Dante's Inferno

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1st Ring: Limbo

Luke Warm. Neither sinned nor believed in Christ.

Heaven does not claim them, Hell does not want them.

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2nd Ring: Lustful

Blown about in darkness.

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3rd Ring: Gluttonous

Deprived of individuality. Each is alone, cold, and miserable.

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4th Ring: Avaricious

Greedy

Must roll their wealth back and forth forever.

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5th Ring: Wrathful and Sullen

“Wrathful”

Muddy figures attack one another.

“Sullen”

Sink beneath the surface in filthy slime.

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Marsh of Styx

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6th Ring: Heretics

Confined in tombs.

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7th Ring: Violent

AGAINST OTHERS:

Immersed in a river of boiling blood.

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7th Ring: Violent

AGAINST SELF

Twisted plants that cannot move

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7th Ring: Violent

AGAINST GOD: Must lie facing upward toward heaven

AGAINST NATURE: Must run forever

AGAINST ART: Forced to crouch over moneybags.

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8th Ring: Fraudulent

SEDUCERS:

Driven by horned demons

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8th Ring: Fraudulent

FLATTERERS:

Forced to wallow in a floor of excrement

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8th Ring: Fraudulent

SIMONISTS (Those who attempt to purchase the power of the holy spirit):

Buried head down and burned on the soles of their feet.

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8th Ring: Fraudulent

FORTUNE TELLERS/ SOOTHSAYERS

Bodies distorted so that the head is twisted around to only view his back.

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8th Ring: Fraudulent

GRAFTERS

Dipped into boiling tar. Demon holds down the sinners with a pitchfork.