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Originally Posted by Helm
Hades was supposed to be nothing like the Christian Concept of Hell. It amazes me how you all accepted this bit of information without at all checking up on it. Hades was not about constant suffering or eternal solitude. Hades wasn't even 'punishment' at all. The Elysian Fields were reserved for people who had completed their initiation to the Kawir and Dionysian misteries, and they weren't a 'reward' either. Kelly's overestimating his understanding of those concepts.
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I never said that Hades was a place of punishment. I only meant that the scenery (and location of ) was similiar. From there, it's all just twisted bastardization. There are also other borrowed things from greek mythology such as horned creatures being tricksters and deceivers. Lo and behold, the popular vision of Satan is a horned, cloven creature. The general view in greek mythology is of ground dwelling creatures or things emanating from the earth as evil - they recalled the older pagan mythos that had since been disgarded but were still being practiced by the country/mountain people. Suprise! The snake represents the devil in christian theology. I don't recall mentioning the Elysian Fields at all.