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Old 03-21-2005, 09:15 PM   #9
Shelob
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What about cases where Paradise#2 also qualifies as a Paradise#1?

I'm just asking because the image of Paradise#1 (ie: gardens) is probably so ingraned into most cultures as the setting for Pardise#2s (Paradises#2?) that the only real difference would be the factor of whether this was a real place or one where only the dead can go. By this I mean that Paradise#1 would be an actual, reachable location while Pardise#2 would be located in the spirt world. And if this were the case how strict would you consider it...living people entered the Greek Hades (not often, and they were usually on quests...Heralces on his 12 labours...Orpehus in search of Eurydice...Odysseus on his way home) but it was much more a part of the spirit world and certainly meets your definition of "home of those who have passed from this life to the next" (well, part of it qualifies as 'paradise' at least...Hades had three parts as I recall, the Elysian Fields for heros, a section for sinners and a third section for your everday, average person).
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