(Episodes in no
particular order/number)
I.
“Bed and Breakfast For Baddies”
II.
“Softy for Sinner Slaves”
III.
“Invaders at Infernal Inn”
IV.
“Delightful and Demonic Dads”
V.
“Flesh Feasting Frenzy”
VI.
“Eldritch Elites Entertain”
VII.
“Hell’s Horrific Heat”
In this universe, Hell
is actually Hell. The Sinners who go to it are punished, enslaved, and mocked
by its demon denizens, tempting them with their specific vice they will never
achieve. Hellborn are treated higher than Sinners and the royals get to do what
they want. The Seven Deadly Sins look like their traditional depictions. Every
seven months, creepy white robed Redeemer angels (Nicknamed “Spirit Guides”)
come from Heaven and choose remorseful Sinners to be transported to Purgatory.
(The only portal to Purgatory lies at the end of Dante’s Inferno trials.) There
they have to reincarnate on Earth in order to get into Heaven. If they pass,
they are reunited with their families as angels. But if they fail, they either
have to endure eternal reincarnation until they pass or be painfully erased
from existence in shame by one of the Seven Deadly Sins (most choose the
latter). This method ensures Hell doesn’t become too overpopulated with former
mortals.
The immortal descendants
of the Seven Deadly Sins are just as prideful, hideous, and brutal as their
parents…until they accidentally look into the memories of the Sinners and begin
to feel something along the lines of…compassion? They start to question why the
Spirit Guides are present if suffering is supposed to be eternal. They realize
that God wouldn’t have the Spirit Guides if They didn’t believe that Sinners
(even the rapists and pedos) deserve a second chance (albeit after many near
impossible trials). Meeting with the redeemers, they tell the descendants that
if Sinners can learn their opposite virtues, then they would be chosen right
away. (Or they have to go through all Nine Circles the long way). The descendants
are surprised to learn that they themselves would be eligible if they learn
their opposite virtue.
Wanting to be more than
just their parents, the descendants decide to open up a Bed and Breakfast
called the Infernal Inn, a place where Sinners can stay and hopefully be noticed
by the Redeemers. But it proves harder than it looks when the Sinners are
tempted by their vices and the descendants have no idea how to explain their
own opposite virtues. To make matters worse, Hellborn gangs frequently bully
the defenseless Sinners.
The following is a list
of sins that will more likely get you into Hell:
Intentional murder that
is not in self-defense or performed as a duty to protect one’s country. (including
for children who kill).
Any form of rape and
abuse to any living thing without taking responsibility to make amends.
Intentionally killing
sentient animals not for survival without amends.
Human sacrifice/cannibalism
not for survival (modern times).
Any form of emotional,
sexual, and psychological abuse knowingly perpetrated without working to make
amends. (including sociopaths/psychopaths)
Sex with non-adults,
kids, corpses, and animals. (Goes to Hell automatically)
Stealing money or any
item not with the intention of survival or charity and not taking
responsibility.
Using/selling illegal
drugs with the intent to harm.
Taking no responsibility
after the use of alcohol/drugs.
Anyone involved in gangs/human
trafficking, taking no responsibility.
Prolonged intentional disrespect
to divinity, including spirits, elementals, gods, etc. without making amends.
(For souls of all ages):
Refusal to reincarnate to the chosen next life and refusal to fully participate
in their Life Review after death. (Many souls do not want to endure
reincarnation and are thus sent to Hell.)
Betrayal, youth
bullying, manipulation, accidental murder, cheating, suicides etc. fall into
the neutral category depending on the circumstances.
Locations:
Earth:
The place where humans live, lies between Heaven and Hell.
Heaven:
The higher realm close to God where souls can enter after they lived virtuous
lives. It consists of the Archangels, 72 angels, God (genderless energy) and
various alien and divine beings like Devas, elementals and Buddhas. Souls
thrive in Eden-like gardens and schools made of light and gemstones where they
can learn how to help those on Earth. It is here that souls can choose to
reincarnate or not at all, whereas those in Purgatory do not have a choice. The
Redeemer angels reside here as well, searching for any traces of Sinners in
Hell to help them encourage reincarnation to Earth. The souls have their lives
reviewed and if satisfied, they get to go to Heaven. All animals and plants
enter Heaven automatically since they have no karma. Heaven also has the nine
levels, Primum Mobile is closest to God.
