![]() ![]() Such places are sometimes equated with the English word hell, though a more correct translation would be "underworld" or "world of the dead". Other religions, which do not conceive of the afterlife as a place of punishment or reward, merely describe an abode of the dead, the grave, a neutral place that is located under the surface of Earth (for example, see Kur, Hades, and Sheol). ![]() Other afterlife destinations include Heaven, Paradise, Purgatory, Limbo, and the underworld. Religions typically locate hell in another dimension or under Earth's surface. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as eternal destinations, the biggest examples of which are Christianity and Islam, whereas religions with reincarnation usually depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations, as is the case in the dharmic religions. ![]() In religion and folklore, hell is a location in the afterlife in which evil souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as eternal punishment after death. Hell – detail from a fresco in the medieval church of St Nicholas in Raduil, Bulgaria
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