theology, the Harrowing of Hell (Latin: Descensus Christi ad Inferos; Greek: Ἡ εἰς ᾍδου κάθοδος τοῦ Χριστοῦ – "the descent of Christ into Hell" or "Hades")...

Silmarillion and in The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien adapts the medieval tale of the Harrowing of Hell, in which Christ descends to Hell before his resurrection...

Tolkien echoes and "creatively adapts" the medieval theme of the Harrowing of Hell, in the tale of Lúthien and Beren, and in other places. The medieval tale...

classical Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. These journeys into hellish places may also recall the medieval theme of the Harrowing of Hell, a story in which...

perspective. Dante also uses his depiction of Limbo to discuss the Harrowing of Hell, using the motif to explore the concept of predestination. Here, as mine ear...

posters. The episode's name was taken from the Harrowing of Hell, the story of Jesus Christ's descent to Hell in Christian theology. The character Katy is...

descended into hell and rescued the souls of those who had died before him: this is traditionally known as the harrowing of hell. The Limbo of the Infants...

in the Harrowing of Hell.[citation needed] The three shades are a transformation of three sinners whom Dante encounters in the Seventh Circle of murderers...

Luke 23:43), are the basis of the traditional Christian belief in the descent of Christ into hell, or the harrowing of hell. Though interpretations vary...

The Harrowing of Hell is an eighth-century Latin work in fifty-five lines found in the Anglo-Saxon Book of Cerne (folios 98v–99v). It is probably a Northumbrian...

of the Harrowing of Hell for several occasions in his legendarium where his protagonists parallel what was believed to be Christ's descent into Hell,...

The Harrowing of Hell is a comic book written by Evan Dahm and published by Iron Circus Comics. The comic book was originally intended to be published...

Heaven. Alternatively, the Harrowing of Hell was a frequent subject in the liturgical drama of the Late Middle Ages, and Hell could be depicted as a great...

the time of the Harrowing of Hell. Ruins resulting from the same shock were previously seen at the beginning of Upper Hell (the entrance of the Second...

pope and his army of demons. Thomas's soul is dragged to Hell by the fleeing demons, where he is tortured. In another Harrowing of Hell, Delphine finds...

story of the harrowing was popular during the Middle Ages. An Old English poem called "The Harrowing of Hell" describes Christ breaking into Hell and rescuing...

angels cast into Hell after their failed rebellion against God. Milton's Satan, portrayed with both grandeur and tragic ambition, is one of the most complex...

Europe. It remained very common in depictions of the Last Judgment and Harrowing of Hell until the end of the Middle Ages, and is still sometimes used...

sometimes depict hells as eternal, such as in some versions of Christianity and Islam, whereas religions with reincarnation usually depict a hell as an intermediary...

Coptic. The second part (chapters xvii–xxvii) contains the story of the Harrowing of Hell. In it, Leucius and Charinus, two souls raised from the dead after...

also the Harrowing of Hell, which is not. In Byzantine and later Eastern Orthodox art this has remained the case, but in the West the depiction of the actual...

(Deposition of Christ) Lamentation of Christ and Pietà Epitaphios, or "Anointing of Christ" Entombment of Christ Harrowing of Hell, not in the Gospels Man of Sorrows...

Alexandra Sokoloff The Harrowing, a 2016 novel by James Aitcheson The Harrowing of Hell, in Christian theology The Harrowing (novel), a 2020 novel by...

dying at 969 years of age. According to the Book of Genesis, Methuselah was the son of Enoch, the father of Lamech, and the grandfather of Noah. Elsewhere...

Gospel of Nicodemus, was produced in the mid-4th century, and is mostly a reworking of the earlier Acts of Pilate, which recounts the Harrowing of Hell. Nicodemus...

The Creation of Adam (Italian: Creazione di Adamo), also known as The Creation of Man,: plate 54  is a fresco painting by Italian artist Michelangelo,...

most commonly the resurrection of Jesus Anastasis, in Christian art, a pictorial representation of the Harrowing of Hell Prote Anastasis, Holy Saturday...

register present scenes of Christ's victory over death: from left to right, the Descent from the Cross, the Harrowing of Hell, the Resurrection, and the...

Apocalypse of Peter Thomas in the Apocalypse of Thomas Jesus in the Pistis Sophia Paul in the Apocalypse of Paul Jesus, during the Harrowing of Hell, described...

with his descent into the cave of the man-apes being a Harrowing of Hell scene, his resurrection of Dorcas being a Lazarus of Bethany scene, and his friendship...