

#1 Bestseller in Dark Fantasy (Amazon Australia) #1 Bestseller in Arthurian Fantasy (Amazon UK & Amazon Canada) History also has it that the Nazis occupied the Houska Castle to carry out occultic practices so that's one more thing that makes this place extremely bizarre.The Warrior's Path: An Epic Fantasy Adventure (Tales of Gorania Book 1) by Several centuries after the building of the castle, locals revealed that strange sounds and scratching noises could still be heard from within the castle. The castle was eventually built above this alleged gateway to prevent demons from escaping and torturing locals. This pit was believed to be the gateway to the underworld and strange creatures would emerge from it in the dark to capture people who were out of their homes during these dark hours and drag them into the pit.

According to Folklore, there was a large bottomless pit on the spot where the castle now stands. Its location in a dense forest in one of the most remote parts of Czechia and its lack of occupants makes it even scarier to visit. Liba Castle sits at the top of a cliff in the Czech Republic and its history is just as frightening as its creepy appearance. Related: What Those Who Are Lucky Enough To Get Visas Can See In TurkmenistanĪ post shared by Tomáš M. The site’s location in the middle of the desert, the oppressive temperature characterizing the area, and the view just make this place feel so much like an actual gate of the underworld where a scary creature might jump out of the burning crater one day probably with a pitchfork. Deciding that the gas was poisonous to the earth if it was left spewing out uncontrollably, it was set on fire so the gas would burn off but that fire started in 1971 is still burning today. In the process of the drilling, the geologists uncovered an abundance of methane gas which began leaking into the atmosphere. The creation of this site is accidental and scientific and it all began in the early 1970s when certain soviet geologists decided to search for natural gas in the outskirts of a village in Derweze. Remember - the underworld is an invincible realm and only the dead can enter it.Ī post shared by Daniel Falch deep in a burning hot desert in Turkmenistan is a sight that has been known as the gateway to hell for decades. Even though one can visit them, there are severe and sometimes deadly risks involved in trying to discover more than the natural in these locations. With the quest to know more and hopefully locate this interesting destination, humans have chosen to believe that these locations are actual gates to the underworld. Since it is the place where the dead goes, it certainly must be colossal and have many gates. Seeing these similarities in various myths and teachings around the world, one cannot help but get curious about where exactly this so-called underworld is located.

In many religious beliefs, however, the closest resemblance to this world of the dead is a place called hell and in this case, it represents the destination for the souls of sinners. In Greek mythology, Hades ruled over this underworld and delivered judgments to the souls that ended up there while in Egyptian myth, Duat was the land of the dead and Osiris was the lord of this Egyptian underworld. The most popular of these cultures are those of the Greeks and the Egyptians. It is however important to note that the underworld in many cultures is not entirely evil but just destinations where the dead go to receive judgment for their lives on earth. According to myths and religious beliefs around the world, the underworld is the place where the souls of the dead go and it has always been believed that this destination is under the earth or below the world of the living. The underworld is one of such places believed to be in existence. From the ancient religious texts to the myths of the Ancient Greeks, the legends of the Ancient Egyptians, and the tales of the Ancient Romans, humans have always believed in the existence of a life other than the physical one humans live on earth.
