brimstone
Biblical punishment element
Brimstone is an old name for sulfur—the yellow mineral that burns with a choking smell.
The word survives mainly in the phrase fire and brimstone, evoking hellfire and divine punishment in religious rhetoric: The preacher delivered a fire-and-brimstone sermon.
A brimstone butterfly is bright yellow, like the element.
Combustion with flames
- damnationEternal punishment decree
- hellfireEternal punishment by flame
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
judgment · sin · flames · torment · eternal · perdition · inferno · burning
Yellow combustible element
- yellowHue between green and orange
- crystalsSolids with ordered structure
- mineralsInorganic natural solids
- sulfideCompound with element sixteen
ore · pyrite · sulfuric acid · deposits · element · matches · gunpowder · fumigant
Yellow combustible element
- transmutationComplete change of form
- philosopher's stoneLegendary substance enabling transmutation
- calcinationThermal decomposition via heat
- sublimationSolid to gas directly
crucible · alembic · mercury · salt · hermetic · purification
Volcanic gas vent
- volcanic ventMagma's surface exit
- geyserErupting thermal vent
- craterImpact or volcanic basin
- hot springsHeated groundwater emerging naturally
sulfur deposits · volcanic gases · magma · caldera · geothermal · volcanic crater · emissions · steam
Realm of the dead
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
- pitFruit's hard seed
- TartarusDeepest realm of punishment
- SheolBiblical abode of spirits
Hades · Erebus · depths · chasm · descent · infernal · bottomless
Night-flying lepidopteran
- wingsLimbs for flight
- buckthornThorny shrub, often invasive
- hibernationProlonged winter dormancy
- springRecoiling metal spiral
pale yellow · flight · meadow · hedgerow · caterpillar
fire
Combustion with flames
- damnationEternal punishment decree
- hellfireEternal punishment by flame
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
wrath · judgment · sin · flames · torment · eternal · perdition · inferno · burning · apocalypse
sulfur
Yellow combustible element
- yellowHue between green and orange
- crystalsSolids with ordered structure
- mineralsInorganic natural solids
sulfide · ore · pyrite · sulfuric acid · deposits · element · matches · gunpowder · fumigant · hot springs
sulfur
Yellow combustible element
- transmutationComplete change of form
- philosopher's stoneLegendary substance enabling transmutation
- calcinationThermal decomposition via heat
sublimation · crucible · alembic · mercury · salt · hermetic · purification
fumarole
Volcanic gas vent
- volcanic ventMagma's surface exit
- geyserErupting thermal vent
- craterImpact or volcanic basin
hot springs · sulfur deposits · volcanic gases · magma · caldera · geothermal · volcanic crater · emissions · steam · volcanic island
netherworld
Realm of the dead
Sheol · Hades · Erebus · depths · chasm · descent · infernal · bottomless
moth
Night-flying lepidopteran
- wingsLimbs for flight
- buckthornThorny shrub, often invasive
- hibernationProlonged winter dormancy
spring · pale yellow · flight · meadow · hedgerow · caterpillar
- magical substancesmana, ichor, ambrosia, nectar, ether
- Old Sciencephlogiston, aether, ether, caloric, miasma
- old chemistryphlogiston, alchemy, caloric, aqua regia, muriatic acid
- Pierid Butterflieslarge white, jezebel
- sulfur forms
- afterlifeheaven, hell, paradise, purgatory, limbo
brimstonesalvation
Deliverance from harm
heaven · grace · paradise · redemption · mercy
brimstonefrankincense
Aromatic resin for incense
myrrh · holy water · incense · ambrosia · manna
brimstonecomfort
Ease or soothing relief
reassurance · soft words · consolation · good news · pastoral care
- fire and brimstoneWrathful divine punishment imagery
- raining fire and brimstoneCatastrophic celestial punishment
- rain fire and brimstoneInflict divine catastrophic punishment
- rained fire and brimstoneSent catastrophic divine punishment