#rings of hell

[mereldenwinter]

✨ The Rings of Hell ✨

[artemlegere]

Dante and Virgil Meet Francesca Da Rimini and Paolo Matesta

Artist: Style of Ary Scheffer

Date: 19th century

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Property from a Private Florida Collection

Description

Dante and Virgil meet Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta depicts a scene from Dante Alghieri’s Inferno, the fourteenth century epic poem that tells of his journey through the rings of Hell, guided by the Ancient Roman poet Virgil.

[talking2thewall]

finished

[polymathart]

Sinners in other Rings?

Can Sinners break into other Rings through illegal means? According to this Helluva Fun Fact, "Only Hell born species can traverse the rings, while dead ‘sinners’ can only exist on the top ring, Pride!" Vivziepop also stood by this in an interview. The word that is bothering me is "can."

Is this rule by nature or by an instituted law? So far, each Ring has its own set of native hellborn species, except Pride, which is why I theorize that Pride was specifically designed for Sinners alone.

Sinners could technically enter and live in other Rings through illegal means, but doing so would put Hellborn in the other Rings in the crossfire during exterminations, compromising their immunity.

I'd be interested in any theories paralleling Helluva Boss' "Mastermind" where a Sinner breaks demon law by hiding in the other Rings to escape extermination. And, considering Sinners are supposed to be under Lucifer's sole jurisdiction, he would be obligated to sit in on the situation unlike the situation concerning I.M.P.

[sapphicfandompirate]

Each ring has a native hellborn, the only one that hasn't been confirmed is Greed, but I think those are the sharks. Blitz mentions that there is an ocean "three rings down" from Pride, which would be Greed. And, I think the sharks references loan sharks, representing greed and the mafia theme, which would leave infestor or the other fish species to be Envy!

Pride - Goetia

Wrath - Imps

Gluttony - Hellhounds

Greed - Sharks (Actual demon name unknown)

Lust - Succubi

Envy - Infestor

Sloth - Baphomets

[keets-writing-corner]

I just noticed that Charlie and Lucifer both have the same rainbow decoration thing. In the Sir Pentious episode, when Angel is showing that Sir Pentious put a camera in the book shelf, the decoration is on a side table. And then you can see one in Lucifer's workshop in the wall before he says "Take that depression!" Not a big thing, but kinda neat.

oh yeah! the rings of hell lamp

at least I... think it's a lamp? I hope it's a lamp, it'd be a pretty cool lamp

Ye! makes sense to me that the king and princess of hell would have a "map" (so to speak) of hell. I assume rulers of countries have a map of their country somewhere, so logically rulers of hell would have their equivalent of it

I believe the color represents the color of the sky from each ring. Pride ring is red, wrath is orange, gluttony is yellow, greed is green, Lust is blue, envy is purple and sloth is pink

Given that Charlie canonically has multiple overlords on her phone's contacts, it wouldn't surprise me if Lucifer has them too in addition to their little map of hell

Since you sent me this ask and I blew up on tumblr mainly cuz of my lucifer post let's make this cute and head canon that Lucifer gave Charlie his before getting a new one for himself. Maybe even in a moment of she showed slight interest in seeing it, and he just "Oh you like this?? Here you can have it! :D"

while we're here, while I was fishing for screenshots, I also saw this in Charlie's shelf

I want to go out on a limb and guess map of heaven?

I couldn't find a map of heaven in Lucifer's study tho, so (building from our shiny new head canon) either he gave the only one he had to Charlie and never bothered to get another one or he never had one to begin with and Charlie got it herself

you know what I did find in lucifer's office tho?

sticky notes everywhere, idk if they're reminders or what but clearly dude's a mess GO TO THERAPY MY GUY

[queenbelphegorofsloth]

Bel: The Rings of Hell are made with our favorite color in mind. My favorite color is pink, Leviathan’s favorite color is purple, Ozzie’s favorite color is blue, Mammon’s favorite color is green, Queen Bee’s favorite color is yellow, Satan’s favorite color is orange, and Lucifer’s favorite color is red.

[env0writes]

A Gust of Words Vol. 4, 8.8.24 “Hell, On Earth as it is in Heaven"

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Twixt Cocytus and Heresy The master-sun, the Holy-See Whipped and beat and chided me

Beside the cold, the unforgiving No, linger not, this is no place for living For cold – unmoving harbors no misgiving

Orphaned Ophanim enchanted in chain Writhing in fire, in frost and in pain Watch as divinity is humbled – wrought – made plain

Even the rulers must follow the rules Even the wisest must suffer the fools