The third circle is the home of the gluttons, those who over-indulged too much all through the year instead of just at Christmas. This jolly romp sees the author descend through the nine circles of hell and encounter the hilariously ironic punishments we can all expect for our various crimes. Perhaps no other extrabiblical story has shaped popular conceptions of the Christian underworld more than Dante’s Inferno. Some special demons have their own name, rank, and unpleasant portfolio in tomes like the Dictonnaire Infernal, but the typical demon is often seen as a sort of lesser devil as it toils away in its day job as eternal torturer of the damned. But biblical scholars are pretty sure that if the devil has feet, you can be bet they’re cloven. Sometimes he’s a goat, sometimes a snake, and sometimes he’s a dragon. And it’s worth noting that many descriptions of demons actually come from people pondering what Satan might look like.
This guy has horns, red skin, and even cloven feet, making him almost stereotypically biblical.
One of the most iconic enemies in DOOM is the Baron of Hell. Taking a look at the Doomslayer’s enemies reveals influences ranging from Alien to Dante’s Inferno. Religion, folklore, myth, and literature have all influenced our diverse modern conceptions of underworld denizens, so it’s no surprise that DOOM Eternal features a range of fiendish foes. They might look completely inhuman like the creatures from Lovecraft, or they might look a lot like humans with facial prosthetics like in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Others might have cartoonishly devilish features, like Hellboy’s red skin, large horns and tail. Some might look like regular people, like Michael from the Good Place. When you picture a demon, what do you see? Because despite their prevalence in media, there’s no real definitive description of a citizen of hell in most major religions.
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