
Fujimoto describing Assiah and Gehenna as mirror worlds
The World of Ao no Exorcist is the main setting of the series. While the series is set in modern times, the story places our world next to a parallel world: Assiah, the human world, is connected to Gehenna, the Demon world.
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- The demon world Gehenna is likely based on Gehenna from the Hebrew Bible. Gehenna or Gehinnom (lit. Valley of Ben-Hinnom) in Hebrew was originally a desolate valley outside of Jerusalem where children were sacrificed to the false god Moloch by fire. By the time of Jesus Christ, it was used as a garbage dump where the fires burned continuously. Due to its unclean nature, the valley’s name came to denote the metaphysical place where God punishes the wicked for their sins for all eternity.
- Gehenna is also seen as the Seventh Hell in Jewish tradition whilst it is believed to be the First Hell in Muslim tradition.