harrowing of hell

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harrowing of hell (plural harrowings of hell)

  1. (mythology, theology) A raid into the underworld by a heroic figure.
    • 1977, Raphael Werblowsky, Joseph Karo: lawyer and mystic‎, 2nd edition, page 44:
      Not the direct vision of the harrowings of hell as reported, for example, by many Christian visionaries, but accounts given by the departed souls themselves are more frequent and typical features of Jewish moralist writing.
    • 2003, Robert J. Andreach, Drawing upon the Past: Classical Theatre in the Contemporary American Theatre‎, page 36:
      Of the four harrowings of hell that are cornerstones of Western literature […] , we can eliminate the oldest.
    • 2007, Sophie & Michael Coe, The True History of Chocolate‎, page 39:
      […] the Hero Twins go on to defeat Xibalba and its ghastly denizens, a true Harrowing of Hell.

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