ID: 901000316 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000316	Record Type: Legendary Place

	Mouth of Hell (Christian legendary place)

Note: In Christian iconography, the entrance to Hell. Envisaged as the gaping mouth of a huge monster, an image which first appears in Anglo-Saxon art, and then spread all over Europe, remaining very common in depictions of the Last Judgment and Harrowing of Hell.

Names:

	Mouth of Hell (Christian legendary place) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Hellmouth (Christian legendary place) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Christian iconography> (P)
		........<Christian legendary places> (P)
		............Hell (Christian legendary place) (I)
		................Mouth of Hell (Christian legendary place) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... gates of hell
	.....(doctrinal concepts, religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... place (distinct area)
	.....(environmental psychology concepts, psychological concepts, social science concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Mouth of Hell (Christian legendary place)
	................New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967-1979)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	Hellmouth (Christian legendary place)
	................New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967-1979)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/244408/unknown-maker-the-harrowing-of-hell-english-illumination-about-1190-written-about-1490/
	................ Source for image http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/5290/follower-of-hans-schilling-from-the-workshop-of-diebold-lauber-king-avenir-josaphat-and-nachor-behold-the-hell-mouth-alsatian-1469/
	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)