Purgatory:
Consists of two sections. Section A, the black void lies between Earth and
Heaven, where souls have to prepare to reincarnate on Earth to fix their
mistakes in order to go to Heaven. Their lives are chosen and reviewed by the
Council of Death judges: Anubis, Yama, Hel, Morrigan, and Samael. Section B
lies between Earth and Hell and consists of burning white flames that painfully
purifies souls. It is here that the more lost souls have to either go to the
reincarnation station or go to Hell if they refuse. A frequent quote to the
stubborn ones is, “You’ll wish you’d have the chance to reincarnate once you’re
in Hell.”
Pandemonium:
The onyx black palace in Hell where the Seven Deadly Sins meet and discuss
about Earth and Heaven. It is carried and maintained by Sinner slaves and is a
place where the seven descendants often get together.
Limbo: The
dull gray circle of Hell at the very top. This is where the Infernal Inn is
located. Sinners have to eat dust and dirt, while Hellborn get to live more
like humans.
Lust:
The windy second circle of Hell where Sinners of Lust are deprived of bodily
pleasure, being forced to walk in numb bodies and without sexual organs while
succubi and incubi have fun with each other. Some are forced to drink semen and
have sex with hideous creatures or fiery nude statues. This is also where
Asmodeus’ marble palace resides.
Gluttony:
The third circle of Hell where Sinners are hungry and thirsty all the time and
have to watch Hellborn indulge in feasts of food, alcohol, and drink. Sinners
can only drink a river of drugs where all the bad effects are amplified. Many
are bound and starved. Beelzebub’s alien green hive palace is located here. The
environment is wet and slushy like a swamp with monstrous birds, maggots,
leeches, lice, worms, flies and serpents everywhere that attack Sinners or give them diseases. Many
Hellborn feast on Sinner flesh here.
Greed:
The fourth circle of Hell where Sinners have to roll boulders up hills, get
crushed by jewels, and live in poverty while the Hellborn get to flaunt their
technology and wealth. Mammon’s gold palace is located here.
Wrath:
The fifth circle of Hell where Sinners and Hellborn fight each other in the
River Styx and on battlefields. The Sinners only have sticks to fight with
while the demons repeatedly stab the Sinners with swords, whips, heated blades,
or fire their guns. Some Sinners are trapped in burning tombs and metal bulls
or boiled. Satan’s fiery palace is located here.
Sloth: The
next circle of Hell where Sinners have to build and do slave work without rest
while demons get to lounge around. Some are enslaved/tortured by robotic demons
and devices. It is the most technologically advanced circle of Hell and
Belphegor’s palace is located here.
Envy: The
next circle of Hell where those who committed jealousy and betrayal are frozen
in ice and chewed on by Satan and Leviathan’s monster pets. Those above the
caves are boiled in blood, tar, excrement, and various liquids.
Pride: The
lowest circle of Hell where Pandemonium and Lucifer’s palace is located.
Characters:
Clitora
– Red succubus descendant of Asmodeus and Rashoon. Sitri helped raise her. Clitora
is confident and dominant, especially in sex. She likes both men and women
demons. She has a habit of bossing men around and showed no remorse for Sinners
until accidentally being exposed to their painful memories of Earth. Determined
to help the Sinners, she creates the Infernal Inn, mostly in the hopes of her
getting to escape Hell and rebelling against her father. Her name is a play on “clitoris.”
Her lesson is to learn respect for men and moderation in pleasure. Clitora is
happy that her stepmother Lilith strangely is accepting of her idea to redeem
Sinners, not knowing that Lilith works for Samael, a judge of souls in
Purgatory. Phallus is her younger incubus brother. Clitora and Lucina are the
only descendants who do not get along with their fathers.
Diptera
– Demonic fly-like daughter of Beelzebub and Agrat and friend to Clitora. Bael
is her mentor and she has many siblings. She is incredibly greedy and fat, but
a skilled warrior thanks to her mother Agrat. Her name comes from the Latin
name for the fly. When she gets angry, she eats people. Her lesson is to learn
personal space and sharing of resources and food.
