Who is in charge of the mythical hell?

The underworld is mainly ruled by Yan, who is the supreme ruler of the underworld. He decides everything in the underworld. In mythology, Yan holds the life and death of mortals. As the old saying goes, Yan told you to die in the middle of the night and wouldn't let you live to the fifth watch. This represents Yan's position in the underworld, and anyone in the underworld must obey his assignment.

In ancient mythology, Yan was in charge of the underworld, the manager of the underworld, in charge of the life and death of six sentient beings, and judged the reincarnation of the undead. In The Journey to the West, there is also Rebecca. The Monkey King has been to the underworld many times, but he is afraid of the Monkey King. Hell is just a subordinate branch of heaven.

Wang Yang and other minions of the underworld can also be said to be immortals, just working in the underworld, so people may think that they are closer to monsters. Yan is also the master of heaven. In fact, he is the immortal who manages life and death arranged by the Jade Emperor. So that is to say, in The Journey to the West, the status of hell is obviously lower than that of heaven. Yan Luowang, the leader of hell, should obey the orders of the Jade Emperor, the leader of heaven.

When annoying people return to the underworld after death, Yan Luowang will evaluate them according to their consciousness before their death and make reasonable rewards and punishments. Therefore, there is a saying: Mo Yan does not repay, ghosts and gods have a plan. This is actually a manifestation of the ancients' dissatisfaction with real life. There is no absolute fairness in real life, so they hope to have gods to uphold justice and help them uphold justice, so they invented many interesting mythical figures, of which Yan is the representative and one of the most familiar mythological figures among the people.