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"Is this all real? Or has this been happening inside my head?"
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- "Is it heaven I'm in or have I gone straight to (hell)"
- — Scamander brothers' song[src]
Hell is, in many religions, a place of suffering that the soul is believed to reside in after death. In the Christian faith, hell is the place where the souls of those who did not accept the Christian God or Jesus of Nazareth as their saviour go after death or Judgement Day, and is the dominion of the Devil.[1] Like other similar religious terms, hell is used as a swear word by both wizards and Muggles, often in a context of surprise or dislike of the person the word is directed towards.
History[]
In a drinking song sung by their mother to Newton Scamander and Theseus Scamander when they were children, Hell was mentioned when a Muggle fell down a well and wondered if he was in Heaven or Hell.
- "I'll join you when hell freezes over. Dumbledore's Army!"
- — Neville Longbottom makes his allegiances clear to Voldemort.[src]
In 1998 at the Battle of Hogwarts, Neville Longbottom informed Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters that he would join them "when hell freezes over", and swore his allegiance to Dumbledore's Army.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
- Though he does not say it in the books, the phrase "Bloody hell!" is something of a catchphrase of Ronald Weasley in the Harry Potter films.
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Mentioned only)
- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (Mentioned in deleted scenes)
See also[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑
Hell on Wikipedia
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 36 (The Flaw in the Plan)