[[cosmos-cosmography]] This page is for PIE cosmography. [[middle-earth-land]] [[otherworld]] [[landscape-location]] The cosmos is generally seen as tripartite [[cosmos-tripartite]] ## Heavens [[stars-astro-constellations-planets]] [[sky]] ## Earth [[rivers-streams]] [[groves]] [[fire]] [[metals]] [[trees]] ## Trans-world Some things cross from one world to another: - [[axis-mundi]] [[world-tree]] (all) - cosmic rivers (all) - [[wells-fountains]] (middle-lower) - ritual [[fire]] (middle-upper) ## Other [[elements]] ## Tripartite [[koptev2010]] [[bonewits2006]] [[sayers2013]] ## Misc. [[w-sayers2015]] [[lyle1982]] [[fourtnet2019]] [[z-smitek1999]] Solvene [[eck1981]] crossing zones # Worlds - The 3 worlds of the cosmos are held together via the [Axis Mundi](axis-mundi.md). Each world has its own: - [Sky Color](sky-color) - [Time of day](24hours.md) - [Gods](gods.md) ### Upper World (Heaven) - Time: Day - God(s): [Sky Father](day-sky-father.md) ### Middle World (Earth) ### Lower World ("The Hidden Place") [Lower World](world.md) - Time: Night - God: Night Sky God - Nor. ***Hel*** - Grk. ***Hades*** ## Non-IE ### Japan 1 ***takama-ga-hara*** 'Plain of High Heaven'. Came to be the Valhalla of the Japanese Empire [wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takamagahara) 2 ***naka-tsu-kuni*** 'Land of the Middle 3 ***yomi no kuni*** 'Land of Darkness', or, ***ne no kuni*** 'Land of Roots'