King of Hell

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judge of the dead mythological figure psychopomp religious title underworld deity

King of Hell is a mythological ruler of the underworld and judge of the dead in various East Asian religious and folk traditions.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
King of the Underworld	1
Ten Kings of Hell	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judge of the dead ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ psychopomp ⓘ religious title ⓘ underworld deity ⓘ
appearsIn	Chinese hell scrolls ⓘ Japanese Buddhist art ⓘ Korean temple paintings ⓘ Vietnamese religious art ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	afterlife ⓘ hell ⓘ judgment after death ⓘ karma ⓘ retribution ⓘ underworld ⓘ
associatedWithCulture	Chinese culture ⓘ Japanese culture ⓘ Korean culture ⓘ Vietnamese culture ⓘ
associatedWithReligion	Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Chinese folk religion NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Korean Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Taoism NERFINISHED ⓘ
depictedAs	figure with stern expression ⓘ robed official ⓘ seated judge ⓘ
function	to assign appropriate punishment or reward ⓘ to evaluate the deeds of the dead ⓘ to maintain moral order in the afterlife ⓘ
hasAttribute	impartiality ⓘ moral authority ⓘ severity ⓘ
hasDomain	East Asian folk religion NERFINISHED ⓘ East Asian mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ East Asian religion ⓘ
hasRole	administrator of hell ⓘ judge of souls ⓘ ruler of the underworld ⓘ
hasTitleVariant	Diêm Vương ⓘ Enma NERFINISHED ⓘ Enma-ō NERFINISHED ⓘ Yama NERFINISHED ⓘ Yanluo Wang NERFINISHED ⓘ Yeomna NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Chinese legal culture ⓘ Indian Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ imperial bureaucracy model ⓘ
originatesFrom	Indian deity Yama ⓘ
presidesOver	allocation of reincarnation ⓘ courts of hell ⓘ judgment of the dead ⓘ punishment of sinners ⓘ
symbolizedBy	courtroom ⓘ judgment desk ⓘ official hat ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yanluo Wang → title → King of Hell ⓘ

this entity surface form: King of the Underworld

Yanluo Wang → partOf → King of Hell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ten Kings of Hell