Earthly Paradise
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Earthly Paradise is the idyllic, sinless garden at the summit of Mount Purgatory in Dante’s Divine Comedy, symbolizing humanity’s original innocence and the threshold to Heaven.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Earthly Paradise canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
ⓘ
symbolic place ⓘ theological concept ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Garden of Eden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Earthly life in sin
ⓘ
Inferno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cosmologicalPosition | at the top of the purgatorial mountain ⓘ |
| creator | Dante Alighieri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedIn | Purgatorio cantos 28–33 ⓘ |
| equatedWith | Earthly Eden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceIn | Purgatorio canto 28 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
place of final purification of memory
ⓘ
preparation for entry into Heaven ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkItAppearsIn | epic poem ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
lush, idyllic garden
ⓘ
two mystic rivers ⓘ |
| hasInhabitant | Matelda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRiver |
Eunoe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lethe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
memory and forgetfulness of sin
ⓘ
reconciliation of human will with divine will ⓘ recovery of true desire ⓘ |
| influenced | later depictions of Eden in literature ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalWork | Italian ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | medieval Christian allegory ⓘ |
| locatedOn | summit of Mount Purgatory ⓘ |
| moralStatus | sinless realm ⓘ |
| partOf |
Divine Comedy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Purgatorio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedes |
Paradiso
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ascent to the celestial spheres ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Dante studies
ⓘ
literary symbolism ⓘ medieval theology ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
harmony between humans and God
ⓘ
humanity’s original innocence ⓘ moral and spiritual renewal ⓘ prelapsarian state ⓘ restoration of free will ⓘ state of grace ⓘ threshold to Heaven ⓘ transition from purgation to beatitude ⓘ |
| timeOfCompositionOfWork | early 14th century ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Beatrice
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dante (pilgrim) NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.