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==Origin==

==Origin==

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English]; akin to Old English helan to conceal, Old High German helan, [[Latin]] celare, [[Greek]] kalyptein

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English]; akin to Old English helan to conceal, Old High German helan, [[Latin]] celare, [[Greek]] kalyptein

An alternative derivation < the Germanic base of Old Icelandic hella flat stone, hallr stone, boulder, hill, Gothic hallus rock (of uncertain [[origin]], perhaps ultimately < the same [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo_European_languages Indo-European] base as HILL n.), suggesting that the underworld was imagined as covered by a stone, is not generally accepted.

An alternative derivation < the Germanic base of Old Icelandic hella flat stone, hallr stone, boulder, hill, Gothic hallus rock (of uncertain [[origin]], perhaps ultimately < the same [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo_European_languages Indo-European] base as HILL n.), suggesting that the underworld was imagined as covered by a stone, is not generally accepted.

*Before the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century 12th Century]

*Before the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century 12th Century]

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Hell''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Hell '''''this link'''''].</center>

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Hell''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Hell '''''this link'''''].</center>

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1a (1) : a nether world in which the [[dead]] continue to exist : hades (2) : the nether realm of the [[devil]] and the demons in which the damned suffer everlasting punishment —often used in [[curses]] <go to hell> or as a generalized term of [[abuse]] <the hell with it>  

*1a (1) : a nether world in which the [[dead]] continue to exist : hades (2) : the nether realm of the [[devil]] and the demons in which the damned suffer everlasting punishment —often used in [[curses]] <go to hell> or as a generalized term of [[abuse]] <the hell with it>  

[[Modern]] understandings of Hell often depict it abstractly, as a [[state]] of loss rather than as fiery [[torture]] [[literally]] underground, but this view of hell can, in fact, be traced back into the [[ancient]] and medieval periods as well.

[[Modern]] understandings of Hell often depict it abstractly, as a [[state]] of loss rather than as fiery [[torture]] [[literally]] underground, but this view of hell can, in fact, be traced back into the [[ancient]] and medieval periods as well.

Hell is often portrayed as populated with [[demons]], who torment the damned. Many are ruled by a death god, such as Nergal, Hades, Yama or the Christian/Islamic [[Devil]], called [[Satan]] or [[Lucifer]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell]

Hell is often portrayed as populated with [[demons]], who torment the damned. Many are ruled by a death god, such as Nergal, Hades, Yama or the Christian/Islamic [[Devil]], called [[Satan]] or [[Lucifer]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell]

[[Category: Religion]]

[[Category: Religion]]