1) Anglo-Saxon art 2) Christian iconography
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Hellmouth is the entrance to Hell envisaged as the gaping mouth of a huge monster, an image which first appears in Anglo-Saxon art, and then spread all over Europe, remaining very common in depictions of the Last Judgment and Harrowing of Hell until the end of the Middle Ages, and still sometimes used during the Renaissance and after. It enjoyed s...
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[Buffy the Vampire Slayer] In the fictional universe established by the television shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, the Buffyverse, a Hellmouth is an area fraught with massive supernatural activity. ==Definition== `From beneath you, it devours.` Hellmouths are places of increased supernatural energy. According to the mythology of t...
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(from the article `multiple setting`) ...such locales as palaces, temples, city gates, and even ships at sea. Heaven and hell were represented by mansions at either end of the stage. The ... ...like a fortified town, an especially effective image when Jesus Christ forced open the gates to free the captive souls. The entrance to hell was...
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