Devil
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- A devil is the personification of evil as it is conceived in various cultures and religious traditions. It is seen as the objectification of a hostile and destructive force. Jeffrey Burton Russell states that the different conceptions of the devil can be summed up as 1) a principle of evil independent from God, 2) an aspect of God, 3) a created being turning evil (a fallen angel), and 4) a symbol of human evil.: 23
Each tradition, culture, and religion with a devil in its mythos offers a different lens on manifestations of evil. The history of these perspectives intertwines with theology, mythology, psychiatry, art, and literature developing independently within each of the traditions. It occurs historically in many contexts and cultures, and is given many different names—Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub, Mephistopheles, Iblis—and attributes: it is portrayed as blue, black, or red; it is portrayed as having horns on its head, and without horns, and so on. While depictions of the devil are usually taken seriously, there are times when it is treated less seriously; when, for example, devil figures are used in advertising and on candy wrappers.
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Drei alte Frauen schlagen den Teufel
Drei alte Frauen halten den...
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Plakat/Aufruf "Und wenn die Welt voll Teufel wäre ...", 1. Weltkrieg
Farbiges Plakat mit Aufruf...
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Image: Museum Weißenfels - Schloss Neu-Augustusburg - CC BY-NC-SA -
Spottmedaille
Inschriften: TRANSFIGVRAT SE...
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Image: Stadtmuseum Naumburg - CC BY-NC-SA -
Eduard Trautwein: Der Teufel von Schiltach 1533
Wie in einem...
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Image: Museum am Markt Schiltach - CC BY-NC-SA -
Fastnachtsmasken: Schiltacher Teufel und Magd
Im Jahr 1533 ereignete sich...
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Image: Museum am Markt Schiltach - CC BY-NC-SA
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