All cults and fables throughout history (except for the Greeks and Romans, perhaps a few others) had their "good and evil" diametric opposites. There was Osiris and Set, Marduk and Tiamat, "god" and "satan" as well as many other myths.
The Greeks and the Romans, however used "gods" as moral lessons; few were explicity good or bad, and most where as whimsical and selfish as humans. The christian cult, however, ripped off one major part of Greek mythology and incorporated it into christian mythology.
Hades/Pluto wasn't just a name, it was a place. But Hades wasn't just for "evil" people, it had three sections: one for good people (which became the myth of "heaven"), one for so-so people (the myth of purgatory) and one for bad people (the myth of "hell").
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2006-09-29 05:07:36
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answered by Anonymous
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