard of Cherubim with the flaming sword.
Christianity (New Testament) — The Kingdom Of Heaven
A new sense of Paradise, after the fall, is revealed as “the Kingdom of heaven”, which re-opened the road to people, but after the knowledge of sin, suffering and trials that revealed the infinite mercy of God and weakness of man. You could even say that it is heaven after hell, after the experience of evil and free rejection of hell. Saints inherit heaven after earthly death and resurrection in a new universe, knowing neither sickness, nor sorrow, nor sighing, feeling continual joy and bliss.
Islam — Jannat
Jannat is a place where after judgement day would ever arrive, the Muslims are the righteous. Paradise has a huge size and several levels for different categories of the righteous. It will be neither cold and nor hot. It is made of silver and gold bricks that the fragrant smell of musk. For the righteous in the Paradise prepared for eating, drinking, cool, calm, luxury clothing, forever young wife of heavenly maidens and wives of their own. However, the pinnacle of heavenly blessings will be able to “vision of God”. The righteous are in heaven are in the age of 33. In heaven there will be married life, but the children will not be born.
Buddhism Sukhavati
In Buddhist mythology, Paradise, operated by Buddha Amitabha. Soil and water in Sukhavati noble, all the buildings are made of gold, silver, coral and precious stones. All the inhabitants of Sukhavati — the bodhisattva of the highest level, which there attain Nirvana. They live “indefinitely” and enjoy boundless happiness. Generally, Buddhists believe that after death the soul of the deceased person moves into another body. These repeated transmigration of the soul from body to body in Buddhism is called samsara. Heaven and hell really existed. But this is not the place for eternal bliss and eternal torment, is just one of the migrations of the soul. After a temporary stay in heaven or hell the souls returning to the earthly body. After a long, long stay in samsara soul especially honored the righteous fall into a special place in a special state called Nirvana. Nirvana is like a Paradise that is also bliss and that bliss is eternal. However, unlike the Paradise in Nirvana there are no forms of activity, is bliss, like a dream.
