Citings & Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture
“I’m imagining that Hell has turned ‘abandon all hope, ye who enter here’ into a ‘New York, New York’ kind of jingle, which is why I knew immediately that I needed to draw Doug making ‘your name up in lights’ arm gestures.” [. . .] –Jeff Martin, Hell, Inc., 2019
The Hell, Inc. webcomic updates Mondays on Patreon here.
“In the television show Evil (2019, CBS) in Season 1, Episode 7, the main character receives a drawing in a journal given to her daughter by a demon, and the drawing is a sigil ‘from’ the Lesser Key of Solomon. When they research the sigil, they find it represents a demon called ‘Anatas’ who the show explains as a king of demons. While researching, they show multiple plates from the Doré illustrations from Dante’s Inferno. It is worth noting, however, that while the Lesser Key of Solomon is a real document, the symbols from the show are not exactly the same as the ones from the document, and the Lesser Key of Solomon was written after Dante’s time.” –Contributor Alex Lee
See a recap of the episode on TV Guide‘s website.
Contributed by Robert (Alex) Lee (Florida State University ’21)
“Draghignazzo is an enemy in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. He is one of the guardians of the dungeons of Hell. He is quite the pessimist.” —Wikivania: Encyclopedia of Darkness, August 20, 2019
Learn more about Konami’s 2005 video game Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow here.
“The Gates of Hell is the name of Rodin’s bar that doubles as a demonic weapons market. It is here that Rodin sells many objects, such as healing items and various techniques for Bayonetta, as well as accessories and ‘treasures.'” —Bayonetta Wiki, August 7, 2020
Learn more about PlatinumGames’ 2009 video game Bayonetta here.
Dante Pizzeria Napoletana, founded in 2009, located in Omaha, Nebraska.
