If so, Michael and the iconographical Chinese sphere could represent the same object. The theme of a god, saint or hero fighting a dragon in the sky appears in mythology of peoples all around the world. They believed Quetzalcoatl descended to hell. The sphere preceding a dragon in Chinese New Year's Day parades possibly represents a planet. Venus is characterized by different peoples either as a fallen angel, a planet or both.
Lucifer is the Christian name for a being that meets each test.
1 the planet Venus when it is the morning star 2 Theol. Enoch claimed that Michael was the archangel leader. Webster defines Lucifer as leader of the fallen angels. Below is a view of the planet Venus as observed from a space probe. Early Roman Calendars.