Diablo
– The sexy demonic descendant of Satan. A demon rock star with red skin, bat
wings, horns and fiery long hair, his music further tortures the Sinners
fighting in his realm. He is mean to everyone around him, but Clitora puts him
in her place, in and out of bed. Diablo loves to fight and blow things up with
his Goetia adviser Aim. Initially he is against trying to redeem Sinners but
Clitora makes him stay and keep it a secret from their parents. Diablo likes to
bully Diptera but she retaliates by eating him. His lesson is to learn to
control his anger and to show kindness to others instead of killing them.
Midos
– a play on the King Midas. Midos can also turn things into gold and appears as
a lanky greedy green goblin-like demon. He is a son of Mammon and frequently
robs demons with Seir despite already being rich. He only helps Clitora at her
Infernal Inn because she promises him her wealth and her sexual services (which
is her lie). His lesson is to not be manipulative and steal things and to learn
to share like Diptera. He and Diptera eventually fall in love.
Electus
– a genderless fat vulture demon, created invention/descendant of Belphegor.
Electus can shapeshift into other demons and is a genius, inventing devices and
experimenting on Sinners with electricity. He can also revive the dead with
effort. Electus is a loner, preferring to be immersed in his work like his
father. He brags about his intelligence and claims that A.I. will rule Hell and
Earth. His lesson is to learn to be accepting of others and to use technology
for good instead of evil. Electus joins Clitora in a search to surpass
reincarnation and suffering. He has several Sinner test subjects that Clitora
and Diptera want to try and redeem (or eat).
Lucina
– daughter of Lucifer. Don’t let her pretty angelic blond locks and glowing
skin fool you, she can enchant demons to do her bidding, though her powers aren’t
as effective on other fellow royals. Snobby, she prides herself as being the
best and most beautiful, despite her true form being a black eldritch
nightmare. She and Clitora frequently get into arguments over who is the prettiest
most powerful demon. Both of them stand strong against Diablo, Diablo crushing
over both of them. Lucina disagrees the most with rehabilitating Sinners along
with Electus, saying that her father distrusts all humans and angels due to
them abusing the free will he gave to them. Clitora, however, claims that there
is still good in Lucifer and that he still has hope for humanity. Lucifer,
Lilith, and Beelzebub are the only royals accepting of Clitora’s project much
to Lucina’s distaste, Mammon accepts it as long as it makes him rich. Satan
only wants eternal war, Belphegor wants to keep Sinners to be his slaves for
technology and Asmodeus wants Clitora to be as brutal as he is. Levithan and
Belial are indifferent. Lucina’s lessons are to not carry pride and to show
concern for others.
Sirena
– an eldritch sea monster who can shapeshift into a monstrous mermaid and drown
people. She is one of Clitora’s friends and can speak telepathically to people.
(She can’t talk). She and Electus are rivals since unlike Belphegor who wants
technology to rule the world, she wants the underwater eldritch creatures to
rule. Tiamat is her sea serpent pet who helps adjust her to drier environments.
She is often jealous of Lucina’s beauty and the mortals and angels in Heaven. Her
lesson is to love herself and others more.
Asmodeus –
The Archdemon of Lust. Lilith is his wife. He has the head of a bull, ram, and
man, with bat wings, snake tail, and a scaly body. He is in charge of the Lust
Circle and all the incubi and succubi. The Goetia Sitri is his adviser.
Children: Clitora and
Phallus
Lilith –
wife of Asmodeus and Samael, sexual and mother to many demons. Hates how angels
had murdered her children when she refused to go back to Adam. Lilith is the
ex-wife of Adam, wife of Asmodeus and wife/secret agent to the judge Samael.
She reports to him through a secret portal to Purgatory so he can make note of
any Sinners who may be eligible for reincarnation.
Rashoon –
wife of Asmodeus, demon of lust and seduction
Sitri –
Adviser to Asmodeus who has a leopard head and can make people fall in love/be
lustful.
Satan – The
Archdemon of Wrath. He appears as a typical muscular man with horns, sharp
teeth, red skin and pointed tail. He rules the Wrath Circle and is immune to
fire. Aim is his adviser.
