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Re: Hellish Names *PIC*

Posted By: Ghôlsbane (mailhost.bryanston.co.uk)
Date: 12/14/2001 at 4:46 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Hellish Names (SiliconDream =PN=)

: this has been noticed and mentioned before

oh, thought it might have been

: Coupla modifications: Avernus is actually an Italian lake
: which according to Roman tradition was a gateway to
: the underworld; it's not literally the underworld
: itself.

knew that but it was actually used as a name for the underworld for this reason.

: The Roman king of the underworld and equivalent of the
: Greek Hades was Orcus; Pluto (the Greek Plouton) is
: actually an associated underworld deity who presides
: over all the wealth beneath the Earth (ores and jewels
: and stuff). And there's no Greek or Roman devil; a few
: particularly bad people go to Tartarus, but it's
: adminstrated by the same gods who run the rest of the
: afterlife.

i know there's no devil but it was just a word iused for people who don't know who pluto was. I didn't know about orcus though.

: Not particularly relevant to the Myth connections, but
: still. :-)

i knew some old pedant would correct me ;-p

: --SiliconDream

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Messages In This Thread

  • Hellish Names *PIC*
    Ghôlsbane (mailhost.bryanston.co.uk) -- 12/13/2001 at 3:55 p.m.
    • Re: Hellish Names
      SiliconDream =PN= (as3-2-58.HIP.Berkeley.EDU) -- 12/13/2001 at 4:29 p.m.
      • Re: Hellish Names *PIC*
        Ghôlsbane (mailhost.bryanston.co.uk) -- 12/14/2001 at 4:46 a.m.

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