““Dead man, listen well. The Great Keep is not like the Otherworld. The Great Keep has many names. To the Norse it is Valhalla, Hall of the Lords. To the Greeks it is Olympus. There are as many names as there are men who would speak them.””
The passage contrasts the Great Keep, a universal afterlife concept, with specific cultural heavens, emphasizing that each culture names its own version of the afterlife.
In simple terms: Universal afterlife vs. cultural heavens
All cultures envision a realm for the dead
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