Medieval depictions of paradise are slightly weird.

20furiousbluebirds:

Depictions of hell are easy enough, after all- think of a horrible thing to do to someone, draw a scary monster doing that and home for tea! Describing a place so perfect you’d want to be there forever is a little harder- theologians and artists alike have spent their whole lives trying to capture heaven.

Peasants, on the other hand, spent most of their time starving, working really hard, and starving while working really hard, so their depictions of Heaven are quite straightforward.  Also a bit odd. According to 14th century peasant folklore, heaven contained:

– Animals walking around preroasted with knives in them for easy butchery
– Birds flying directly into your mouth to be eaten
– Walls, floors and buildings made of cake
– Rains of cheese
– A total absence of snails
– Four christmases a year
– Naked nuns and monks
– Angels paying you to drink
– Communism
AND
– The chance to punch the local lord right in the face

It is good to be clear on what it is you want, I suppose.