4/3: A grub-stake was as rare as a snow-ball in hades. 1896 J.F. Lillard Poker Stories 54: A sucker had no more chance against those fellows than a snow-ball has in a red-hot oven. 1917 B.E.F. Times 15 Aug. (2006) 208/2: Speed, on a returning leave train, gets about ...
Although the Sumerians and ancient Hebrews and Greeks initially believed that both good and evil, rich and poor, would descend to hell, some also believed that She'ol, Hades, and Hell, were places of judgment, where punishments were doled out to the wicked. "Upon the termination of life ...
Judges of Hell, Ten Kings of Hell, Demons of Hell.Describes the ten judges of hell, who review the behavior of the deceased while s/he was still living, and then send the departed soul back into one ofsix states of transmigration(reincarnation); introduces the demons who inhabit the lower...
Base of Operations: Hell (a branch thereof), also sometimes referred to as Hades (though the domain of the Olympian god Pluto most properly receives that name)Education: Extensively self-taughtFirst Appearance: Silver Surfer I#3 (December, 1968)...