| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Leopard | Malice & Fraud |
| Lion | Violence |
| She-Wolf | Lack of Self-Control |
| Charon | Boatman takes souls to shore of hell |
| Circle One (Another Name) | Limbo |
| Harrowing of Hell | Jesus came to those in hell who had never heard His word and saved some souls |
| Minos | Tail curls indicate which level of hell one was to go |
| Francesca & Paolo | guilty of lust; stuck together, but there is no love in hell |
| Cerberus | Large 3-headed dog that guards 3rd circle; gluttony |
| Circle 4 (Teacher Definition) | Compulsive Shopper Level |
| Filippo Argenti | Enemy of Dante |
| Medusa | anyone who looked upon her turned to stone; represents despair |
| Holy Messenger | Shields Dante from looking upon Medusa; hell has no effect on her |
| heretics | Lie open in graves; lids to be closed at final judgement |
| Uberti & Cavalcani | More Enemies of Dante; placed in same tomb |
| Violence Against Self/ Wood of Suicides | Made into thorny trees; birds came and ate of their leaves, but they always healed and started all over |
| Ciaphas | High Priest who sentenced Jesus to death; crucified to floor and trampled |
| Circle 9 | coldest place because Christ has not come a 2nd time |
| Satan | 3 faces, 3 chins, 6 eyes and 6 wings adding up to 666; has cassius, brutus, and judas in his mouths |
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