Hell In religion and folklore, hell is a location or state in the afterlife in which souls are subjected to punishment after death. Religions with a linear divine history sometimes depict hells as eternal destinations, such as Christianity and I ...

, in many religions, is a place of suffering during the afterlife, where wicked or unrighteous souls are punished. Hell may also refer to:

Religion and mythology

Hell in Christianity In some versions of Christian theology, Hell is the place or state into which, by God's definitive judgment, repentance, unrepentant sinners pass in the general judgment, or, as some Christians believe, immediately after death as a result of a pe ...

Christian views on Hades Hades, according to various Christian denominations, is "the Underworld, place or state of departed spirits",''Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church'' (Oxford University Press 2005 ): ''Hades'' borrowing the name of Hades, the name of the Gre ...

Hel (location) Hel (Old Norse: ), also known as Helheim, is an afterlife location in Norse mythology and paganism. It is ruled over by a being of the same name, Hel. In late Icelandic sources, varying descriptions of Hel are given and various figures are d ...

, Germanic underworld from which the word "hell" derives *

Gehenna Gehenna ( ; ) or Gehinnom ( or ) is a Biblical toponym that has acquired various theological connotations, including as a place of divine punishment, in Jewish eschatology. The place is first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as part of the border ...

or ''Gehinnom'' *

Jahannam In Islam, Jahannam () is the place of punishment for Islamic views on sin, evildoers in the afterlife, or hell. This notion is an integral part of Islamic theology,#ETISN2009, Thomassen, "Islamic Hell", ''Numen'', 56, 2009: p.401 and has occupied ...

, Gehenna in Islam *

Tartarus In Greek mythology, Tartarus (; ) is the deep abyss that is used as a dungeon of torment and suffering for the wicked and as the prison for the Titans. Tartarus is the place where, according to Plato's '' Gorgias'' (), souls are judged after ...

Underworld The underworld, also known as the netherworld or hell, is the supernatural world of the dead in various religious traditions and myths, located below the world of the living. Chthonic is the technical adjective for things of the underworld. ...

, the world of the dead in various religious traditions, located below the world of the living * Any place or situation of great

suffering Suffering, or pain in a broad sense, may be an experience of unpleasantness or aversion, possibly associated with the perception of harm or threat of harm in an individual. Suffering is the basic element that makes up the negative valence (psyc ...

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

* ''Jigoku'' (1960 film) (地獄, ''Hell''), also titled ''The Sinners of Hell'' a Japanese horror film directed by Nobuo Nakagawa * ''Hell'' (1964 film) or ''Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno'' (''L'enfer''), an unfinished French film by Henri-Georges Clouzot * ''Hell'' (1994 film) (''L'enfer''), a French film directed by Claude Chabrol, adapted from Clouzot's 1964 film * ''Hell'' (2005 film) (''L'enfer''), a French film directed by Danis Tanović * ''Hell'' (2010 film) (''El Infierno''), a Mexican crime comedy * ''Hell'' (2011 film), a German science fiction film directed by Tim Fehlbaum * ''Hell'', the directly translated title of ''Hellbound'' (TV Series), a South Korean dark fantasy show from 2021 * "Hell" (''Father Ted''), a 1996 TV episode * "Hell" (''Squid Game''), a 2021 TV episode * Dr. Hell, a character in the anime series ''Mazinger Z''

Literature

Hell (DC Comics) Hell (a.k.a. Gehenna, Hades, Hel, Jahannam, Sheol and Tartarus) is a fictional location, an infernal Underworld utilized in various American comic book stories published by DC Comics. It is the locational antithesis of the Silver City in Heaven. ...

, a fictional location in the DC Comics universe * ''Hell'' (Barbusse novel) (''L'Enfer''), a 1908 novel by Henri Barbusse * ''Hell'' (Davis novel), 1998 novel by Kathryn Davis * ''Hell'' or ''Hell: A Verse Drama and Photoplay'', a 1924 play by

Upton Sinclair Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was an American author, muckraker journalist, and political activist, and the 1934 California gubernatorial election, 1934 Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party ...

* ''Hell'', also known as '' Inferno'', the first volume of the ''Divine Comedy'' * Hell, a locale in the

Tomorrow series The ''Tomorrow'' series is a series of seven young adult invasion novels written by Australian writer John Marsden, detailing the invasion and occupation of Australia by a foreign power. The novels are related from the first-person perspectiv ...

novels by John Marsden

Music

Artists

Hell (British band) Hell are an English heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Derbyshire, formed in 1982 from the remaining members of bands Race Against Time (band), Race Against Time and Paralex. Due to a series of unfortunate and tragic events, the band orig ...

, an English heavy metal band *

Hell (American band) In religion and folklore, hell is a location or state in the afterlife in which souls are subjected to punishment after death. Religions with a linear divine history sometimes depict hells as eternal destinations, such as Christianity and Is ...

, a doom metal band from Salem, Oregon ** ''Hell I'', 2009 ** ''Hell II'', 2010 ** ''

Hell III ''Hell III'' is the third studio album by multi-instrumentalist M.S.W.'s Salem-based doom metal solo project Hell. Originally released on October 11, 2012, the album was available on cassette through Eternal Warfare, on vinyl through Pesanta, an ...

