Yomi Wan


This lists but a few of the Ten Thousand Hells and their respective Yama Kings or Queens (although a few are not known to have lords).

1. Black Gibbet: the eternal punishment for the lazy and feckless, ruled by the Yama King, Hei Fu

2. City of Stolen Souls: the fate of bigots, claimed by the Yama King, Kong Wo

3. Feverish Hell of Tou Shen: the doom of profiteers of small pox and fever, claimed by the Yama King, Tou Shen

4. Genbaku Sabaku: the hell of (savaged) Japanese souls, claimed by the Yama King, Pika Don

5. Hell of Being Cut to Pieces: the end of thugs and violent criminals, claimed by the Yama King, Ma Yuan

6. Hell of Being Skinned Alive: the fate of the power-hungry, claimed by the Yama Queen, Tou Mou

7. Hell of the Bitter Truth: the hell of religious zealots, claimed by the Yama King, Hen Tian

8. Hell of Blood-Washed Soil: the doom of despoilers of nature, claimed by the Yama Queen, Bao Lung

9. Hell of Boiling Oil: the end of the gluttonous, claimed by the Yama King, Hluh

10. Hell of Burrowing Maggots: the fate of souls slain by toxin and disease, claimed by the Yama Queen, Rangda

11. Hell of Devilish Defacement: the doom of vandals and miscreants, claimed by the Yama King, Fa Xiao

12. Hell of Empty Gloom: the fate of thoughtless buffoons and fools, claimed by the Yama King, Heianshi

13. Hell of Eternal Castration: the end of rapists and molesters, claimed by the Yama Queen, Kujia

14. Hell of Exquisitely Steamed Flesh: the doom of traitors, claimed by the Yama King, Gong Zhen

15. Hell of Flesh-Razing Flames: the fate of fanatical soldiers, claimed by the Yama King, Zeng Fa

16. Hell of the Frigid Tomb: where are sentenced the souls of the intemperate, impatient, and resentful, claimed by the Yama Queen, Bing Nüwang

17. Hell of Gnashing Teeth: the end of animal abusers, claimed by the Yama Queen, Ji-Chu-Lang

18. Hell of Lost Children: an ancient realm for those who abandoned their offspring to try to save their own skins, ruled by the Yama King, Chötgör

19. Hell of Perpetual Violation: the doom of adulterers, claimed by the Yama King, Wei Fan

20. Hell of Seven Burning Seas: the fate of pirates and polluters, claimed by the Yama Queen, Haha no Fukami

21. Hell of Ten Thousand Screams: the end of sadists and masochists, claimed by the Yama King, Fan-Du-Kuan

22. Hell of Those Who Sell Their Children: the fate of child victimizers, claimed by the Yama Queen, Ling Po

23. Hell of the Unholy Dragon: the doom of fallacious wise men, claimed by the Yama King, Shi Lung

24. Hell of Upside-Down Sinners: the resting place for the arrogant, claimed by...?

25. Hell of Wanton Cravings: the fate of promiscuous souls, claimed by the Yama Queen, Wanmei Hua

26. Kakuri: the doom of (dishonored) Japanese souls, claimed by the Yama King, Emma-o

27. Kamang: the end of (disloyal) Korean souls, claimed by the Yama King, Chudang

28. Lanka: the hell of instigators of war, claimed by the Yama King, Ravanna

29. Narakaloka: the hell of (impious) Hindu sinners, claimed by the Yama King, Naraka

30. Pit of Salt and Iron: the fate of slavers, claimed by the Yama King, Wu Hua

31. Polu: a hell of despair and victims of suicide, claimed by the Yama Queen, Hine-Nui-Te-Po

32. Pueleko: a hell of cannibals, claimed by the Yama King, Malaveyovo

33. She'a: a hell of liars, claimed by the Yama King, Honoyeta

34. Tamag: the fiery hell of Mongolian, Turkic, and Siberian peoples, claimed by the Yama King, Erlik Khan

35. Wicked City: the doom of those who succumb to urban apathy, claimed by the Yama King, Mikaboshi