Gehinnom

What does Gehinnom mean in Jewish mythology?

Gehinnom in Jewish mythology is documented here through 1 source passages from 1 distinct source names represented in this theme. The strongest clusters come from Midrash Aggadah (1), with frequent witnesses in Ein Yaakov, Bava Batra (1). These texts preserve how Jewish writers, sages, and mystics described gehinnom across biblical interpretation, rabbinic storytelling, medieval compilation, and kabbalistic teaching.

This page is a topic hub, not a single article. Use it to compare how different Jewish sources treat gehinnom: where the theme appears in narrative, how it changes across source families, which figures or symbols recur, and which passages are most useful for citation. Representative entries include Korah's Sons Cry From the Mouth of Gehinnom. For synthesized anthology narratives, start with Adam's Nine Curses and the Silent Earth That Shared Them, Sodom Burned From Below, Not Just Above in Jewish Legend, and Gan Eden, Gehinnom, and the Jewish Afterlife.