Post by Ragnar OtterstadPost by Pernille LauridsenJeg har aldrig helt forstået udtrykket. Dvs. jeg har samme
opfattelse af dig, om betydningen, men der er vel så "Helvedes"
varmt i Helvede, at synderne ikke behøver tøj?
Er dette ikke noget fra Brdr Gimms eventyr ?
Nej, flammerne er meget ældre. Her er, hvad den engelske udgave af Wikipedia
skriver:
"As light and brightness were associated with God and Heaven, it is not
strange that darkness was associated with Hell. Concerning the fire, some
scholars speculated that the idea came from the fire consecrated to same
Pagan deities like Adramelech, Moloch, etc., to whom children were
sacrificed by throwing them into the flames; but other scholars, more
recently, speculated that, since Hell is considered an underground place,
fire was associated with volcanic eruptions; the idea that volcanoes could
be gateways to Hell was present in the mind of the ancient Romans, and later
of Icelanders and other European peoples. Some claim that the conditions
thought to prevail in Hell are influenced by the generally hot, dry climates
found in the cradlelands of Judaism, Christianity and Islam alike; these
observers point to the fact that the equivalent of Hell in Norse mythology,
known as Niflheim, is pictured as a cold, foggy place (the name itself
meaning "home of the fog")."
--
Poul