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Gehenna
Gehenna , Gehinnom and Yiddish Gehinnam, are terms derived from a place outside ancient Jerusalem known in the Hebrew Bible as the Valley of the Son of Hinnom ; one of the two principal valleys surrounding the Old City.In the Hebrew Bible, the site was initially where apostate Israelites and...

is the Jewish version of Hell, named after the Hinnom valley outside of Jerusalem

Gehenna may also refer to:

In fiction:
  • Gehenna (comics), girlfriend of DC Comics character Jason Rusch, the current Firestorm
  • Gehenna (World of Darkness)
    Gehenna (World of Darkness)
    In the role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade by White Wolf, Inc., Gehenna is the vampires' prophesied armageddon.Gehenna is the time when the Antediluvians will rise to consume the blood of all the younger vampires and construct a city in which they will rule for one thousand years...

    , the vampires' prophesied Armageddon in the role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade
  • Gehenna (VTES)
    Gehenna (VTES)
    Gehenna is the seventh expansion of White Wolf, Inc.'s trading card game Vampire: The Eternal Struggle released on February 17, 2004. The expansion's theme is Gehenna, the vampires' prophesied Armageddon. White Wolf also published in 2004 a series of books named Time of Judgement for its fictional...

    , expansion for the Vampire: The Eternal Struggle collectible card game
  • Gehenna (Dungeons & Dragons)
    Gehenna (Dungeons & Dragons)
    In the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role-playing game, Gehenna , is a plane of existence of neutral evil/lawful evil alignment...

    , an Outer Plane of evil alignment in the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons
  • Gehenna, a fictional planet, the setting for C. J. Cherryh's 1983 novel Forty Thousand in Gehenna
    Forty Thousand in Gehenna
    Forty Thousand in Gehenna, alternately 40,000 in Gehenna, is a 1983 novel by science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh. The science fiction novel is set in her Alliance-Union universe between 2354 and 2658, and is one of the few works in that universe to portray the Union side .The book was...



In music:
  • Gehenna (band)
    Gehenna (band)
    -Biography:Gehenna was formed in January, 1993 by original members Sanrabb, Dolgar, and Sir Vereda. Their first demo, entitled Black Seared Heart, was recorded between the 3rd and 7 June 1993 in Soundsuite Studios, and was released as a cassette...

    , a Norwegian black/death metal band
  • Gehenna, a song performed by metal band Slipknot
    Slipknot (band)
    Slipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. Formed in 1995, the group was founded by percussionist Shawn Crahan and bassist Paul Gray...

     on the album All Hope Is Gone
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