Divine Comedy

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Divine Comedy is a Afterlife myth originating from the Christian belief system. The main deity depicted in this myth is likely God. Others include Achilles, Aeneas, Apollo, Athena, Cronus, Heracles, Jesus Christ, and Zeus.

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Myth summary

Halfway through his life (age thirty-five), Dantes goes to the underworld to see hell before visting purgatory and then heaven.

Attested: Unknown
Created: Unknown
Myth type: Afterlife
Main deity: God
Belief system: Christian
Origin: Europe › Southern Europe › Italy

Belief system

Christian Religion

Monotheistic

Christianity is one of the world's most widely practiced Abrahamic religions. The sole supreme deity is God.

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God

Main deity

God is the sole deity of the Christian faith, as well as its denominations. This deity is referenced heavily in the Holy Bible and artistically depicted as an older-aged male.

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Other deities mentioned

Achilles
Aeneas
Apollo
Athena
Cronus
Heracles
Jesus Christ
Zeus

Translation

Inferno by Dante: English Translation

Book · Melville Best Anderson · 1922

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The Divine Comedy is an afterlife myth written by Dantes Alighieri in circa 1320 CE. While The Divine Comedy features three distinct books, most people only identify with "Inferno."

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MLA Modern Language Association (8th ed.)

OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Divine Comedy." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 18 Sep. 2019, omnika.org/stable/319. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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APA American Psychological Association (6th ed.)

OMNIKA (2019, September 18). Divine Comedy. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/319

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CMS Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.)

OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Divine Comedy." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created September 18, 2019. Accessed July 27, 2024. https://omnika.org/stable/319.

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Bibliography

Alighieri, Dante. The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: A line-for-line translation in the rime-form of the original. Translated by Melville B. Anderson. Yonkers-on-Hudson, NY: World Book Company, 1922.
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Anderson, Melville B., trans. "Inferno by Dante: English Translation." In The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: A line-for-line translation in the rime-form of the original, 1-142, by Dante Alighieri. Yonkers-on-Hudson, NY: World Book Company, 1922.
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Myth
Christian Belief system
God Main deity
Origin
location_city Italy Southern Europe

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