The sun., 1901-11-24
The Devils Good Looks.

Some of our Southern contemporaries
are trying TO make up their minds as to
the personal appearance OF the Devil.
Is he as black as he has been painted?
Ought he not to be depicted as an angel
Of light, LuCIFER, son Of the morning,
with much of his old beauty still linger-
ing on his face and figure, in shape and
gesture proudly eminent?
The prevailing Southern opinion at
this time seems to be that Old NICK has
been shamefully caricatured; and so
he has II is impossible TO believe that
so ugly a devil as he is usually repre-
sented to be could be a successful Temp
ter The Middle Ages did him injustice.
The sculptors, the painters, the mys-
teries and miracle plays belied him.
In story and legend. he is usually an
ass. He il described or carved or
painted in all sorts OF grotesque and
bestial shapes. He appears as bear,
a dragon. a monkey. a raven, a vulture.
From Pan, perhaps from Babylonia
and Assyria, from Northern deities
degraded into devils. horns and hoofs
and what not Of the ridiculous or dis
gushing have been borrowed and be-
slowed upon him He is a goat. a satyr,
restored Cerberus, a horrible yswning
mouth. HIS cloven hoof and forked
tongue are we'll known. He il usually
assumed 10 be- black, vet as early ~ the
thirteenth century he appeared ~ a
gentleman, anticipating well-knovn
line IL NAV be some satisfaction 30
his injured feelings to know that the
monks Of the Thebaid used Ca see him
~ a beautiful woman. Decidedly the
Devil has power % assume a pleasing
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