| shewolf | | sinners who lived virtuously, but without knowledge of Christianity are sent |
| heretic | | the number of beasts who chase Dante into the woods |
| simoniacs | | the boatman of the river Styx |
| Phlegyas | | someone who denies immortality (according to Dante) |
| Suicide | | represents the sins of incontinence |
| grafters | | the boatman of the river Acheron |
| Charon | | represents the sins of the violent and bestial |
| demons | | the Pope buried with the heretics |
| three | | sold false religious relics; misused Christianity for profit |
| fortunetellers | | the Furies call her for help |
| nessus | | half-man, half-horse guards |
| minotaur | | Virgil and Dante ride on this flying beast |
| Beatrice | | a guard who is half-man, half-bull |
| leopard | | the capitol of Hell |
| Anastasius | | the three-headed guard dog |
| Centaurs | | creatures who are used to torture those in the boiling pitch |
| Limbo | | represents the sins of the fraudulent and malicious |
| Cerberus | | these sinners are punished by being made a tree |
| Dis | | carries poets across the river of blood |
| lion | | the chief of the centaurs |
| medusa | | punished by being forced to walk backwards |
| Geryon | | these sinners were angry and battled during life |
| wrathful | | Dante's muse; she petitions Virgil to help him |
| chiron | | men/women who embezzelled money |