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My limited understanding of Greek and Roman religion is that there were effectively 3 potential "afterlives"
Elysium (Heaven) - A paradise where heroes went when they died
Hades - A "middle place" ordinary people, neither "good or evil' went when they died, something of a dreary, monotonous place. (I'm unsure if the Catholic Purgatory corresponds to this or not)
Tartarus (Hell) - A place of eternal torment where the evil and wicked went when they died, and where the Titans (primordial deities) were imprisoned by the Gods.
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I believe the word "hell" itself is Germanic in its roots - in some translations of the Bible, the Greek word "Tartarus" was allegedly used in regards to hell, "Gehenna" was a word used to refer to hell.
I'm not an expert on Jewish religion, but supposedly "Sheol" was an afterlife which corresponded more to "Hades", while "Gehenna" corresponded more to Tartarus or hell.
Elysium (Heaven) - A paradise where heroes went when they died
Hades - A "middle place" ordinary people, neither "good or evil' went when they died, something of a dreary, monotonous place. (I'm unsure if the Catholic Purgatory corresponds to this or not)
Tartarus (Hell) - A place of eternal torment where the evil and wicked went when they died, and where the Titans (primordial deities) were imprisoned by the Gods.
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I believe the word "hell" itself is Germanic in its roots - in some translations of the Bible, the Greek word "Tartarus" was allegedly used in regards to hell, "Gehenna" was a word used to refer to hell.
I'm not an expert on Jewish religion, but supposedly "Sheol" was an afterlife which corresponded more to "Hades", while "Gehenna" corresponded more to Tartarus or hell.