Welcome to the Land of Meaning! Each part of this map represents a different experience, behaviour or way of thinking that commonly appears in myths. Let's go through all the landmarks, shall we? Use the arrow button on the right to advance.

People at the base of this mountain look up and recognize their current limitations. But they also see that the first few steps of the staircase are within their reach and how climbing them would improve their lives.

When people (and lobsters) decide that something is desirable, all the members of society array themselves according to their capacity to achieve that thing. Climbing the mountain is very tough; many are dragged down by the waters and very few can be found on the higher peaks.

After reaching the top, one is tempted to just relax and reap the rewards. But it is important to always pay attention to the ever changing surroundings. Failing to notice changes and adapt is fatal.

The one who arrives at this castle will rule the whole kingdom and therefore will be targeted by those who want to change the balance of power. It is also from here that one can reach beyond the wall and face the Unknown.

This wall represents the traditions and systems built by those who came before. It encircles everything that men know and protects them from the Unknown. When it works properly it gives structure to life while allowing space for its creative aspects to grow.

The land here is becoming too dry for crops to grow and the wall is preventing people from getting what they need the most. Fortunately, no matter how thick the wall is, life always finds a way.

These are layers upon layers of protection that were successively attached to the Culture Wall, to the point where it became too rigid to cradle any life. This colossal structure now oppresses those it was meant to protect.

Some of the people at the top enjoy giving orders to those below and being obeyed all the time. They start believing that they must know what they are doing, and want to make sure it stays that way. So they transition through this walkway to a place that prevents everyone else from raising to their level. Others do the same but without ever going through the top of the mountain.

The purpose of this tower is to exert control over the whole of creation, and it attempts to achieve that by destroying anything that is disobedient or unpredictable, even God himself. Nature, which already had a hard time growing, is actively hunted down and burned. The Culture Wall is not completely destroyed; the useful blocks are taken and added to the tower.

People that arrive here find themselves between a painful climb (with no guarantee of success) to the North, burning evil to the East, drowning evil to the West and oblivion to the South. With options like that, what is the point of going anywhere?

People in the abyss are convinced that the world is a flawed and perverse invention. Some even conclude that the ultimate way of demonstrating this is by doing as much harm as possible before destroying themselves. They think that if they can dig a hole far enough into the darkness, it will prove that light does not exist.

People in this lake look at the idealized top of the Competence Mountain and see no value in their own achievements. If they stay here instead of trying new ways to climb, they might become part of the Resentment Whirlpool.

People here believe that all the misfortune in their life was caused by those in positions of power, so they made the whirlpool to take them down. As the Arrogance Tower crashes everything that is below, the Resentment Whirlpool sinks everything above. The whirlpool destroys the Culture Wall completely and builds a new one.

By sins of omission, culture has crumbled down. Man forgot the meaning of the old traditions so their external shell is all that remains.

Terrible Nature is flooding over the neglected parts of the Culture Wall. There are no human values here, only inclement wilderness. This tragedy was not explicitly man's doing, but maybe a strong wall could have prevented it.

The hero's life finds true meaning when he has one foot in The Known and one in the Unknown. They are exposed to terrible dangers here, but there are also great rewards to be found.

The worst thing you can find in the darkness, inside or outside yourself. People who try to get as far away as possible from a dragon can end up being manipulated by it on the opposite end of the map. The only way to defeat a dragon is face to face confrontation.

Even in the most infertile of lands, a seed of life can still appear.

As the hero goes through the process of fighting the dragons in the Underworld, he can find something natural and pure that couldn't be manifested, and then set it free.

Deep in the belly of the beast the hero might find his Father whose wisdom was unjustly cast out. The hero can revindicate it before it disappears forever.

Even in the deepest wilderness, a trace of humanity can still be found.

The heroes that go through the dragons find out that their tails reach high up into this Heaven. This place is much more harmonious than the one the hero departed from. All manifestations of nature have their corresponding place here, in balance with the magnificent constructions.

From up here one can see beyond all things. This knowledge comes with responsibility, though; those who were being protected by their ignorance will become aware of their own limitations and will be forced leave this place. Others will climb down voluntarily, compelled to share what they've learnt with those that stayed behind.

This place is entered by who have mastered the rules that govern the set of all possible games. Here is where the rules are spoken out and brought to light, not arbitrarily, but to achieve peace using the wisdom of the past.

Tour is over, bucko! Or is it? Note that the crown and eye where we ended bears some resemblance to the top of Competence Mountain?

This means that this whole journey just prepared you for a new adventure into a bigger Unknown.