Since ancient times, special attention has been paid to hell - a place where sinners were waiting for eternal torment. Moreover, different religions and peoples had their own myths, which, one way or another, indicated the location of hell.
Hell in ancient myths
In almost all ancient myths, hell, being an integral part of the afterlife, is in the dungeon. Moreover, only the dead and, in an exceptional case, any gods could get there. The gates of hell were always guarded. In most myths in the underworld of the death god, there is a river through which a special character is transported - a conductor. In ancient Greek mythology, for example, there is no clear separation of hell and paradise as such. There is an underground dark kingdom of Tartarus, which Hades rules and where everyone inevitably falls after death. The ancient Greeks believed that the entrance to it is somewhere in the west and that death itself was associated with the west. In the underground kingdom of Hades, the river of oblivion Leta flowed. The ancient Greeks also mention the river Styx, through which the conductor Charon ferried the shadows of the dead. The lack of clear lines between hell and paradise and the existence of a single underground kingdom in the view of the ancient peoples is due primarily to the syncretism of their thinking. They perceived themselves as part of nature, something inalienable.
Religion and literature on the whereabouts of hell
Christian and Muslim religions clearly distinguish between heaven and hell. Hell also remains in the underworld, and heaven is in heaven. Moreover, there is no reference to the exact location of hell, but an indication that it is underground.
Buddhism speaks of a huge number of hells and their special structure, and their location is considered to be the bowels of the earth beneath the Jambudvipa continent.
The authors of a number of works also turn to the subject of hell. For example, Dante Alighieri, in his "Divine Comedy", describing the nine circles of hell, writes that the location of hell is a huge funnel reaching the earth's center.
