Jesus Christ

*"Wash me in the ever-flowing fountains of thy blood. Let me ever be with thee. Wholly thine I am, my sweet Lord Jesus. O my Lord, my love! Kiss me with the kisses of thy mouth, how lovely art thou! ...thy embrace! MY LORD, MY LOVE, MY SOUL'S SALVATION, TAKE ME TO THY LAP!!"*
―Caleb[src]
**Jesus Christ** is the central figure of Christianity.

## History

### *The Witch*

*"Thy son is dead. Damned."
"The Devil!"
"You know it not!"
"The Devil will speak Scripture too."
"You know it not. It is not true!"
"We are Damned!"*
―Katherine and William[src]
Caleb worries that his missing younger brother Samuel may be in Hell, having been unbaptised when he disappeared. His father William wishes he could tell him that Sam sleeps in Jesus, but only God truly knows who is a son of Abraham and who is not. Later that night, William prays to God to deliver his family to everlasting peace through the purifying blood of Jesus.

Later that night, William tells Katherine that God has brought them into a very low condition to humble them, but Katherine replies that Jesus was led into the desert to be ill met by the Devil. She later tells him of a dream she had as a teenager, in which she was with Jesus upon Earth. She was so ravished by his love that she thought it far exceeded the affection of the kindest husband, but since Samuel's disappearance she has had such a sad weakness of faith that she fears that she will never feel that same measure of love again.

Caleb cries out for Jesus to save him as he experiences agony in the aftermath of the witch's attack on him. He ecstatically declares his love for Jesus before he dying. Believing his eldest daughter Thomasin to a witch, he urges her to confess, insisting that Jesus can unwitch her. William is convinced that Caleb is in Heaven due to him crying Jesus before he died, to which Katherine replies that the Devil will also speak in scripture. Later that night, William begs Jesus to save his family even if means his own damnation.

### *The Lighthouse*

*"Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Tommy. Last night you made a confession 'twould make a saint swear. I don't have nothin' to confess, but you, Tommy, a-spillin' yer beans...now look what it's done to ye. It's made ye mad. I knew ye was mad when y'smashed up the life boat just now, a-chasing me with an axe, tryin' to kill 'Ol Tom. Don't y'trust me, Tommy?"*
―Thomas Wake to Thomas Howard[src]
Thomas Wake invokes Jesus, Mary and Joseph after Thomas Howard accuses him of killing his previous assistant by driving him mad with a mermaid scrimshaw. He then confuses Howard by throwing his perception of reality into question.

### *The Northman*

*"Is Thórir right? Could it be the Christian swines? Their god is a corpse nailed to a tree."*
―Finnr[src]
The dismembered corpses of Hersveinn Battle Hard and Hjalti Battle Hasty are discovered nailed to a farm at Freysdalur in the shape of Sleipnir. Upon seeing the grisly fate of his friends, Thórir the Proud accuses the Christian slaves. Finnr the Nose Stub wonders if Thórir is right, declaring the Christian's god to be a "corpse nailed to a tree".

## References

1. ↑ Eggers, Robert, *The Witch*, A24, USA, February 19, 2016
2. ↑ Eggers, Robert; Eggers, Max, *The Lighthouse*, A24, USA, May 19, 2019
3. ↑ Eggers, Robert; Sjón, *The Northman*, Focus Features, USA, April 22, 2022