Christian Uses
Some Japanese Christian texts use 黄泉 to refer to what is called Hell in the English versions. For example Revelation 6:8,
そこで見ていると、見よ、青白い馬が出てきた。そして、それに乗っている者の名は「死」と言い、それに黄泉が従っていた
in English: And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.
- See also Harrowing of Hell
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