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  2. Thirteen Heavens - Wikipedia

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    In Aztec mythology, the Thirteen Heavens were formed out of Cipactli's head when the gods made creation out of its body, whereas Tlaltícpac, the earth, was made from its center and the nine levels of the underworld from its tail.

  3. Seven heavens - Wikipedia

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    The concept of seven heavens as developed in ancient Mesopotamia where it took on a symbolic or magical meaning as opposed to a literal one. [4] The concept of a seven-tiered was likely In the Sumerian language, the words for heavens (or sky) and Earth are An and Ki. [5]

  4. Heaven - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 February 2025. Supernatural place This article is about the divine abode in various religious traditions. For other uses, see Heaven (disambiguation). This article may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may interest only a particular audience. Please help by spinning off or ...

  5. Comparative mythology - Wikipedia

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    By comparing different cultures' mythologies, scholars try to identify underlying similarities and/or to reconstruct a "protomythology" from which those mythologies developed. [1] To an extent, all theories about mythology follow a comparative approach—as scholar of religion Robert Segal notes, "by definition, all theorists seek similarities ...

  6. Andlang - Wikipedia

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    Holtsmark (1964) noted that Snorri's Andlang derived from andlegr himinn ("spiritual heaven") in the medieval Icelandic version of the Elucidarius, crediting Hjalmar Falk for this inspiration, [3] [4] adding her own insight that the and-heading made the term readily associable with andi "spirit" (Norwegian: ånd) which was in a way synonymous ...

  7. Religious cosmology - Wikipedia

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    This may include beliefs on origin in the form of a creation myth, subsequent evolution, current organizational form and nature, and eventual fate or destiny. There are various traditions in religion or religious mythology asserting how and why everything is the way it is and the significance of it all. Religious cosmologies describe the ...

  8. List of mythology books and sources - Wikipedia

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    Mythology by Edith Hamilton (1942) Myths of the Ancient Greeks by Richard P. Martin (2003) The Penguin Book of Classical Myths by Jenny March (2008) The Gods of the Greeks by Károly Kerényi (1951) The Heroes of the Greeks by Károly Kerényi (1959) A Handbook of Greek Mythology by H. J. Rose (1928) The Complete World of Greek Mythology by ...

  9. Category:Conceptions of heaven - Wikipedia

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    Heaven, the heavens or seven heavens, is a common religious, cosmological, or transcendent place where beings such as gods, angels, jinn, saints, or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned, or to live.