The Hellmouth
type: Item
label: De Hellemond @nl
label: Der Höllenschlund @de
label: Brány pekelné @cs
label: La bocca o la porta dell'Inferno @it
label: La Boca del Infierno @es
label: Helvetets mun @sv
description: Theatre of fear and morality
description: Theater van angst en moraliteit @nl
description: Das Theater der Angst und Moral @de
description: Divadlo strachu a morálky @cs
description: Il Teatro della Paura e della Moralità @it
description: Teatro del miedo y de la moralidad @es
description: Rädslan och moralitetens teater @sv
Canon story number: 12
Canon story code: B.02
time frame: Middle Ages
Canon story topic: Special effects and projection
Field: Props and special effects
Link to internal Canonbase page: The_Hellmouth
Link to internal Canonbase page: De_Hellemond
Instance of: Canon stories
Canon story description: The Hellmouth is the entrance to Hell imagined as the gaping mouth of an enormous monster, like a whale. Medieval theatre used props, mechanical devices and other effects to frighten the audience by vividly dramatising the entrance to Hell.