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Traces the ideas of Hell of different cultures throughout history, from the Hades of the ancient Greeks to the seven-storied Hell of the Swahilis, and explores the artistic, social, political, and psychological significance of those ideas. IP.
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EVERY CULTURE that has a concept of hell locates it in a different place, although most agree that hell lies somewhere underground, beneath or in the earth. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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EVERY CULTURE that has a concept of hell locates it in a different place, although most agree that hell lies somewhere underground, beneath or in the earth. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
descent motif Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Last Judgement, Lord of Death New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics) by John Milton on page 32, and page 34
- Dr. Faustus (Dover Thrift Editions) by Christopher Marlowe on page 48, and page 69
- Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Myths and Legends by Arthur Cotterell in Back Matter
- The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum by E. A. Wallis Budge in Back Matter
- Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came (Phoenix 60p paperbacks) by Robert Browning on page 15
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