ID: 901001123 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001123	Record Type: Legendary Place

	Diyu (Chinese legendary place)

Note: Realm of the dead in Chinese mythology. It is loosely based on a combination of the Buddhist concept of Naraka, traditional Chinese beliefs about the afterlife, and a variety of popular traditions. Typically depicted as a subterranean maze with various levels and chambers, to which souls are taken after death to atone for the sins they committed when they were alive.

Names:

	Diyu (Chinese legendary place) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	地獄 (Chinese legendary place) (Chinese,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Chinese iconography> (P)
		........<Chinese legendary places> (P)
		............Diyu (Chinese legendary place) (I)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Narakas
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist legendary places, Narakas (Buddhist legendary places)) [901001121]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... underworld (doctrinal concept)
	.....(doctrinal concepts, religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Buddhism
	.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Diyu (Chinese legendary place)
	................Bowker, Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1997)
	地獄 (Chinese legendary place)
	................Oxford Concise Dictionary of World Religions [online] (2000)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Bowker, Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1997)