Observe the similarities

Heavens, hell, Sheol, unseen, spirit world, degrees

• JudaismHeavens, Sheol, and later concepts.
• EnochicHeavenly realms.
• ChristianityHeaven, Earth, hell; concepts vary by tradition.
• IslamMultiple heavens and unseen realms.
• LDSMultiple degrees/worlds.

Many lokas / multiple realms of cyclic existence

• HinduMany lokas/realms.
• BuddhistMultiple realms.

Layered heavens, underworlds, Duat, multiple worlds

• EgyptianDuat and celestial realms.
• MesopotamianDivine realm and underworld.
• SumerianHeaven, earth, and the netherworld.
• NorseMultiple worlds.
• MayaLayered heavens and underworlds.
• DaoistMultiple spiritual and celestial domains.

Spiritual dimensions intertwined with the lived world

• AnishinaabeSpiritual dimensions intertwined with the lived world.

Spiritual and material creation; cosmic history beyond Earth

• ZoroastrianSpiritual and material creation.
• ScientologyCosmic history beyond Earth.

Celestial and terrestrial correspondence

• AstrologyCelestial and terrestrial domains correspond; additional realms depend upon the underlying tradition.

Other dimensions/universes speculative

• ScienceOther dimensions/universes speculative.

Multiple realms (working)

• Living RealmMultiple realms.

Olympus, earth, underworld — philosophy extra

• GreekOlympus, the human world, and the underworld. Intelligible realms belong to later philosophy.

One loka with heavens and hells

• JainA vertically ordered loka: heavens, the middle world, and hells.

Created world pervaded by God

• SikhThe created world and God’s presence. A stacked cosmos is not the governing claim.

Land of practice, mythic heavens and Yomi

• ShintoMyth includes the high heavenly plain and Yomi. Shrine practice is not one map of those realms.

Heaven, human world, realms of the dead

• ChineseHeaven, the human world, and realms of the dead. The map is not uniform.

Fullness above a ruled cosmos

• GnosticA fullness above the material cosmos. The layers are school-specific.

Planetary spheres and what is beyond them

• HermeticHeavenly spheres and a divine realm above them, in the classical Hermetica.

Ayé and òrun

• YorubaAyé, the visible world, and òrun, the invisible.

Country, not a stacked other-world

• AboriginalThe Dreaming is an English gloss. It is not one other-world stacked above this one, and not one religion.

Upper, this, and inner or lower

• IncaUpper world, this world, and inner or lower world, in a widespread scheme. Local maps vary.

síd named

An Irish otherworld name from the filed line. Not Annwn, and not a full afterlife.

• Irishsíd is named as an otherworld. Unclassified / Source Needed beyond that name.

Annwn named

A Welsh otherworld name from the filed line. Not a full afterlife.

• WelshAnnwn is named. Unclassified / Source Needed beyond that name.

This world and the worlds of God

• BaháʼíWorlds of God beyond this life. A detailed map is not the center.