according to Le Grant Calendrier des Bergiers, published in 1496
Anger: Dismembered alive
Envy: Immersed in frozen water
Greed: Boiled in oil
Gluttony: Force fed toads, rats and snakes
Lust: Smothered in fire and brimstone
Pride: Broken on a wheel
Sloth: Thrown into a snake pit
4 comments:
Two questions: how can you immerse someone in frozen water? Isn't that ice? If you try to immerse someone, won't they just thud against the solid surface?
Okay, that's three already, but here's my fourth: will the rats and toads be served with melted butter?
It's Hell - you'd be surprised what they can come up with. I guess I shouldn't point out the "dismembered alive" torture, either. Um...if they're alive they shouldn't be in Hell.
Is it just me, or is the one in the center of the gluttony picture being force fed tongue?
Katie
I noticed that too. I suppose that's just to make the lustful envious.
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