5️⃣Metaverse of Dante
INFERNAL METAVERSE OF DANTE'S HELL
The nine circles of hell The Divine Comedy, written between 1304 and 1321, is a poem divided into three parts that recounts the journey of the Pilgrim, Dante's alter ego, through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.
The work is further divided into circles and is replete with symbolism and allegories of religious themes such as salvation, divine love. In the first of the three canticles, commonly known as Dante's Inferno, the Pilgrim is guided through hell by the spirit of the poet Virgil. Through 33 songs, this section describes the punishments that sinners receive. According to Dante's work, hell is divided into nine circles, each contained within the other. To each corresponds a punishment according to the type of sin. These are the circles of hell in our infernal metaverse:
I First circle
This is the largest circle of hell. Here lie the virtuous pagans and people who were good but because they were not baptized cannot enter heaven. Dante describes it as a place with meadows and castles.
Punishment: Feeling the never satisfied desire to know God.
II Second circle
Here is the door to the true hell, where the newcomers are judged. In the second circle are the people who in life let themselves be dragged by lust.
Punishment: a strong wind that blows relentlessly and throws the inhabitants of this circle to the ground and walls.
III Third Circle
Here those who sinned of gluttony are punished.
Punishment: A heavy rain mixed with hail falls on the sinners. The monster of Hades, Cerberus, tears apart those who live in this third circle.
IV Fourth circle
In the fourth circle dwell those who appreciated and accumulated many material goods. There are also those who squandered much.
Punishment: pushing large and heavy objects along the circle and constantly colliding with other groups.
V Fifth circle
It is a lagoon where wrathful and lazy people dwell.
Punishment: The wrathful are immersed in the mire of their anger, condemned to beat each other. The lazy ones drown in the mire.
VI Sixth circle
It is located within the walls of the city of Doti, guarded by a multitude of devils and by the furies Magera, Alecto and Tisífone, spirits of vengeance. Here are punished the heretics, who persist in violating the dogmas and the authority of the Church.
Punishment: The sinners of this circle are condemned to lie in uncovered sepulchers.
VII Seventh circle
Guarded by a minotaur, from this circle are the sinners who indulged in malice. It is divided into three rings: of murderers and criminals; of those violent against themselves; and of blasphemers, sodomites and usurers.
Punishment: The sinners of the first ring are sunk in a river of boiling blood; those of the second are turned into trees that are pecked and torn by harpies; those of the third are in a burning desert with a rain of flames.
VIII Eighth circle
Here the sins related to fraud and treason are punished. This circle is reached by descending from a great cliff guarded by a winged monster with three heads. According to the level of fraud, sinners are placed in ten enclosures.
Punishment: varies according to the enclosures, most include torture by fire.
IX Ninth circle
It is surrounded by biblical giants. Here lie the traitors and are accompanied by Lucifer himself. The ninth and last circle is divided into four rounds and in the center is Satan, condemned for betraying God.
Punishment: Tortures related to ice.
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