Agree, it is not real story, it looks like typical Gnostic type story but it reflect s something that people associated with, the way they understood Hades works. Somewhat interesting that Swedenborg’s description is somewhat in line with this story.
I find the reason 'people associated with' is because false clergy teach a religious-myth hell as being Scripture.
Perhaps, that started long ago so that clergy could use ' fire ' as a scare tactic to try to control the flock of God.
Jesus simply teaches us how hades or biblical hell works when he likened death to sleep at John 11:11-14.
So, while dead Jesus was in hades/biblical hell, then Jesus was sleeping - Acts of the Apostles 2:27.
Plus, who gets a ' get out of hell ' free card___________
Religious-myth hell teachings teach never, No ' get-out-of-hell free card ' ever.
Whereas, the temporary Bible's hell comes to a final end because everyone in biblical hell is ' delivered up '.
This means resurrected out of biblical hell before biblical hell is cast vacant into ' second death ' for vacated hell.
- Revelation 20:13-14.