| Mainly found in | The Abrahamic faiths (esp. Christian tradition) |
The Abrahamic faiths |
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| Defined as | A name for the Devil, tied to the fallen "light-bringer" / morning star |
The Devil; the adversary |
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| Embodiment of | Evil (after the fall) |
Evil |
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| Nature | A once-glorious angel turned to evil through pride and rebellion |
Adversarial; associated with evil and temptation |
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| Personal Attributes | Pride; malevolence |
Malevolence |
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| Symbol | The morning star (Venus); also depicted as a fallen angel |
Often a goat, or a horned figure with a tail |
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| Physical attributes | Originally a beautiful angel; after the fall, horns and a tail, or a serpent |
Often depicted with horns and a tail; sometimes as a serpent |
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| Permanent Residence | Hell (cast down from Heaven) |
Hell |
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| Identified through | Pride and rebellion against God |
Deception and cunning |
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| Life Span | Created by God as an angel, but fell through rebellion |
Created by God, but rebelled against Him |
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| Occupations | Tempting humanity away from God |
Tempting and deceiving people; leading them away from God |
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| Bestows upon humanity | Temptation |
Curses; temptation |
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| Other names | Satan, the Devil, Beelzebub, Samael, the Morning Star, Son of the Dawn |
Lucifer, the Devil, Beelzebub, Iblis, Shaitan, Samael, Belial |
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| Christianity | The name traditionally given to Satan before his fall; the angel who rebelled out of pride |
A fallen angel who rebelled against God and tempts humanity away from Him |
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| Judaism | Not a distinct figure; "Lucifer" comes from a Latin rendering of Isaiah 14:12 (the morning star) |
An accuser/adversary figure (ha-satan); identified by some with Mastema |
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| Islam | No figure by this name; the adversary is Iblis/Shaitan |
Known as Shaitan or Iblis, who refused God's command to bow to Adam |
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| Hinduism | No figure named Lucifer |
No direct equivalent figure named Satan |
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| Buddhism | No figure named Lucifer; Mara is the comparable tempter |
No figure named Satan; Mara is a tempter who opposed the Buddha |
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| Zoroastrianism | Angra Mainyu (Ahriman); an evil spirit, never an angel of God |
Angra Mainyu (Ahriman), the spirit of evil |
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| Introduction (from Wikipedia) | A name, from the Latin for "light-bringer," used in Christian tradition for Satan, esp. as the angel before his fall |
In Abrahamic religions, a figure who brings evil and temptation and leads humanity astray |
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| Way of Communication | Through temptation and deception |
Through temptation and deception |
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