Hel was the norse Godess of the underworld(kind of). It probably has some convoluted linguistic/appropriation/conversion tie to this more than anything
I thought it came from Loki's daughter, Hel.
From Wikipedia >> The Hellenistic period covers the period of Mediterranean history between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC[1] and the conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt the following year.[2] The period of Greece prior to the Hellenistic era is known as Classical Greece, while the period afterwards is known as Roman Greece. The Ancient Greek word Hellas (Ἑλλάς, Ellás) was originally the widely recognized name of Greece, from which the word Hellenistic was derived.[3] "Hellenistic" is distinguished from "Hellenic" in that the first encompasses all territories under direct ancient Greek influence, while the latter refers to Greece itself.
Catholics were obsessed with Greek mythology. They even made the Devil have the Poseidon's trident.
Interesting, I am unaware of the Catholic/Greek Mythology connection. It would make more sense for Greek mythology to have the greater influence there. I wonder if there is a combined influence between the two.
No, just a coincidence. There are multiple words used for hell in the bible, in some places hell, in others hades and i think the original term was Gehenna.
Hell and hades are loanwords from nordic and greek and dont belong in the hebrew bible. Gehenna is however has a valley in jerusalem where kikes would sacrifice their babies and burn them in a pit. it was a horrific place
from Proto-Germanic *haljō "the underworld" (source also of Old Frisian helle, Old Saxon hellia, Dutch hel, Old Norse hel, German Hölle, Gothic halja "hell"). Literally "concealed place" (compare Old Norse hellir "cave, cavern"), from PIE root *kel- (1) "to cover, conceal, save."
The English word may be in part from Old Norse mythological Hel (from Proto-Germanic *halija "one who covers up or hides something"), in Norse mythology the name of Loki's daughter who rules over the evil dead in Niflheim, the lowest of all worlds (nifl "mist"). A pagan concept and word fitted to a Christian idiom. In Middle English, also of the Limbus Patrum, place where the Patriarchs, Prophets, etc. awaited the Atonement. Used in the KJV for Old Testament Hebrew Sheol and New Testament Greek Hades, Gehenna. Used figuratively for "state of misery, any bad experience" at least since late 14c. As an expression of disgust, etc., first recorded 1670s.
The word "Hellenic" is an effort to write a Greek word using English characters. So "Hellas" is an effort to write , where there is no "H" and the last vowel is accented instead of the first one.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hell also has some interesting notes.
Ever heard of Hellen of Troy? Actually the term Hellenic simply means the Greek people.
Well, being around greek people is hell...
hell no!
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