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Hereafter vs Otherworld - What's the difference?

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Hereafter is a synonym of otherworld.


As nouns the difference between hereafter and otherworld

is that hereafter is a future existence or state while otherworld is a world beyond death; an afterlife.

As an adverb hereafter

is in time to come; in some future time or state.

hereafter

English

Adverb

(-)
  • In time to come; in some future time or state.
  • * Dryden:
    • Hereafter he from war shall come.
  • From now on

    • See also

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    Noun

  • A future existence or state.
  • Existence after death.
  • * Addison:
    • 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter .

    Synonyms

    * afterlife

    Derived terms

    * sweet hereafter

    otherworld

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (paganism) The other realms of existence beyond the world of mankind, especially the realms of the dead or the fairy folk.

    • References

    *1990 Understanding Runes, Michael Howard, Thorson, ISBN 1 85538 013 7, page 21. *: In these dreams the spirits of the Otherworld materialized in the shape of animals and spoke to them. *2001 Thunder issue 16&17 (Heathen Journal), The Tale of Aelfstan, Wulf Hengestsson. *: It is a time when folk remember their Ancestors in the Otherworlds and when the veil between the worlds is so thin that, with a little magic, you could pass through it. *2005 Taking Up The Runes, Diana Paxson, Weiser Books, ISBN 1-57863-325-7, page 207. *:The spiritual skill that above all identifies the shaman is the ability to go into trance and journey through the Otherworld at will.