![]() ![]() In Greek mythology, the world was believed to be flat like a disc, with the flat land being surrounded on all sides by ocean with the heavens and sky above. Mimir speaks of " every realm of every land in every world" and " other lands" when talking about the other mythologies, so to keep things simple, it should be noted that this article will use each term interchangeably, without necessarily meaning "land" in the regular geographical sense or "realm" in the sense of the Nine Realms.Ġ8 March 2010 Lands The Greek World On the other hand, Cory Barlog stating that the space separating Midgard and Olympus is literally the distance between Greece and Scandinavia implies much shorter distances. Týr using the Unity Stone to travel seems to imply that the different regions do not exist in separate countries, but instead in different worlds separated across time and space. The means of traveling differ and are not always clear: Kratos never really says how he got to Midgard, but the official novelization says that he was dragged there by mysterious wolves that may have actually been Sköll and Hati. Týr was known to travel to other lands to visit its pantheons as a peaceful ambassador. Mimir left his homeland and served a succession of different masters further and further north until he finally ended up in the Nine Realms under Odin. Kratos left the Greek World after destroying it, fleeing to the Norse World of Midgard in the north. It is possible to move from mythological world to other mythological worlds. This view of the metaphysical setting of the world of God of War is confirmed by narrative writer and director of God of War (2018) and God of War Ragnarök Matt Sophos as well as animation director for God of War Ragnarök Bruno Velazquez. He also notes that there is an actual "greater universe" outside the universes the Gods of each mythology have dominion over. That's how they simultaneously exist with their own belief systems and creation/destruction stories, while still being separated by geography like normal regions of the world. In the analogy, each galaxy represents a particular pantheon from all the mythologies of the world and these "galaxies" are wrapped around the planet. Long-time director of the franchise Cory Barlog explained that the mythological pantheons on the Earth of God of War are similar to the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field, which shows hundreds of individual galaxies. Essentially, the series as a whole takes place on Earth, but within each geographical region, there exists a version of the universe with its dimensions and earth based on the prevalent mythology and local belief system of the people living in that particular region. For example, the Greek World and the Nine Realms have completely different conceptions of the universe and how it was created, and yet both are true and exist simultaneously. The main characteristic of the World of the God of War series is that it is a world where multiple mythological realms, each with their own Gods, monsters, magic, cosmology, and even afterlife, somehow coexist, despite the contradictions. ![]()
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