Top 9 Things You Must Know About the 9 Layers of Hell (The Hell)

Money, money, and more money. In this world, money is everything, living for money. Any soul that betrays family, friends, and loved ones for the sake of money—committing murder for wealth, breaking the law, trampling over the lives of others, or twisting truth into lies—will descend into the fourth layer of Hell.

Here, you'll encounter two distinct types of individuals:

• Greedy individuals who hoard wealth endlessly and have no concept of charity.
• Those who waste money excessively on deceitful, trivial, and morally corrupt endeavors.

Their punishment is exquisite: huge iron hooks are embedded in their souls, attached to heavy golden weapons spiked with sharp thorns. These souls are forced to run at full speed through an endless void, unable to stop even if their souls are torn apart. Once they reach a sufficient speed, they collide with each other and the cycle begins anew.

Knowing it’s wrong to get angry yet still giving in to rage. Understanding the need to control violence, yet failing to do so. The fifth layer is reserved for souls who, in life, were consumed by swords, knives, bloodshed, and unrelenting violence. These souls would often fly into uncontrollable rages, tormenting others to feed their fury and aggression.

As punishment, these souls must bathe in a cauldron of scalding black water, which constantly bubbles and churns. The heat is so intense that the souls continuously clash and tumble over each other to escape the burning pain. They’re forced to scratch, claw, and trample upon one another to avoid being consumed by the boiling water. Those who can’t endure are submerged, only to rise again and repeat the cycle of dancing and clawing. These souls can never again recall a single moment of happiness from their time on earth.

This layer is reserved for souls who spread false rumors, unfounded myths, and nonsensical stories, misleading others into believing and following them, only to end up suffering from their deceit. Souls who blaspheme against God are also confined here, along with those who create cults that do not honor or worship God.

Additionally, it holds the souls of those who, in life, sought wealth through illegal means, such as usury. Legal wealth, in this context, can only come from nature’s gifts and personal labor.

Their punishment is relatively mild: they must lie still in a damp, stinking grave, with fire raging beneath them. It’s akin to being in a sauna with temperatures soaring to 1000°C, but without the relief of death.

Do you remember the famous Minotaur, the half-man, half-bull creature? That's right, it's him. In the seventh layer, he punishes the souls of those who have committed the following sins:

• Those who spent their lives tormenting others to steal their possessions. These souls will be thrown into a river of boiling blood, and any soul attempting to rise above the punishment level will be shot back down by a demon, never to emerge again. The deeper you go into the river, the hotter it becomes.
• Those who mistreated themselves, rejecting their own physical form, torturing their bodies, and eventually taking their own lives. Their punishment takes the shape of a thorny bush, suspended in mid-air, constantly sticking to one another.
• Souls who blasphemed against God and violated the natural order set by God, such as engaging in homosexuality. These souls are doomed to wander a desert, endlessly burning in fire with no destination, while fire rains down upon them.

The Eighth Layer is the most complex in Hell, dedicated to sinners who are guilty of deliberate deceit and dishonesty. In this layer, there are a total of 10 punishment pits, each one corresponding to a different crime and its respective torment.

• Pit 1: Those who engage in illicit matchmaking or the sex trade. These souls are relentlessly whipped by a demon, striking every part of their body.
• Pit 2: Those who live by flattering others for personal gain. Their punishment is to be buried in a pile of rotting filth, a reflection of the sycophantic words they spoke.
• Pit 3: Those who sell sacred relics for profit. Their punishment is to be impaled on a sharp stone, feet raised high, while their soles are set ablaze.
• Pit 4: Fake fortune-tellers and false prophets who sought to exploit others with lies about the future. Their punishment involves having their necks twisted backward and forced to walk while they can never see what lies ahead.
• Pit 5: Corrupt politicians, traitors who sold out their country for fame and fortune. Their torment is to be submerged in boiling oil and forced to inhale tar constantly.
• Pit 6: Hypocrites. Their punishment is to wander endlessly with a leaden coat weighing them down.
• Pit 7: Those who steal through words or actions, deceitfully tricking others. These souls are constantly pursued by serpents and scorpions, suffering from their venomous bites as they try to escape.
• Pit 8: Those who offer false advice or mislead others with lies. These souls burn as living torches in Hell.
• Pit 9: Those who caused discord and division in life. A demon with a dull sword relentlessly slashes at them in a circle until the wounds heal, only for them to be hacked again.
• Pit 10: Those who deceive in ways that don’t fit the above categories, such as alchemy fraud, impersonating others, breaking promises, smuggling, or counterfeiting money. These souls are afflicted with all sorts of diseases as their punishment.

Unlike the blazing flames of the other floors, this one is enveloped in an unrelenting cold, freezing all those who dwell here. The betrayers are separated from the deceitful by their actions, often involving those they once held dear. This floor consists of 4 sections (4 Rounds), each corresponding to a different punishment for the sin of betrayal.

• Round 1: Family Betrayal. Just as Cain killed his brother in the Bible. The punishment is freezing the body solid up to the chin. You might think freezing is gentle, but it's far from it.
• Round 2: A punishment similar to Round 1, but even colder, for those who betray their allies. Betraying comrades, blood brothers, those who stood together in life-or-death situations.
• Round 3: Betrayal of Strangers. These traitors are frozen in ice pits, with only their faces exposed. This crime is particularly severe as these strangers trusted us, and we betrayed their trust.
• Round 4: Betrayal of God, as in the case of Judas Iscariot. Those who commit this ultimate betrayal are completely frozen, contorting their bodies in all conceivable ways.
  

It is said that this is the first level of Hell, the lightest but most melancholic of them all. The cries are few here, the wails almost nonexistent, yet an overwhelming sadness permeates, reaching even the purest of souls. Here, souls are not tormented, but they are forever trapped, unable to reach the gates of Heaven.

This place harbors souls that lived with the following traits:

• They were virtuous and kind but did not believe in God, never baptized, and adhered to atheism. Their lack of faith in the divine miracles and power of God left them without His blessings. This also includes infants who perished before ever speaking a word. Essentially, it is for those who never saw the light of day: infants.

This is where the torment, suffering, and relentless punishment begin in Hell. It is the realm for souls who, during their lives, couldn't control their lust and abandoned reason, committing heinous acts of debauchery. In simple terms, this floor punishes those who "crave carnal pleasure", including crimes such as rape, pedophilia, and sexual assault. These souls will be eternally punished here.

The souls are tormented by cold winds that chill their very essence or by searing heat like fire, constantly swirling through the void. It's like how, in life, they were consumed by their desires, abandoning their humanity and the righteous path.

You will encounter figures like Sir Lancelot, Cleopatra IV, and other infamous historical figures who died due to their immoral actions, all damned to this floor.

Do you know the famous three-headed dog guarding the gates of Hell? It's right here. If you "die from overeating", you will meet this dog. It resides on the third floor of Hell, a place where souls who were excessively greedy in their earthly lives are trapped. These are the souls who devoured everything in their path, destroying their bodies and lives just to satisfy their appetites, even trampling others' lives for food. Their entire existence was nothing but eating, eating, and eating.

The punishment for these souls is to lie in a cesspool of filthy, foul-smelling mud, immersed in the freezing cold of black, putrid snowstorms. This represents everything they consumed and expelled in their lifetime, satisfying their stomachs while becoming a slave to food.