Hel . . . Hell . . . hmmm, I smell a lawsuit.
2006-07-14 05:40:59 · 13 answers · asked by Kenny ♣ 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Religions are linear. They piggyback off each other. The gods of one mythology become the devils of the next. That's how it's always worked. You can find examples of perrty much every Christian story and character in earlier religions.
2006-07-14 05:43:21 · answer #1 · answered by effin drunk 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Norse Goddess Of The Underworld
2016-11-06 08:46:40 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hel was the daughter of the trickster God Loki. Her siblings were the Fenris wolf and Jormungand the serpent. Hel is described as being half alive, and half corpse (or sometimes simply as half white and half black). In many ways, she is similar to the Greek goddess, Hecate. Hel is called upon for magick, divination and she was the guardian of the crossroads.
Though the Christian version of the underworld gets its name from this Norse Goddess, the realm that she actually ruled was quite different from the fire & brimstone Hell. The underworld of Norse myth was actually called Niflheim and there went the souls of those who died, but not in battle (usually of old age, accident or disease). Hel ruled here from her own hall, Helheim. Sometimes the names Niflheim and Helheim are used interchangeably, and then her hall is called Sleet-Den.
2006-07-14 05:43:02 · answer #3 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Total plagarism. Also check the "myth" of the God Mithros...born Dec 25, to a virgin mother, died for mankind and was buried in a rock tomb, where he was ressurected three days later.
Or how about the story of Horus, who's mom Isis was magically impregnated by a sky diety, and who's Egyptian statues of her suckling a baby Horus became the inspiration of the statues of Mary and baby Jesus...
2006-07-14 05:47:52 · answer #4 · answered by YDoncha_Blowme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither! It's an adaptation!
Hell, according to many religious beliefs, is a place or a state of pain and suffering. The English word 'hell' comes from the Teutonic 'Hel', which originally meant "to cover." "Hel" later referred to the goddess of the Norse underworld, Hel. Compare Anglo-Saxon helan, Greek kalyptein and Latin celare="to hide, to cover" (all from PIE *kel-).
According to many religions, the afterlife affords evildoers to suffer eternally. In some monotheistic doctrines, Hell is often populated by demons who torment the damned. The fallen angel Lucifer in Christian theology, otherwise known as Satan, is commonly portrayed in popular culture as the ruler of Hell. Others portray Hell as the final resting place of the Devil, prepared as his punishment by God Himself. Hell is also defined as an utter absence of God or redemptive force. Purgatory, as believed by Catholicism, is another place of torment for sinners who have ultimately achieved salvation but have not paid penance for the sins they have committed in their previous lives. Hell on the contrary is commonly believed to be for eternity with no chance of redemption or salvation for those who suffer there. Christian faith teaches it is a domain of boundless dimension, scope, and torment. Many monotheistic religions regard Hell as the absolute ultimate worst-case-scenario, per se. For some Gnostics including the Cathars hell was none other than this present life on earth.
In polytheistic religions, the politics of Hell can be as complicated as human politics. Many Hellenistic Neopagans believe in Tartarus, which may also be considered a version of Hell.
2006-07-14 05:47:33 · answer #5 · answered by dhruvsk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No coincidence at all there - that's exactly why the first Christian missionaries among the Germanic peoples chose that word. That's why they continued to use the word 'yule' among the Celts. They thought that they'd get people hooked on Christianity more easily if they minimised the funny-sounding foreign words and tried to use words that linked to concepts their 'missions' had already heard of and recognised.
Pretty insidious, if you think about it...
2006-07-14 05:43:28 · answer #6 · answered by XYZ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of the major religions & mythologies started from the same basis. Over the years things have been changed to make them different.
Who ya gonna sue??
2006-07-14 05:51:56 · answer #7 · answered by fairly smart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
believe whatever makes you happy because i have NO idea...and who would you take the lawsuit against....when you figure this out let me know :)!!! but i do think that mythology is all intertwined so one probably developed out of the other. that's my theory i guess :)
2006-07-14 05:44:00 · answer #8 · answered by super girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry, but what is being plagiarized or coincided here.
2006-07-14 05:45:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about H-E-double hockey sticks?
2006-07-14 05:44:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