Malebolge
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In Dante Alighieri's Inferno, part of the Divine Comedy, Malebolge, or Fraud, is the eighth circle of Hell. It is a large, funnel-shaped cavern, itself divided into ten concentric circular trenches or
Sinners in the second bolgia, as illustrated by Stradanus.
The Malebranche threaten Virgil and Dante in the fifth bolgia, portrayed by Gustave Doré.
Gustave Doré- Dante and Virgil overlooking the tenth bolgia, Canto XXIX)
Malebranche (Divine Comedy)
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The Malebranche are the demons in the Inferno of Dante's Divine Comedy who guard Bolgia Five of the Eighth Circle. They figure in Cantos XXI, XXII, and XXIII. Vulgar and quarrelsome, their duty is to
Malebolge
…by being thrown into a river of boiling pitch and tar. In addition, should any of the grafters try to escape the pitch, a horde of demons known as Malebranche, armed with grappling hooks and barbs, stands guard over them, ready to tear them to pieces. Hypocrites are punished in this bolgia. They are forced…
The Malebranche catch a sinner with their grappling hooks, portrayed by Gustave Doré.
Dante (blue) and Virgil (red) in three scenes with the Malebranche, portrayed by Giovanni di Paolo.