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Satan
The
chief of the rebel angels.
The anthropomorphic personification of evil,
the Devil.
In the
Judeo-Christian tradition,
 Satan, from the Hebrew word for 'adversary'
(connoting the idea of opposition), is the personification of evil and
all that is hostile to God and his will.
In the
Septuagint (Greek
translation of the Hebrew Bible) the translation of 'satan' is given as
'diabolos' meaning 'Devil'. Both terms are usually employed
synonymously. In the Old Testament Satan is presented as a distinct
personality of darkness and accusation, a type of heavenly prosecutor.
He is in charge of testing humans' integrity, by any means possible, but
God has the authority to set limits to his power to do evil.
In the
New Testament, he is pictured as a dragon
or a serpent, described as the one who has the power of death, ruling
with lies and deception, accusing humankind before God, and opposing the
purpose of God in the world. Still, while his power is acknowledged, he
is under God's rule; conceived as only part of creation, he could not
overwhelm the Lord.
In later
Christian tradition Satan was described as the tempter, the accuser, the
punisher, the leader of the fallen angels; and Christianity
has always regarded Hell,
the region of fiery torment below the earth, as Satan's realm. In the
advent of God's kingdom, he and his demons
will be ultimately defeated.
Many
other cultures outside the Hebrew tradition have a concept of a leader
of the powers of darkness. The Babylonians,
Chaldeans, and Persians believed in a dualism between the forces of
darkness and light. Ahriman, in Zoroastrianism,
and Seth, the god of evil in Egyptian mythology, and 'Mara' in Buddhism
manifest characteristics similar to Satan's.
Names
for Satan include not only the usual demonic ones, but several popular
ones, such as 'Prince of Darkness', 'Old Dragon', 'Old Horney', 'Old
Nick', 'Old Scratch', 'Lusty Dick', 'Black Bogey', 'Old Gentleman',
'Angel of Rome', and 'Old
Lad Himself', amongst others.
Related
videos.
Related
books:
A
History of the Devil.
God
of the Witches.
He
Came to Set the Captives Free.
Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages.
Mephistopheles: The Devil in the Modern World.
Powers
of Evil: A Biblical Study of Satan and Demons.
Satan
Is Alive and Well on Planet Earth.
Satan's
High Priest.
Satan
Speaks!
The
Bondage Breaker.
The
Devil: A Visual Guide to the Demonic, Evil, Scurrilous, and Bad.
The
Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity.
The
Devil's Mischief: In Which His Own Story Is Told in Word and Pictures.
The
Devil's Notebook.
The
History of the Devil and the Idea of Evil.
The
Old Enemy: Satan and the Combat Myth.
The
Origin of Satan.
Click
here for more related
books.
Further
info:
In Praise
of the Devil.
LaVey,
Anton Szandor.
The
Devil and the Religious Controversies of Sixteenth-Century France.
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