I am curious about this, hell has been thought of as being hot and below ground. What I'm wondering is what society or culture first came up with this and if possible, I'm curious as to why they thought so.
Logically, it makes sense that if you think hell is below ground, it would be hot, if you assume that the core of the earth is a big bunch of molten rock. I'm wondering if the idea that hell was hot and below ground came around before or after it was first theorized that the earth was filled with something hot.
Many myths come around based on things that were actually seen (dragons eating the moon = eclipse, thunder = thor's hammer, etc). So which came first, hell is below us and hot, or the middle of the earth is hot, thus, hell is hot. And which civilization is responsible for that kind of thinking? Thanks!
2007-07-09
13:07:52
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