Children: Diablo
Aim
– Adviser to Satan who likes to set things on fire.
Lucifer – The
Archdemon of Pride and leader of the Seven Deadly Sins. He appears with black
wings and long blond hair, sometimes good and sometimes evil, depending on the
individual. Like the others, he is cruel to the Sinners in Hell but he is slightly
nicer to mortals, encouraging them not to fall into the trap of blind
obedience. Paimon is his adviser.
Children: Lucina
Many wives
Paimon
– Adviser to Lucifer.
Mammon – The
Archdemon of Greed. He appears as a monstrous black wolf with dragon wings, seated
on a golden throne surrounded by jewels, gold, dollars, and coins. He rules the
Greed Circle. Seir is his adviser.
Children: Midos
Many wives
Seir
– Adviser to Mammon who helps with robbery and finding treasure.
Beelzebub – The
Archdemon of Gluttony and Lord of the Flies. He rules the Gluttony Circle in
Hell and appears as monstrous Fly. A demon with the head of a griffin prepares elaborate
meals for him and the royal demons. The Goetia Bael is his adviser.
Children: Diptera and
many more
Many wives
Agrat
- wife
Bael
– Adviser to Beelzebub.
Belphegor – The
Archdemon of Sloth. He appears as a demonic sloth sitting on a toilet throne of
gold, often watching TV. He rules the Sloth Circle and all technology in Hell.
Created child: Electus
Astaroth
– adviser to Belphegor, teaches math, philosophy etc.
Leviathan – The
Archdemon of Envy and the Envy Circle. He is a giant sea serpent that can morph
into a more humanoid form. He rules aquatic eldritch monsters and all the oceans,
rivers, and lakes in Hell. Vepar is his adviser.
Unsere
– Leviathan’s wife, demon of fertility and life
Children: Sierna, many
others
Vepar –
Merman adviser to leviathan, who controls ships and oceans.
Belial
– The Archdemon of the Limbo Circle and lawlessness. Belial is the leader of
the Sons of Darkness (Ars Goetia in this version).
Bune –
Adviser to Belial.
Several Sinners seeking redemption
are, a drug abuser, a pedo/rapist, a cult leader and a Nazi.
Guru Goetia Guide:
Several members of the 72 Ars Goetia serve as guardians and advisers to both
the Seven Deadly Sins/Archdemons and their families. They help raise them when
their parents are away and train them in sin, weapon use, fire powers, and
mental protection against Sinner’s pleas for mercy. They are also responsible
to ensure that the royals, Sinners, and Hellborn don’t cause too much trouble
amongst each other. Many of them used to be angels in Heaven until they
rebelled against God, the Archangels, and their ex-siblings, the 72 angels of
the Shem Hamephorash. The Archangels, and 72 angels sometimes go to Earth to
influence mortals to be virtuous while the Goetia sometimes encourages mortals
to defy social norms and counteract the strict expectations. Ironically, as
they used to be angels, the Goetia and the Seven Deadly Sins are “nicer” to
mortals on Earth (more souls to punish!), only being outwardly cruel to the
Sinners in Hell and their Hellborn since it’s their job to maintain authority. The
descendants age very slowly and after a 1000 years, they turn back into babies
by going into the river of forgetfulness and start over as the same beings. (At
least those of us on Earth have the luxury to be different across eternity!) The
Goetia guides find is incredibly boring to raise the same children for eternity
and though they care about them, also look forward to the prospect of them
reincarnating or ceasing to exist.
1st Level: The First
Circle of Hell
On the
first level, also called Limbo, reside those who died before being baptized as
well as virtuous pagans who lived and died before the birth of Christ. Here can
be found poets and philosophers from the pagan world such as Virgil, Homer,
Horace, Ovid, Socrates, Plato and, surprisingly (considering that he led the
Arab armies against the Christian crusaders) the Moslem leader Saladin.
2nd Level: The Second
Circle of Hell
In the
second level of hell, are confined the sinners who were guilty of the sin of
lust. Their souls are blown about in a violent storm without hope of rest.
