hell

religious or mythological place of (often eternal) suffering
Intangible religious_concept Q564
hell
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hell

Summary

hell is a religious concept[1]. hell ranks in the top 1% of religious_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,547 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • hell's instance of is recorded as religious concept[3].
  • hell's instance of is recorded as mythical location[4].
  • hell is a type of realm of the dead[5].
  • hell is part of Christian mythology[6].
  • hell is part of heaven and hell[7].
  • hell's Commons category is recorded as Hell[8].
  • hell's said to be the same as is recorded as Jahannam[9].
  • hell is the opposite of heaven[10].
  • hell is the opposite of paradise[11].
  • hell's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hell[12].
  • hell's Commons gallery is recorded as Hell[13].
  • hell's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[14].
  • hell's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[15].
  • hell's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • hell's described by source is recorded as Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia[17].
  • hell's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[18].
  • hell's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • hell's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • hell's described by source is recorded as The Catholic Encyclopedia[21].
  • hell's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[22].
  • hell's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[23].
  • hell's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[24].
  • hell's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[25].
  • hell's has characteristic is recorded as eternity[26].
  • hell's has characteristic is recorded as punishment[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include religious concept[3] and mythical location[4]. hell is a type of realm of the dead[5]. Recorded opposite of include heaven[10] and paradise[11].

Use and Application

Part of include Christian mythology[6], a mythology[28] and heaven and hell[7], an artistic theme[29].

Influence

Things named for hell include Hell of a Summer[30], a film[31], directed by Finn Wolfhard[32]; hell.com[33], a website[34], founded in 1995[35]; and Blasted Hell[36], a film[37], directed by Ivan Lukinsky[38].

Why It Matters

hell ranks in the top 1% of religious_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,547 views/month).[2] hell has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] hell is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Entities named for hell include Hell of a Summer[30], a film[31], directed by Finn Wolfhard[32]; hell.com[33], a website[34], founded in 1995[35]; and Blasted Hell[36], a film[37], directed by Ivan Lukinsky[38].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Has characteristic eternity, punishment, Homo sapiens
    Subclass of realm of the dead
    Instance of religious concept, mythical location
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 7275, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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