Devil's Den

Satanic hiding place

Devil's Den names places associated with wild, rocky, or forbidding terrain—suggesting somewhere the devil might hide.

The most famous is the boulder-strewn area at Gettysburg where fierce fighting occurred during the Civil War.

Numerous parks, caves, and rock formations across America share the name, typically featuring dramatic geological features: We hiked to Devil's Den to see the rock formations.

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abyss · rock formation · folklore · battlefield · ravine · legend · Civil War · Confederate soldiers · Union Army · underworld · lair · snake pit · sinkhole · sharpshooters · inferno · superstition · cliffside · archeology

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sacred vs. profane places

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Sacred afterlife realm

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danger vs. safety

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Monster-protecting TV drama

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moral character of place

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Named religious structure

Convent

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Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG