The Underworld: Hell, Shaol, Hades, Gehenna Explored, Ancient Roots, Comparative Religion

This is Spiritual Studies session #58. This session asks, where did the idea of Hell come from? With this, this session skims through western traditions and etymology to elaborate on the root of such an idea. This is not a fully fleshed out handling of this subject. There is no mention of Hindu, Buddhist ideas of the underworld. This may justify a future session.

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Some links to follow:

https://mythologyexplained.com/the-underworld-in-greek-mythology/
https://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/hell-sheol-hades-paradise-and-the-grave/
https://www.stason.org/TULARC/education-books/sumerian-mythology/16-What-about-the-Underworld-Sumerian-Mythology.html
https://www.sacredserpent.net/underworld.html
https://worldspirituality.org/celtic-otherworld-html
https://norse-mythology.org/cosmology/the-nine-worlds/helheim/