From: David Cake (davidc@cs.uwa.edu.au)
Date: Tue 05 Dec 1995 - 07:14:48 EET
>>I suspect the fourth Hell is still the worst, though. The Fourth Hell is one
>>of the four Hells of Dara Happan myth, and is the place of punishment and
>>monsters, while the fifth hell seems to be where the things from outside
>>Dara Happan myth comes from - at least it is the source of the dijijelm.
>
>C'mon David! What's the point of having Seven Hells if only the Fourth
>One is the Worst? Going by the example of Dante, the Worst Hell should
>be the Seventh Hell ruled over by the Evil Ganesatarus.
>
I think the 7th Hell is either the best or the most mysterious - its
the genuine Lunar one, probably, and the end of the journey. The 6th may be
the worst. Taking my theory that the 6th is the annexed Pentan Hell, then it
seems to be the one the Lunars fear the most, and the place where their
worst criminals are cast.
I think I am thinking more in terms of a heroes journey sort of
situation, where the worst parts are near the middle, and the good bit is at
the end. The 6th, in this scheme, is not neccessarily the worst because
while its inhabitants are the worst they do not trouble good Lunars (like
Yara Aranis and her mother). The fourth, in this scheme, is the worst
because it is where Danfive Xaron holds sway and where good Lunar citizens
may be punished for their sins. Only the really really bad criminals end up
in the 6th Hell.
I think the Dara Happans think the 5th Hell must be even worse than
the fourth, but the less xenophobic Lunars do not think so.
Note that you then have a nice progression from the Dara Happan
myth, where your only hope was to go to Heaven directly because Hell was
entirely bad, to the Lunar version, which shows you a way out of the Dara
Happan Hell is you are wise in the Lunar way. Thus the Lunar way offers hope
to those (like criminals or those who have worshipped bad gods) that the
Dara Happans would consider condemned with no hope of reachine Heaven.
>native English speakers spell color "color". Shape up.
The many logical and sensible rejoinders to this are so obvious as
to not be worth repeating. They can probably be summarised as 'If your
entire nation chooses to spell the word incorrectly with you, why is that a
reason why I should?' :-). Away with all such comments. Leave us to our
quaint ways. Spelling flames are a tedious waste of time at best,
exceptionally ones so obviously dubious.
Cheers
David
Computing Officer |" Life is easily understood as bit strings of logical
Arts Faculty UWA |depth greater than their length" - Rebis, Doom Patrol
davidc@cs.uwa.edu.au |" Do not think, HIT, it is our way" - Milk & Cheese
>Microsoft, meanwhile, denies that the problem exists.
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