'', 2012 ** ''Hell'', 2015 EP ** ''Hell'' (Hell album), 2017 *

DJ Hell Helmut Josef Geier (born 6 September 1962), known professionally as DJ Hell, is a German DJ. Biography 1970s and 1980s DJ Hell described his musical beginnings in an interview with '' The European'', telling them “I was socialized with Ge ...

, a German house/techno DJ

Albums

* ''Hell'' (James Brown album), 1974 * ''Hell'' (Venom album), 2008 * ''Hell'' (Die Ärzte album), 2020 * '' Hell: The Sequel'', an EP by Bad Meets Evil

Songs

* "Hell", a song by Blind Melon from ''

Nico Christa Päffgen (; 16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988), known by her stage name Nico, was a German singer, songwriter, actress, and model. Nico had roles in several films, including Federico Fellini's '' La Dolce Vita'' (1960) and Andy Warhol's ...

'' * "Hell" (Disturbed song), a song by Disturbed, a B-side from the single "Stricken" * "Hell", a song by Foo Fighters from ''

In Your Honor ''In Your Honor'' is the fifth studio album by American rock band Foo Fighters, released on June 14 (June 13 in UK), 2005, through Roswell and RCA Records. It is a double album, with the first disc containing heavy rock songs and the second ...

'' * "Hell", a song by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard from ''

Infest the Rats' Nest ''Infest the Rats' Nest'' is the fifteenth studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. It was released on 16 August 2019 by the band's record label, Flightless (record label), Flightless, and ATO Records. T ...

'' * "Hell", a song by

Pet Shop Boys Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo formed in London in 1981. Consisting of vocalist Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe, they have sold more than 100 million records worldwide and were listed as the most successful duo in UK music h ...

. * "Hell", a song by Squirrel Nut Zippers from ''

Hot Hot commonly refers refer to: *Heat, a hot temperature *Pungency, in food, a spicy or hot quality Hot or HOT may also refer to: Places *Hot district, a district of Chiang Mai province, Thailand ** Hot subdistrict, a sub-district of Hot Distric ...

'' * "Hell", a song by Tegan and Sara from ''

Sainthood In Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Anglican, Oriental Orth ...

'' * " The Hell Song", a song by Sum 41

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* ''Hell'' (Bosch), a painting by Hieronymous Bosch * '' Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller'', a 1990s video game * ''Hell'' and ''Fucking Hell'' (Chapman), art installations by Jake and Dinos Chapman

Places

Hell, California Hell is a location in Riverside County, California, United States, approximately west of Blythe on Interstate 10. Geography As befits its name to many people, Hell has a climate stereotypical of a hot desert (Köppen classification BWh). In t ...

, a demolished ghost town in the U.S. *

Hell, Michigan Hell is an unincorporated community in Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is located within Putnam Township along Patterson Lake Road ( D-32) about northwest of Ann Arbor and southwest of Pinckney. As an unincorp ...

, a community in the U.S. *

Hell, Grand Cayman Hell is an area within the district of West Bay, Grand Cayman. Its name comes from a group of short, black, limestone formations located in the area. Its eerie and rather sinister look is what gave it its infamous name. It is roughly the size ...

, the Cayman Islands *

Hell, Norway Hell (, ) is a village in Stjørdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the western part of the municipality, about south of the town of Stjørdalshalsen. The village has a population (2023) of 1,921 and a population de ...

, a village in Stjørdal *

Hell Cave Hell Cave () is a karst cave in the settlement of Zalog pri Šempetru in Slovenia. Name Across Slovenia there are many oronyms, regional names, and microtoponyms named ''Pekel'' or 'hell'. In folk geography, the name was used to metaphorically d ...

, a cave in Slovenia *

Hell Creek The Hell Creek Formation is an intensively studied division of mostly Upper Cretaceous and some lower Paleocene rocks in North America, named for exposures studied along Hell Creek, near Jordan, Montana. The formation stretches over portions o ...

, near Jordan, Montana, U.S.

Other uses

* Hell (crater), a lunar crater named after Maximilian Hell * Hell (surname) * Hell.com, a website for web designers and artists * Hell Pizza, a New Zealand-based pizza chain *

Helles Helles or hell is a traditional German pale lager beer, mainly produced in Southern Germany, particularly Munich. The German word ''hell'' can be translated as "bright", "light", or "pale". Flavour profile Helles-style beers are typically ...

, sometimes called Hell, a light style of beer * The transmission mode of the

Hellschreiber The Hellschreiber, Feldhellschreiber or Typenbildfeldfernschreiber (also Hell-Schreiber named after its inventor Rudolf Hell) is a fax, facsimile-based teleprinter invented by Rudolf Hell. Compared to contemporary teleprinters that were based ...

teleprinter * Hell Energy Drink, a Hungarian energy drink * Helvetinjärvi ("Hell's Lake"), a national park in Ruovesi, Pirkanmaa, Finland