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<p>In <a href="/facts/Religion/cxntrD0R">religion</a> and <a href="/facts/Folklore/hcBN8qcd">folklore</a>, hell is a location or state in the <a href="/facts/Afterlife/8rxbbNXE">afterlife</a> in which <a href="/facts/Soul/DJl01SxP">souls</a> are subjected to <a href="/facts/Punishment/1eNwt547">punishment</a> after death. Religions with a <a href="/facts/Philosophy_of_history/gRxLws9I">linear</a> <a href="/facts/Divinity/qU7hCtL5">divine</a> history sometimes depict hells as <a href="/facts/Eternity/qShk9BSC">eternal</a> destinations, such as <a href="/facts/Christianity/nKyJHlqq">Christianity</a> and <a href="/facts/Islam/zDLbL45C">Islam</a>, whereas religions with <a href="/facts/Reincarnation/vITGGNlT">reincarnation</a> usually depict a hell as an intermediary period between <a href="/facts/Incarnation/oYC6TYhx">incarnations</a>, as is the case in the <a href="/facts/Indian_religions/XW0aX8GF">Indian religions</a>. Religions typically locate hell in another <a href="/facts/Astral_plane/aF4FNa3L">dimension</a> or under <a href="/facts/Earth/HLLmDfj0">Earth</a>'s surface. Other afterlife destinations include <a href="/facts/Heaven/mRtkwbzz">heaven</a>, <a href="/facts/Paradise/NB9KrK61">paradise</a>, <a href="/facts/Purgatory/kIx0H5r7">purgatory</a>, <a href="/facts/Limbo/TWlkF85H">limbo</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Underworld/DaB7uJsa">underworld</a>. </p><p>Other religions, which do not conceive of the afterlife as a place of punishment or reward, merely describe an abode of the dead, the <a href="/facts/Grave/BF6tQveT">grave</a>, a neutral place that is located under the surface of Earth (for example, see <a href="/facts/Kur/xfjRsqsT">Kur</a>, <a href="/facts/Greek_underworld/3JMV6eMT">Hades</a>, and <a href="/facts/Sheol/jh2rd4e8">Sheol</a>). Such places are sometimes equated with the English word <i>hell</i>, though a more correct translation would be "underworld" or "world of the dead". The ancient <a href="/facts/Ancient_Mesopotamian_religion/tXnSajIL">Mesopotamian</a>, <a href="/facts/Greek_mythology/M7k4FvW8">Greek</a>, <a href="/facts/Roman_mythology/sA0FnmbG">Roman</a>, and <a href="/facts/Finnic_mythologies/qK0Ro054">Finnic</a> religions include entrances to the underworld from the land of the living. </p>