3d Level: The Third Circle
of Hell
Those
who are guilty of gluttons are condemned to the third level of hell. Here the
gluttons are forced to eat vile filth.
4th Level: The Fourth
Circle of Hell
The
fourth circle is reserved for those who were guilty of avarice and prodigality
(spendthrifts). Their punishment is to knock great rocks together eternally.
Plutus, the Greek god, guards them.
5th Level: The Fifth
Circle of Hell
Those
guilty of wrath and sullenness spend eternity suffering for their sins in the
fifth level of hell. The angry ones eternally fight each other on the surface
of the river styx, while the sullen ones gurgle beneath the waters.
6th Level: The Sixth
Circle of Hell
In the
6th level of hell, heretics are trapped in flaming tombs.
7th Level: The Seventh
Circle of Hell
The
seventh level of hell is reserved for those who are guilty of violence, whether
it be against themselves, property, nature, or other people. Here are tormented
the sodomites, the suicides, the usurers, and blasphemers.
8th Level: The Eighth
Circle of Hell
The
Eighth Level of Hell is for those guilty of fraud: the thieves, liars, cheats,
sorcerers and false prophets.
9th Level: The Ninth
Circle of Hell
Treachery
is punished in the 9th and lowest level of hell. Those who have betrayed a
special relationship in committing their crimes are condemned to the lowest and
most horrific level. And the three greatest betrayers in history: Judas,
Brutus, and Cassius are at the very center of hell, in the ever devouring
mouths of Satan.
Hells
based on what the culture lacked and feared
Christianity
Eastern
Orthodox – Hell is not separate from God
Hell =
state of being apart from God, worldly pursuits create a form of Hell
Hell for
those who do not believe in Jesus Christ
Protestant
– Hell as a fiery place of punishment for fallen angels, demons, and those not
listed in the Book of Life, those who do not attain salvation
Christian
Universalism – all souls are eventually reconciled with God/Heaven
Gnosticism
– Material world as a trap
Alternate
view of Hell as a place of more freedom/passion than Heaven
Jehovah’s
Witnesses – believers go to paradise, unbelievers go to Hell forever, people
judged and resurrected during Christ’s 1000 rule on Earth, judged to make sure
they follow God’s rules.
Latter
Day Saints – Hell as temporary state of punishment for those who reject Christ,
where they can learn the gospel and repent. Dead will be released for judgment.
Outer Darkness reserved for Cain and those who deny Jesus Christ.
7th Day Adventist
Church – rejects the idea of eternal suffering, Hell as eternal death until the
resurrection.
Islam
Hell as
ever-flaming pit of fire
Dead await
resurrection and judgment by God to paradise or Hell
Sins
include worshipping other gods or human beings
Sins –
lying, murder, stealing, sexual crimes, adultery, acting unjustly toward the
poor, not being grateful/believing in God
Quran emphasizes
helping the poor
Jahnnam – Sinful Muslims, least heat in the Hells
Ladah – those who did not believe in Allah, rejected the prophet’s
Muhammad’s messages, fire eats organs
Saqar – not offer prayer or food to the poor, gossiping
Al-Hutamah
– fire emblazes bones and organs
Jaheem –
no correct belief to Allah
Saeer – castles and torment rooms, snakes, scorpions, pit of agony
Al-Hawwiyah
– darkness, backbiters, non believers, crushed by mountains
Judaism
Repenting
for sins if Jewish (eating pork, violating the Torah)
Don’t
lei, don’t harm other living things, believe in God
Bad
Sinners agonizing in roaming ghost bodies, trying to cling to other living
bodies to escape the torment
Seol - Neutral Hell where both good and evil people go, shadow
world
Abaddon – chaos, boiled in semen/poop (for those leading people to
sexual crimes/idolatry)
Beer
Shahat – fire pit, purification through
suffering
Tit Ha
Wen – mud pit – spiritual decline
Sha ‘
are’ Mawet – gates of death, souls confront
consequences of their actions
Zalamwet
– gloomy judgment place
Gehenna – purging soul of impurities
Hinduism
Yama
weighs the virtues and vices of a person after their soul is taken by his
messengers.
