Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 11/Chapter 1

==Synopsis==
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==Characters==
By order of appearance:
*Kamijou Touma
*Anna Kingsford
*Johann Valentin Andreae
*Index 
*Misaka Mikoto 
*Aogami Pierce 
*Tsukuyomi Komoe 
*Alice Anotherbible 
==Abilities==
* - Johann Valentin Andreae
===New Abilities===
* - Anna Kingsford, Johann Valentin Andreae
==Locations==
*'Hell'
===New Locations===
==Trivia==
===Referbacks===
===Cultural References===
*Two famous literary works that have influenced the perception of hell are referenced:
**A likely influence on the hell seen here, unnamed but indirectly referenced, is , the first part of 's 14th century narrative poem , which details a journey through Hell ('Inferno'), Purgatory ('Purgatorio') and Heaven ('Paradiso') by a fictionalized version of the author.
***In Inferno, by Dante Alighieri much like the hell here as shown by CRC's world model and the description of the Christian hell by the two experts, the shape of hell is similar to a mortar or an open-pit mine, with each level like a step and narrowing further down, converging on a single point at the bottom.
****In Inferno, there are nine circles of Hell, each housing a certain type of sinner and punishing those sinners, who tried to justify those sins and died unrepentant (with those who repented and prayed for forgiveness before their deaths labouring in Purgatory), in a manner fitting their crime. Descending through the concentric circles, the level of wickness gradually increases, converging on and culminating in the imprisoned Satan at the centre of the earth. In descending order, the nine circles of hell concern the following; Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Wrath, Heresy, Violence, Fraud, and Treachery.
***Minotaurs and harpies appear in Inferno, by Dante Alighieri, Canto XIII with it being noted in this chapter that those two Greek creatures being gatekeepers would be odd for a Christian-based hell after a minotaur appears.
**Mentioned by name as an example that influenced modern people as much as the Bible and academic works, is an epic poem by the English poet , first published in 1667 and considered his masterpiece. Covering the biblical story of the , it has two narrative arcs; one concerning the temptation of and their banishment from the , the other following () - recounting his rebellion, the war over heaven, and the banishment of the fallen angels to Hell after their defeat.
*A minotaur is the first gatekeeper encountered by the group during their journey into hell, with Anna noting that it should not have been at that shallow of a level.
**In Greek mythology, the was a monster with the head of a bull and the body of man, which dwelt at the center of the Labyrinth on the island of Crete, eventually slain by the hero Theseus.
**The minotaur is also featured in Inferno, referred to as infamia di Creti ('infamy of Crete' in Italian), encountered by Dante and Virgil as they are navigating a jumble of rocks on a slope leading to the seventh circle of hell (Violence). by Dante Alighieri, Canto XII
*Several mythological realms of the dead are mentioned as phases placed on top of the physical world:
**In Greek mythology, is a region in the underworld that imprisons and torments the wicked, as well as a primordial deity.
**In Norse mythology, is a primordial region of ice and cold which, according to in the , later became the site of , the abode of the goddess and those who died from disease or old age rather than in battle.
**The are mentioned, which likely refers to an idea for the structure of in Buddhism, the lowest realm among the that one can be reincarnated into as a result of negative karma. There are several ideas as to how Narakas might be divided into smaller narakas and their torments, with one of the common ones being the Eight Great Hot Narakas and Eight Great Cold Narakas.
**, or Yomi-no-kuni, is the land of the dead in Shinto.
===Unanswered Questions===
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