Lucifer is a key protagonist in John Milton's Protestant epic, Paradise Lost. Milton presents Lucifer almost sympathetically, an ambitious and prideful angel who defies God and wages war on heaven, only to be defeated and cast down. Lucifer must then employ his rhetorical ability to organize hell; he is aided by Mammon and Beelzebub. Later, Lucifer enters the Garden of Eden, where he successfully tempts Eve, wife of Adam, to eat fruit from the Tree of knowledge of good and evil. Lucifer naturally ...

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Jerome, with the Septuagint close at hand and a general familiarity with the pagan poetic traditions, translated Helel as Lucifer. Much of Christian tradition also draws on interpretations of Revelation 12:9 ("He was thrown down, that ancient serpent"; see also 12:4 and 12:7) in equating the ancient serpent with the serpent in the Garden of Eden and the fallen star, Lucifer, with Satan. Accordingly, Tertullian (Contra Marrionem, v. 11, 17), Origen (Ezekiel ...

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Lucifer is a Latin word made up of two words, lux (light; genitive lucis) and ferre (to bear, to bring), meaning light-bearer. Lucifer appears in Greek mythology as heosphoros, the "Dawn-bringer"; it is used by poets to represent the Morning Star at moments when "Venus" would introduce distracting imagery of the goddess. "Lucifer" is Jerome's direct translation in his Vulgate (4th century) of the Septuagint's Greek translation, as heosphoros, "morning star" or "Day Star," literal ...

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Blind Guardian is a power metal (and more recently epic metal) band started in the mid-1980s in Krefeld, Germany. Before calling themselves Blind Guardian, the band released two demos under the name Lucifer's Heritage in 1986 and 1987. From the very beginning, Blind Guardian have been inspired by the fictional worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien and other fantasy authors, like Michael Moorcock, as well as traditional legends and epics. Over the years, a running theme has develop ...

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Satan - Syncreto-Paganism. In Neopagan religions that have assimilated aspects of Abrahamic mythology into their own pantheons, Satan, Lucifer, and Beelzebub are often seen as distinct and separate beings who perform necessary cosmic functions. In Stregheria, the Lucifer/Satan connection is upheld just as in Christian mythology. The Streghe see Lucifer (the name "Satan" is never used in Stregheria) as a kind and philanthropic deity who chose to disobey the tyrant-god of the Christians by appearing in the f ...

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Dis is usually a proper name and may mean: Dis (Altered Beast) (see Altered Beast), a fictional city in the Altered Beast video game Dis (Divine Comedy) (see The Divine Comedy), the fictional city containing the lower circles of Hell; also an alternate name for Lucifer in the same work Dis Pater, predecessor of Pluto in Roman Mythology and ancestor of the Gauls according to Roman thought Dis Pater (music), a goth metal/doom metal band from Russia Dís, singul

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Samael is an important figure in Talmudic and post-Talmudic lore, a figure who is accuser, seducer, and destroyer. Legends mentioning Satan refer equally to him, such that Samael is often taken to be the true or angelic name of the Devil, as opposed to the epithet, Lucifer (light-bearer), which is based on a misapprehension of a verse against the King of Babylon, or his functional title, Satan (Adversary). However, Samael cannot always be simply identified with Satan, because some translations of the Book of Enoch ...

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Satan (שָׂטָן Standard Hebrew Satan, Greek and Latin Sátanas, Tiberian Hebrew Śāṭān; Aramaic שִׂטְנָא Śaṭanâ: both words mean "Adversary; accuser") is an angel, demon, or minor god in many religions. Satan plays various roles in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocrypha and the New Testament. In the Hebrew Bible, Satan is an angel that God uses to test man for various reasons usually dealing with his level of piety (i.e. the test in the Book of Job). In the Apocrypha and New Test ...

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This is a list of characters appearing in The Sandman. This page discusses not only events which occur in The Sandman, but also some occurring in spinoffs of The Sandman and in stories The Sandman was based on. Characters of The Sandman - Cain and Abel. Cain and Abel are a pair of fictional characters in the DC Comics universe based on the Biblical Cain and Abel. Characters of The Sandman - Before The Sandman. Originally they were ...

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In early Christian writings, Belial was identified first with an angel of confusion and lust, created after Lucifer. Paradoxically, some apocrypha credit Belial as being the father of Lucifer and the angel that convinced him to wage a rebellion in Heaven against God, and that Belial was the first of the fallen angels to be expelled. Belial is referred to as Satan when asked by St. Paul as to how Christ and Belial can agree." Since the Middle Ages he has been considered to be a powerful king of Hell that gives excellent familiars to hi ...

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In early Christian writings, Belial was identified first with an angel of confusion and lust, created after Lucifer. Paradoxically, some apocrypha credit Belial as being the father of Lucifer and the angel that convinced him to wage a rebellion in Heaven against God, and that Belial was the first of the fallen angels to be expelled. Belial is referred to as Satan when asked by St. Paul as to how Christ and Belial can agree. Since the Middle Ages he has been considered to be a powerful king of Hell that gives excellent familiars to his ...