Caste
system – going to Hell if untouchable messes with a Brahmin
Bad
karma with eating cows/beef
Bad
karma with murder/lying/stealing/adultery
Dense
jungle with no shade
Attacked
by snakes and scorpions
Heads
sawed off, gutted by demons, pulling carriage like ox
Tamisra (Darkness) – stealing other’s wife, wealth or children,
beaten and starved by Yama demon messengers
Andrahtamisra (Blind-Darkness) – deceiving/enjoying other’s wife –
becoming blind
Raurva –
hurting others, being envious – tortured by serpent
beings
Maharaurva
– indulging at the expense of others – attacked by fierce
rurus/dragons
Kumbhipaka
(cooked in a pot) – cooking animals alive – being cooked in
boiling oil
Kalasutra
(thread of death) murdering a Brahmin, disrespecting
parents/elders – burning within hunger and thirst in a hot copper realm
Forest
of Sword Leaves – digressing from
religious teachings, tree felling – chased in forest with sword-like leaves
Hog’s Mouth – punishing the innocent or Brahmins – crushed like sugar
cane
Well
With Mouth Hidden – harming others including
insects – attacked by various creatures
Worm
Food - not performing yajnas, eating without sharing – consumed by
worms
Hell of
Pincers – violating vows, robbing – torn by
tongs and red hot iron balls
Red Hot
Iron Statue – illicit sexual
relations – forced to embrace red hot iron figures of the opposite sex
Silk
Cotton Tree with Thorns – non-human intercourse –
tied to thorny tree
Crossed – neglecting duty – consumed by aquatic beings in filth
river
Water of
Pus – living without cleanliness and good behavior – forced to
eat gross substances
Obstruction
to Life – hunting of beasts – targeted by
animals and Yama messengers
Visashana – Sacrificing beasts as status – whipped
Saliva
as Food – forcing wife to drink semen –
thrown into semen river
Hell of
sons of Sarama – plundering, mass
murdering – preyed upon by dogs
Waterless
– Lying – thrown from high mountain
Iron
Drink – Drinking alcohol for Brahmins under
oath – forced to drink molten iron
Acid/Mud/Filth
– not honoring a person higher in values – thrown and
tormented
Food of
Rakshasas – cannibalism and human sacrifice –
feasted upon by demons
Pierce
by Spear/Dart – harassing living things
with sharp objects – flesh torn by birds
Snakes – Harming others with envy and fury – devoured by snakes
Confined
in a hole – imprisoning others in dark places –
engulfed in dark well with poisonous fumes
Returning – welcoming guests with cruelty – eyes plucked by birds
Needle-face
– proud of wealth – thread through body
Buddhism
'Karma' in
Buddhism is very complicated, almost like a mathematical system (like in the
show 'the good place'). The problem is that everyone's Karmas are corelated,
which means doing good things will not necessarily gives you positive karma, or
vice versa. I'll give you examples from real text; one is a bad murder who
killed a person, turned out that person was even worse, thus the murderer
turned out to gain positive karma. The other example is a good Buddhist Monk
once saved a guy from drowning, but that guy he saved ended up became a
merciless dictator and killed countless people. The good monk received many
negative karmas from this person that he saved (because he was part of the
'Cause' of why things that happened), so the good monk was sent to hell and
re-born as a pig next life. As we can see, this 'system' is so complicated, not
even a supercomputer can possibly solve billions of people's correlated karma.
8 hot
hells and 8 cold hells
In Hell
for trillions of years
Going to
Hell for dishonoring the Buddha and Buddha statues
Blood
Bowl Sutra – Hell for menstruating women/women dying in childbirth/infertile
women (‘blood is polluting’ belief in China, Korea, Japan) digging up bamboo
shoots with candle wicks
Reborn
in Hell if you get to go to the God realm and be lazy
Buddhism,
Christianity, Islam, Judaism Patriarchal religions ex. “good rebirth is a male
rebirth” animals seen as “inferior” to humans
Reviving
– fire torture and demons beating them
Black
cord – using black cords to cut/saw bodies
Crushing
– people crushed by rocks
Screaming
– burning ground
Great
Screaming – boiling in water, consuming their
flesh
Heating
– impaling people on fiery spears
Great
Heating – pierced with a trident and cooked on
rack
Suffering
– roasted in an oven
Blister – dark frozen plain with icy mountains, naked exposed to
cold
Burst
Blister – frozen blood and pus
Shivering
Lamenting
Chattering
Teeth
Blue
Lotus – blue skin
Lotus – frozen skin
Great
Lotus – entire organs and body frozen
18
levels of Hell – repaying sins to
reincarnate
Arsonists
trapped in burning city
Snowy
mountain imprisoning thieves who freeze
People
trapped on blades and swords, butchers
Those
sinners chopped up were those who didn’t believe in the Buddha, executioners or
those not respecting their parents
Tongue
out
Deep
frying in oil
Skinning
Hugging
a burning pillar
Buried
in urine/poop
Avici –
worst sinners souls erased
Greek
Souls
ferried across the River Styx by Charon, arriving the Fields of Asphodel.
