Irkalla

By Crusader1307

Irkalla (and several other Akkadian names) – was The Mesopotamian version of Hades, or The Underworld. Unlike later Christian (and related) versions, Irkalla was no necessarily an ''Evil'' or ''Place of Punishment''. In Ancient Mesopotamia, The Underworld was said to be very much as ''Living Life'' on Earth. The primary difference was that it was a ''World of Shadows''. A ''caste system'', (Upper and Lower Class), was in place as well. One's ''station'' in ''Living Life'' needed to be replicated in Death. If a Person had the wealth to be buried ''well'' – so too was His ''Afterlife'' replicated. If One was poor, they were buried common, without Grave Goods (wealth). As such they were ''Poor'' in Death. Often, this Class of ''Dead'' could (and often did) become Demons or ''Wrathful Spirits''.