• mihnt@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Some arguments could be made that “The Divine Comedy” was the first one…

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      1 year ago

      I feel like at that point any “journey to the underworld” story would qualify. Orpheus and Eurydice would count. And I know there are Sumerian and Vedic stories about mortals journeying into spiritual planes of reality.