![]() Therefore it makes sense to compare these two mythologies and their concepts of afterlife. Not only are their gods quite similar, also their concept of life after death shows many similarities. Although the Greek and Norse mythology differ geographically and temporally from their creation, they have a lot in common. But through all this uncertainty and different imaginations of the life after death, it still plays an important role in many religions as it did in Norse and Greek mythology. Furthermore, no one can tell who is right with their idea of the afterlife and no one can even tell if anyone is right. ![]() Although, in this context, we can´t really speak of answers, rather of concepts and ideas, because nobody knows exactly what happens to one´s soul after you die. The ancient Greeks and Norsemen found their answers as well. ![]() Buddhists believe in the never ending circle of rebirth, and Christians in the life after death. Many different cultures and religions found their own answers to this question.Ītheists believe that after death, everything ends and that there is simply nothing. ![]() What happens after death? Mankind has been concerned with this question for millennia, probably ever since existing. At the latest when a loved person dies or if you´re facing death by yourself, a question occurs. In the course of one´s life everybody comes into contact with it. “A cowardly man thinks he will ever live, if warfare he avoids but old age will give him no peace, though spears will spare him” (Hávamál, 16)ĭeath is omnipresent and inevitable. “Ósnjallr Ѱ hyggsk munu ey lifa ef hann við víg varask, en elli gefr honum engi frið, ϸott honum geirar gefi” (Hávamál, 16) Life before death and belief in Greek gods Life before death and belief in Norse gods
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