Fields of Asphodel

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Fields of Asphodel is a region of the Greek underworld where the ordinary dead wander in a shadowy, neutral afterlife, distinct from both the torments of Tartarus and the rewards of Elysium.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf afterlife realm
mythological location
region of the Greek underworld
accessedBy souls after judgment
afterlifeRole default realm for the dead
destination for most human souls
associatedWith asphodel flowers
meadows
category locations in Greek mythology
mythological afterlife locations
underworld realms
comparedTo purgatorial realm
contrastedMoralOutcomeWith rewards of Elysium
torments of Tartarus
contrastedWith Elysium NERFINISHED
Tartarus NERFINISHED
culture Ancient Greek mythology
describedAs neutral afterlife
shadowy plain
distinctFrom Elysium NERFINISHED
Tartarus NERFINISHED
etymologyRelatedTo asphodel plant
experienceOfSouls dull existence
lack of strong pleasure or pain
function place where souls wander aimlessly
realm for ordinary dead
governedBy Hades NERFINISHED
Persephone NERFINISHED
inhabitedBy shades of the dead
souls of the ordinary dead
locatedInMythology Greek afterlife cosmology
mentionedIn Homeric tradition NERFINISHED
Odyssey NERFINISHED
later Greek literature
moralFunction neither reward nor punishment
moralStatusOfInhabitants morally neutral
neither especially virtuous nor especially wicked
partOf Greek underworld
Hades NERFINISHED
realmType post-mortem dwelling place
symbolizes mediocre life
obscure fate after death
temporalStatus eternal state for many souls
visualizedAs vast field of pale flowers

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Ἠλύσιον relatedConcept Fields of Asphodel