Fields of Punishment

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Fields of Punishment is a torment-filled region of the Greek underworld where the souls of the wicked are condemned to suffer for their earthly crimes.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Fields of Punishment canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf afterlife realm ⓘ
mythological location ⓘ
region of the Greek underworld ⓘ
accessDeterminedBy judges of the dead ⓘ
associatedConcept divine retribution ⓘ
moral punishment after death ⓘ
associatedDeity Erinyes ⓘ
Hades ⓘ
Persephone ⓘ
Thanatos ⓘ
associatedFigure Aeacus ⓘ
Minos ⓘ
Rhadamanthus ⓘ
associatedWithMyth judgment of souls ⓘ
category Afterlife places ⓘ
Locations in Greek mythology ⓘ
Mythological hells ⓘ
contrastsWith Asphodel Meadows ⓘ
Elysium ⓘ
Isles of the Blessed ⓘ
linked to: Fortunate Isles
cosmologicalRole place of posthumous justice ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ
eschatologicalRole destination for irredeemably wicked souls ⓘ
governedBy Hades ⓘ
inhabitedBy condemned souls ⓘ
souls of the wicked ⓘ
locatedInMythicCosmology realm of Hades ⓘ
linked to: The Underworld
mentionedIn Greek mythological tradition ⓘ
moralBasisForEntry crimes against fellow humans ⓘ
crimes against the gods ⓘ
earthly crimes ⓘ
impiety ⓘ
injustice ⓘ
moralFunction affirmation of cosmic order ⓘ
deterrent against impious behavior ⓘ
overseenBy underworld deities ⓘ
partOf Greek underworld ⓘ
Hades ⓘ
primaryFunction torment of the wicked dead ⓘ
relatedConcept Tartarus ⓘ
symbolizes consequences of moral wrongdoing ⓘ
divine justice ⓘ
fear of postmortem retribution ⓘ
typeOfPunishment endless labor ⓘ
eternal torment ⓘ
physical suffering ⓘ
psychological torment ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Hades → hasRegion → Fields of Punishment ⓘ
Underworld → containsRegion → Fields of Punishment ⓘ
Asphodel Meadows → contrastedWith → Fields of Punishment ⓘ