SECOND EDITION THE HELL OF TEE HINDOOS.
■The 1 Hindoo idea of the hell is different from those set forth in ( the confessions of faith and creeds of most of the denominations of Christianity. Punishments for. the- most part are in the way of transformations into unpleasant creatures. Those who have been drunkards on earth are in i the next world changed into frogs. This ought to he regarded as an improvement rather than a punishment, for a frog is a cold water animal of commendable habits, and never goes, staggering around with a red nose, or a bloated face. Dissenters from the true faith are turned into snakes. Backbiters are changed to tortoises, and misers to cranes, which seems infelicitous, as The crane is one of the few _ creatures that can conveniently bite its own back,, and the tortoise, with it& ability .for Shutting np, would serve as a fit emblem of the miser’s strong box. Flesh-eaters a?e to be eagles; thieves are to he deprived of the power of hearing, and debtors are to be bullocks. The last transmogrification ' probably has referenco to the way in which poor debtors are sometimes slaughtered: by, their creditors in the present liie-; '
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2754, 20 January 1882, Page 3
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201SECOND EDITION THE HELL OF TEE HINDOOS. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2754, 20 January 1882, Page 3
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