The DEVIL !

According to the old testament, satan is considered to be the spirit responsible for stealing life. He is just the messenger of god to do evil work. Since time started, people have this images of evil creatures with horns but none is as powerful as the satan. This spirit lived in a shadowy place where all men and women who died went, irrespective of their deeds being good or bad.

In ancient Persia, Zorast created two concepts. Good and bad. One must choose between them to decide their fate after death to heaven or hell. The good one was called ahura mazda. Bad one was ahrihem.Ahura mazda was the god of light and truth.Ahrimen was the god of darkness, lies and deception.

Then came hades in greeek mythology. He spent more time in the underworld. No human liked him. He was likeable, but he wasn’t evil either. He was the god of justice. He decided whether people after death goes to a place of happiness or misery. He Is also the god of wealth and abundance. He had a two pronged fork for blasting things.

Zeus throws typhon away into tarturus, the lowest region of the underworld. The idea grew up as ages passed by, and it is presumed that the devil called upon his fallen angels. In ancient Jerusalem, there is this ancient place called gahena which was an old stinking rubbish place, where executed criminals were burned. This place came to be designated as hell. Gahens was the inspiration for the concept of hell.

In the new testament, the devil is given the name , beast 666. Theer was an ancient language called Aramaic. When nero Caesar was translated to Aramaic, the number came out to be 666. The new testament says that the devil was driven out and pushed into the abyss. One day it will rise and there shall be a battle between good and evil. The devil has wings, depicting that once he was an angel. They looked more like the wings of a dragon. Dragon symbolized evil force. It’s the dragon that the satan inherits its turned feet. When satan isn’t being a dragon, he is a snake. The serpent which tempted eve into the garden was thought to be the devil.

400 AD, a roman emeror Constantine converts to Christianity. Christianity becomes a mighty empire. Church bishops have power to influence. Constantine made this religion more popular and told people to accept. No option was given. If you are not with the state and the empire, you are with satan. As time grew, people against the state were executed, in the name of devil.

Greek of shepherd and flocks was Pan. His is like a goat like creature. Satan adopts his feature and becomes a creature with horns and panned legs.

Succubus is an ancient female demon which comes in dreams and seduces men. Incubus is a male demon seducing women at night.

Muslims were looked down upon and treated as if they were the preachers of satan. There were attached under the orders under king Philip, on Friday 13^th,1307.