Dante's Inferno Cantos 19-24 (circle 8)

bolgia 1

panderers & seducers

panderers & seducers

these sinners goaded others to serve their own foul purposes there for they are chased by horned demons & whipped.

bolgia 2

flatterers

flatterers

these sinners are sunk in excrement, representing their false flatteries on earth.

bolgia 3

simoniacs

simoniacs

these sinners are placed in holes upside down with their feet ablaze & as new sinners arive, the souls drop through the bottom.

bolgia 4

fortune tellers & diviners (those who attempted by forbidden arts to look into the future)

fortune tellers & diviners

these sinners have their heads turned backwards on their bodies & are forced to walk backwards through eternity.

bolgia 5

grafters

grafters

these sinners are sunk in boiling pitch & guarded by demons who tear them apart if they surface.

bolgia 6

hypocrites

hypocrites

these sinners are weighed down by robes & they walk eternally around a narrow track. robe looks showy & shiny on the outside but represents the terrible weight of deceit underneath.

bolgia 7

thieves

thieves

these sinners have reptiles that curl about them, binding the sinners hands behind his back, & knotting themselves as other reptiles dart around attacking.