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List of fictional swords - Greek mythology. The Sword of Peleus, a magic sword that makes its wielder victorious in the battle or the hunt List of fictional swords - Christian mythology. The Sword of Michael, a sword used by the archangel to defeat Lucifer in heaven (Christian mythology) The Sword of Yahweh, the sword of God which is mentioned in the tale of the destruction of Leviathan. (Christian mythology) < ...

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In the Hebrew Bible, Satan is to be better understood as an "accuser" or "adversary" than as an embodiment of "evil." The term is applied both to divine and human beings. Satan - Different uses of the word Satan in the Tanakh. The Hebrew word "Satan" is used in the Hebrew Bible with the general connotation of "adversary," being applied to: An enemy in war and peace (1 Kings 5:4; 11:14, 23, 25) An accuser before the judgment-seat (Psalm 109:6) An antagonist who puts obstacles ...

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Early rabbinic Jewish statements in the Mishnah and Talmud show that Satan played little or no role in Jewish theology. In the course of time, however, Judaism absorbed the popular concepts of Satan, most likely inherited from Zoroastrianism. The later a rabbinic work can be dated the more frequent is the mention therein of Satan and his hosts. An example is found in Genesis: The serpent who had Eve eat the forbidden fruit. The consensus of the Biblical commentators in classical Judaism is that the serpent of the narrative in Genesis ...

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In Wisdom ii. 24 Satan is represented, with reference to Gen. iii., as the father of all lies, who brought death into the world; he is apparently mentioned also in Ecclus. (Sirach) xxi. 27, and the fact that his name does not occur in Daniel is doubtless due merely to chance. Allegedly, Satan was the seducer and the paramour of Eve, and was hurled from heaven together with other angels because of his iniquity (Slavonic Book of Enoch, xxix. 4 et seq.). Since that time he has been called "Satan," although previously he ...

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Satan figures much more prominently in the New Testament and in Christian theology generally. In the New Testament, Satan appears as a tempter for Jesus, for example. In John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost, the theme is further developed—Satan is believed to have been an archangel who turned against God before the creation of man. (Prophecies in Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 are thought to be referring metaphorically to Satan, rather than to the king of Babylon. Babylon in Revelation is a symbol for an evil world, one of which Satan wo ...

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Satan, Satan - In the Hebrew Bible, Satan - Different uses of the word Satan in the Tanakh, Satan - Biblical description of Satan, Satan - Satan as an accuser, Satan - In Rabbinic literature, Satan - In the Hebrew Apocrypha, Satan - In the New Testament, Satan - Satan in Islam, Satan - Shaitan and Adam and Eve, Satan - Among polytheists, Satan - Syncreto-Paganism, Satan - Neopaganism, Satan - New Age movement, Satan - Satanists, Satan - Skepticism, Satan - Satan in fiction, Satan - Bibliography

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Shaitan (شيطان) is the devil, or the enemy of Allah and is the equivalent of Satan in Christianity and Judaism. The Islamic view of Iblis, has both commonalities and differences with Christian and Jewish views. While Shaitan (شيطان, from the root šṭn شطن) is an adjective (meaning "astray" or "distant") that can be applied to both Man ("AlIns", الإنس) and Jinn, Iblis is the personal name of the Shaitan who is mentioned in the Quranic account of Genesis, and whose origin is unclear. ...

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Satan, Satan - In the Hebrew Bible, Satan - Different uses of the word Satan in the Tanakh, Satan - Biblical description of Satan, Satan - Satan as an accuser, Satan - In Rabbinic literature, Satan - In the Hebrew Apocrypha, Satan - In the New Testament, Satan - Satan in Islam, Satan - Shaitan and Adam and Eve, Satan - Among polytheists, Satan - Syncreto-Paganism, Satan - Neopaganism, Satan - New Age movement, Satan - Satanists, Satan - Skepticism, Satan - Satan in fiction, Satan - Bibliography

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Two notable trends run through the majority of Resnick's science fiction work. The first is his love of fable and legend. Many of his stories read like legends, featuring larger-than-life characters with colorful names like "The Widowmaker", "Lucifer Jones", "The Forever Kid", and "Catastrophe Baker". Their adventures are often similarly legendary. Resnick is also interested in the formation of history and legend, and sometimes includes bards as characters. The book The Outpost deals most with these themes, as it includes a story told ...

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The impact event has been a plot and background element in science fiction since knowledge of real impacts became established in the scientific mainstream. Interestingly, it seems, by survey, to be one of the less popular themes in apocalyptic science fiction compared to other possible catastrophes. Numerous science fiction stories and novels center around an impact event; possibly the best selling was the novel Lucifer's Hammer. Several disaster movies have also been made, including When Worlds Collide (1951), and Me ...

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Impact event, Impact event - The geology of Earth-impact events, Impact event - Mass extinctions and impacts, Impact event - Recent pre-historic impact events, Impact event - Modern impact events, Impact event - End of civilization, Impact event - Impact Events in Fiction, Impact event - Notes

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