divine realm
Where deities dwell
The divine realm is the domain of gods, spirits, or sacred beings—a plane of existence separate from and typically above the mortal world.
Religious and mythological traditions describe it variously as heaven, paradise, or the abode of deities: Prayers ascend to the divine realm.
The term also appears in fantasy literature and games to describe supernatural dimensions where cosmic powers dwell.
- HeavenSacred afterlife realm
- pearly gatesOrnate doors with opalescent decoration
- kingdom of heavenGod's sovereign spiritual realm
- ElysiumGreek afterlife for heroes
- AsgardNorse divine realm
higher plane · Valhalla · Paradise · Nirvana · Mount Olympus · empyrean · Avalon · Tree of Life · Eden · golden city · cosmos · Shangri-La · Zion · firmament · beyond the veil · spirit world · Eternity · eternal rest
- supernaturalghosts, ghost, witches, spirits, vampire
- Heavenparadise, pearly gates, eternal life, kingdom of heaven, New Jerusalem
- paradiseparadise, Eden, edenic, Garden of Eden, elysian
- realmskingdom, domain, Heaven, Hades, Nirvana
- epic poetry settingsTroy, Ithaca, underworld, Olympus, sea voyage
- otherworldsotherworld, spirit world, higher plane, beyond, hereafter
celestial vs infernal
divine realmhell
Underworld of suffering
underworld · netherworld · Hades · abyss · Tartarus