Hell
Hell
Hell
Well, I
never envisioned Hell as somewhat like in the story books that it is in flames.
I envisioned it as a big city, somewhat like the old cities of Babylonia or
Manchu Picchu for example. I thought of it as a city wherein at the side of it
there lies the River Styx and connected to the River Styx is the sea of lost
memories and lies. Hell is really dark
and very scary. You will not see even just the smallest ray of light. The souls
there are dark and void. The souls would never remember their past lives so
they wander helplessly in the dark abyss of Hell. At the center of Hell lies
the palace of Hades or Pluto, the God of the Underworld. There are lost souls also, souls that didn’t
deserve to die but their past lives wasn’t good enough for them to go to
Elysium. They wander around being tormented by the devils in this huge city.
The
River Styx is at the other end of Hell, it is closest to the mortal world. River
Styx is where mortal’s lost dreams are thrown into. It is littered by so many
lost dreams of mortals. And like Achilles, if you dive into the River Styx and
stick to a memory that you will never forget even though you dived there, you
will attain invulnerability. But there is a catch; you will have a weak spot
that will instantly kill you by the slightest stab. This weak spot should have
some sort of significance on that memory that you treasure the most. This
connects to the Sea; this shows that mortal’s have so many lost dreams, dreams
that were never recovered or attained.
At the
gates of Hell, there lies Thanatos, the God of Death. He judges the souls that
come in and out of Hell. Thanatos is nothing like the reaper in the movies. His
skin was the color of teakwood, dark and glistening. His eyes were colored just
like honey. He was lean and muscular, with a regal face and black hair rolling
down his shoulders. His wings glimmered in the shades of blue, black and
purple. He looks almost like Eros. Death has more in common to Love than
anything you could imagine.
Farther
in the city, there are different towers that represent a different category of
the sins of mortals. For example, Tower of Major Sins, Tower of something like
that. Each tower has seven levels. Each level of the towers represents a sin
and there lies the sinners of such sin.
Standing
tall at the other end of the city lies the Tower Studiosum Peccatum. It is one
of the closest towers to purgatory because it is not that big of a sin.
First level:
THE CUNCTANTIS
From the Latin word cunctantis
which means tardy. Here lie the students that sinned of being late. They
are punished by moving through one point or another in constant and lightning
fast speed. They move like the clock hands. They follow a clockwise motion as
they move from the 12th position to the 3rd position to
the 6th position and so on. Here, Chronos, the god of time is the
one who manages the sinners here. He constantly whips them so that they will
move faster.
Second Level:
THE PIGER
From the latin word piger
which means lazy. Here lie the students that were sinned of being lazy at
school. They are
turned into slaves by the demons. They are supposed to do the bidding of the
demons that are their masters.
Third level:
The SOMNOLENTUS
From the latin word somnolentus which means sleepy. Here lie
the students that were sinned of being very sleepy in class. They are being
tortured by looking directly at the sun without blinking. Here lies the Greek
God Hypnos. He manages the sinners there. Hypnos is the Greek God of Sleep.
Fourth Level:
THE SONANTIS
From the latin word sonantis which means noisy. Here lie the
students that were sinned of being very noisy in class. Their vocal chords are
removed and their mouth is sewn with heated iron. Here lies Echo, the nymph.
She is known to have a very beautiful voice and even captivated Zeus himself.
She fell inlove to Narcissus but he did not want her so she stabbed
herself.
Fifth Level:
THE IACTANTIOR
From the latin word iactantior which means boastful. Here lie
the students that were sinned of being too boastful about what they achieve.
They are forced to bow their heads and walk in fours. Here lies Agamemnon who was sinned of insulting Artemis. He
boasted that he was a better hunter than the Goddess herself. He was assigned
to lead the Greek ships to Troy where his brother, Menelaus, was currently
king. Artemis did not let the ships to reach Greece. She commanded the winds to
not let the ships to reach Greece.
Sixth Level:
THE SYCOPHANTA
From the latin word Sycophanta which
means cheater. Here lie the students that were sinned of cheating. This is the
last level of the tower and the highest point. They are forced to jump at the
top of the tower. They cannot stop
jumping, if they do, the demons will incinerate them and their souls will go to
Tartarus, the dark abyss of Hell. Sometimes, Hermes, the messenger of the Gods goes
here to check on the souls. Hermes is also known to be the God of cheaters and
thieves because of his impulse to steal everything he sees and cheat.
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