Elysium and Tartarus, Elysium for heroes and Tartarus for the wicked
Palace
of Hades
River
Lethe/Forgetfulness
Egypt
Book of
the Dead showing map of Duat / spells to help the soul in their journey
The dead
had to make the journey before their bodies decayed
Personality
– Ba
Essence –
Ka
The Ka
traveled the Duat, the Ba (human head/bird body) needed the body to rejuvenate.
Opening
of the mouth ritual to get the spirit food and drink
Netherworld
reached through pyramids by Pharoah’s souls, Egyptians believed only Pharoah’s
could live eternal life. Pharaoh’s servants would be killed after the Pharoah’s
death, including a Pharoah’s five year old son.
Egyptian
priests chant prayers at the ferryman to help take souls across heavenly sea.
12 lands
of Hell, pass through rings of fire, sneak past gods, serpents and crocodiles
Each
gate had a guardian that had to be appeased.
Weighing
of the Heart against the Feather of Truth
Field of
Reeds vs devouring of the heart by Ammit
Osiris’
body in land of darkness, by wall of fire
Pharoah believed
they were destined to be Gods, one Pharoah claimed he would feast on the Gods
Norse
Hel – goddess of Helheim, abode of the dead. Half god have giant.
Cold and
dark place of rest. Where those did not die in battle or were not chosen by
Odin to reside in Valhalla. Valhalla souls chosen to fight alongside the gods
in Ragnarok. Nidhog dragon devours the wicked.
Sumerian
– People eating dirt and gods ruling over them, place of
demon-like beings
Zoroastrian
(From Persia, created by Cyrus the Great, Zoroaster prophet
(like Muhammad/Jesus) people fled to India after Islam conquest, first
monothestic religion with all seeing God/Ashura, heaven, hell and judgment day)
good and evil forces battle each other and humans can choose. Ashema devil.
Book of
Arda Viraf – Wiraz seeks immortality (like Gilgamesh/Dante) and explores the
underworlds. Goes across the Chinvat bridge of judgment between the worlds.
Sun/Moon/Star
places for those not converted.
Ashura
God in Heaven with people living their own ideal lives.
River of
Tears from the grieving living
Virtue
woman and ugly woman of evil
Hot and
cold temperatures in dark smelly place, khrafstras demon creatures, male soul
attacked by snakes (Zorastarian against homosexuality)
Woman
forced to drink cups of semen (Zorastarian also against sexually promiscuous
women and menstruation, not having children was seen as a crime against the community)
Man with
skin off face – murderer
Man
forced to eat menstrual blood and eat his own child for having sex with a
menstrating women
Men
going insane, eating themselves
Women
hanging by their breasts for adultery, attacked by limb stealing demons
Even
wealthy people and rulers still suffer in Hell
People/serpent
hybrids for those abandoning religion
Zombies
in Hell searching for human flesh, people eating poop and other humans
Darkest
Hell – fighting monsters, bottomless pit, feels like a thousand years,
self-mutilation for murderers, rapists, enemies of God
Women
forced to harm themselves for abandoning their children, abortions, or defying
their husbands, infidelity sin blamed on women in the culture
Men
drinking semen for sleeping with other wives
Authors
of the book persuading people to be God-fearing
Animal
abusers are abused by animals in Hell
Arithman
– central devil underworld figure mocking human souls
