Hell
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| # In various [[religion]]s, the [[place]] where some or all [[spirit]]s are believed to go after [[death]]. | # In various [[religion]]s, the [[place]] where some or all [[spirit]]s are believed to go after [[death]]. | ||
| # [[Christianity]]: The place where [[devil]]s live and where [[sinner]]s are [[punish]]ed after death. | # [[Christianity]]: The place where [[devil]]s live and where [[sinner]]s are [[punish]]ed after death. | ||
| - | #: ''May you rot in '''hell'''!'' | + | #: ''May you [[rot]] in '''hell'''!'' |
| #* '''1667''', [[John Milton]], ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' | #* '''1667''', [[John Milton]], ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' | ||
| #*: Better to reign in '''Hell''' than serve in '''Heaven'''. | #*: Better to reign in '''Hell''' than serve in '''Heaven'''. | ||
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- In various religions, the place where some or all spirits are believed to go after death.
- Christianity: The place where devils live and where sinners are punished after death.
- May you rot in hell!
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.
- 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- Hell is a strait and dark and foul-smelling prison, an abode of demons and lost souls, filled with fire and smoke.
Hell, according to many religious beliefs, is an afterlife of suffering where the wicked or unrighteous dead are punished. Hells are almost always depicted as underground. In Christianity and Islam, hell is fiery. Hells from other traditions, however, are sometimes cold and gloomy. Some hells are described in graphic and gruesome detail.
Hells are often populated with demons, who torment the damned. Many are ruled by a death god or some other dreadful supernatural figure (e.g. Satan).
Namesakes
- Hell (1908) - Henri Barbusse
- "Hell is other people" by Sartre from No Exit.
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