Inferno
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| - | "The angel and [[Tundale]] then came to a long narrow bridge over a boiling lake planted all over with long sharp spikes, which pierced through the feet of the thieves and barterers who attempted to pass. Dante in the eighth circle of the "Inferno" looks down from a bridge that passes over its fifth gulf om the thieves and barterers, In one part of his vision Tundale arrived at a great and horrible hill, where devils with hot iron hooks were tossing the souls of deceitful and treacherous people alternatively into fire and ice. It is very remarkable that Dante in the last canto of the "[[Inferno]]" covers up in ice those who have betrayed their benefactors. Tundale speaks of a terrible beast called [[Acheron]], which swallowed multitudes of avaricious and greedy souls."--"[[The Celtic Sources of the Divina Commedia]]" (1896) by Marion Mulhall | ||
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| '''Inferno''' is the Italian term for [[Hell]], also used in English for a [[conflagration|large uncontrolled fire]]. | '''Inferno''' is the Italian term for [[Hell]], also used in English for a [[conflagration|large uncontrolled fire]]. | ||
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Inferno is the Italian term for Hell, also used in English for a large uncontrolled fire.
It may also refer to:
- The first part of the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, see Dante's Inferno
- Inferno (Strindberg), an 1897 novel by August Strindberg
- L'Inferno (film) (1911), the first feature-length Italian film
- Towering Inferno , a 1974 American action drama disaster film
- Scherzo infernal, 1984, a short animated French film by Walerian Borowczyk
- Inferno (1980 film), Italian horror film directed by Dario Argento
- Dante's Inferno (video game), an upcoming video game to be published by Electronic Arts
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Etymology
From Italian inferno (“hell”), from Latin infernus (“of the lower regions”), inferna (“the lower regions”); see infernal.
The meaning "big fire" came as a figurative use from the traditional idea of hellfire.
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See also
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