Hell

Hell is, according to many religious beliefs, a place or a state of painful suffering. The English word 'hell' comes from the Teutonic 'Hel', which originally meant "to cover" and later referred to the goddess of the Norse underworld, Helgardh. Compare Anglo-Saxon helan and Latin celare = "to hide".

See also

• Theodicy
• Eschatology
• Purgatory
• The problem of Hell
• Annihilationism
• Demons
• Book of Revelation