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my apologies - I am new to using the talk/forum section.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell  : "African hells include Haida mythology's Hetgwauge and the hell of Swahili mythology (kuzimu).[19]"

Unless Haida also refers to an obscure African group, Haida almost universally refers to a North American west coast indigenous group. The reference in the footnote makes no mention of Haida or Hetgwauge, not can I find other sources to verify "Haida" or "Hetgwauge" as connected to Africa (other than sources which paste the same phase from the Wikipedia article). It seems logical, at a minimum, to delete Haida mythology's Hetgwauge and" from the article. Should I just go ahead and do that, or is does this need to be discussed first?

-gthielmann— Preceding unsigned comment added by Gthielmann (talk • contribs) 02:32, 23 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

I understand that this isn't Google, but ask for a little slack here. In National Lampoon c. 1984 there was a short letter that contained the line Heck is a suburb of hell. I've Googled for hours and am pretty sure it was in the O.C. & Stiggs issue. I'm grasping at straws. --SlimJim^Talk— Preceding undated comment added 08:25, 6 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

Hell Scrolls depict seven out of the sixteen lesser hells presented in Kisekyō ("Sutra of the World Arising"). Six of the paintings are accompanied by text, which all begin with the phrase "There is yet another hell", following a description of what the sinners depicted did to end up in this particular hell. Made in the hell century, it is considered one of the earlier visual representations of compartmentalizing the deceased based on karma retribution from sins during life.— Preceding unsigned comment added by EddieHackett15 (talk • contribs) 12:56, 14 February 2018 (UTC)Reply

Adding this because I can’t edit the article. In the “Origins” section, there is a typo in the second paragraph: “Within the context of Persian dualism, which posits the existence of the embodiment of good and evil, hell was considered to be the abode of the **principle** Devil called Angra Manyu.”

Should be “principal” ~2026-36347-84 (talk) 19:34, 22 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Marking as Already done by User:Ancient Greek Scribe. Belbury (talk) 10:48, 23 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

See: MOS:ISMCAPS.

I was going to attempt to edit this page to that effect, but reverted my own edit, being loathe to create inconsistency. Maybe I could change all uses of hell to Hell, but I worry that if I don't manually review every change to be made (and there are many) then I could inadvertently create stylistic inconsistency. Maybe someone has an automated tool for work like this? 1101 (talk) 00:17, 1 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

I'm losing my mind getting into an edit war with myself, but I would suggest that, when not preceded by an article, we should default to assuming that Hell and Heaven are proper nouns. But feel free to revert my edits if you disagree. I ended up re-doing the edit of mine I undid. 1101 (talk) 00:35, 1 August 2026 (UTC)Reply