Lucifer

* Humanoid
* Dragon form

> From his mid-breast forth issued from the ice. And better with a giant I compare than do the giants with those arms of his. Consider now how great must be that whole, which unto such a part conforms itself. Were he as fair once, as he now is foul, and lifted up his brow against his Maker, well may proceed from him all tribulation. What a marvel it appeared to me, when I beheld three faces on his head! The one in front and that vermilion was.
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> Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy: Inferno; Canto 34 vv. 28-29

**Lucifer** is, according to Judeo-Christian theology, the supreme lord of demons and the living embodiment of evil.

## Biography in mythos

### Creation

Lucifer was created by God on the 2nd day of the creation of the world, being the first cherubin and angel ever created. Originally, Lucifer was the Accuser, some kind of prosecutor of Heaven.

### Fall From Grace

Lucifer's pride led him to his downfall. Attempting to overthrow God, Lucifer gathered one-third of the angels to fight against Grand Angel Michael and the other angels who were loyal to God. At the end of the rebellion, Lucifer was defeated and was casted out from Heaven. Lucifer fell from the sky and the earth opened in two to swallow him in. In this way, he created a gigantic chasm that became Tartarus, a horrible place where all the fallen angels were imprisoned in.

### Refusing To Kneel Before Adam

On the 6th day of the creation, God created Adam and wanted all angels to bow down to Adam. Iblis refused to do so. Therefore, God told him that he would banish him to Tartarus. Iblis asked God to think twice. God accepted his request and told him that he was able to seduce mortals before the Judgment Day came. Iblis swore that he would led all mortals to walk on his path, and then Iblis and his followers became jinns, and left the place where God and the angels stood at.

According to the mythos of Yazidism, Peacock Angel Tawûsî Melek, who was later given the power to manage the world, refused to do the same thing; however, God felt satisfied about his behavior, which was very different from the story in the mythos of Islam. Until this day, some believers of Islam still believe that Tawûsî Melek is actually Iblis though the believers of Yazidism have already refuted this allegation for many times.

### Fall Of Man

After falling from grace, it was said that Lucifer took the form of a serpent and entered in the Garden of Eden, place where Adam and Eve where put after their creation. However, some people said that the Serpent was not Lucifer. Instead, it was just a cunning creature. There, the Serpent tempted Eve to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Eve ate the forbidden fruit and made it eat even to her companion Adam. In this way, the Serpent made Adam and Eve (and all mortals as a whole) be doomed. In fact, God punished the couple, but even the Serpent by making him crawl on his belly and on the dust of the ground every day in his snake form.

### Tormenting Job

One day, the Sons of Gods came to make obeisance to God. God told the angels that Job was a righteous person whom he loved. Ha-Satan told God that the faith of Job, a very rich and faithful man, was only to preserve his material possessions. Thus, God let Ha-Satan torment Job to test Job's faith. Ha-Satan ruined Job's life for two years straight by making his life absolutely miserable as he took his wealth, killed his livestock, killed his servants and eventually even killed his own children. Also, Ha-Satan cursed Job’s body with boils and pushed Job’s friends to accuse him of sinning. Despite the torment, Job never losed faith in God. After all the suffering, God gave back to Job's family and his wealth.

### Fall from Heaven

It was said that Ha-Satan was banished from Heaven on an unknown date. Labbi Yeshua witnessed this event and mentioned it in the Four Gospels.

### Tempting Yeshua

The Devil met Labbi Yeshua when He was fasting for 40 days and 40 nights in the desert. First, the Devil told to Labbi Yeshua to transform some rocks into bread, but Labbi Yeshua didn't listen to the Devil. Then, the Devil brought Labbi Yeshua to Jerusalem and put him on the temple's pinnacle. There, the Devil temped again Labbi Yeshua by trying to make him fall from the temple's pinnacle, but Labbi Yeshua still refused to listen to the Devil. After, the Devil brought Labbi Yeshua to an extremely high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world, telling him that he would give them to Labbi Yeshua if the latter bowed down to the former. But Labbi Yeshua still refused to obey the Devil and told the Devil to leave him. The Devil gave up and left Labbi Yeshua. The angels came to serve the latter after that.

### Repentance

According to the mythos of Yazidism, after Labbi Yeshua gave up his live, Shaitan repented to Labbi Yeshua when Labbi Yeshua descended to Hades in order to save the righteous people who were born during Old Testament period. Labbi Yeshua accepted Shaitan's request and let him become an angel again.

### End of the Devil's reign

The prophecy says that the Devil will be completely defeated during the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

## Description

### Book of Revelation

In the Book of Revelation, the Devil is described as a giant red dragon with 7 heads with a diadem on each head. Also, as a dragon, he has 10 horns, 4 horns on one head, 2 horns on other 3 heads and 1 horn on the other remaining heads.

### Christian Iconography

In paleochristian art, the Devil is depicted as snake just like Genesis portrays him. In Christian iconography, he is depicted as a humanoid creature with broken wings of a bat, horns and hooves. Sometimes, he is depicted even with three faces.

### The Divine Comedy

In Dante Alighieri's epic poem "*The Divine Comedy*", The Devil is described as an extremely gigantic and furry humanoid figure with 6 big bat wings. Also, the Devil has 3 faces: the one at the center of the head is red, the one at the left side of the head is black and the one at the right side of the head is is a mix between white and yellow.

## In The Mandela Catalogue

The in-story version of the Devil is 'Archangel Gabriel', who is clearly inspired by the original version in the Holy Bible in real world. Although Archangel Gabriel's character is clearly inspired by the Devil's character in the Holy Bible in real world, there are various changes:

* It is possible that Alternate 'Gabriel' fell from grace before the creation of mankind, since it is shown in Vol. 4 that he already starts to corrupt the world on the 4th day of the creation (2 days before the creation of Adam), while the Devil falls from grace on the 6th day of the creation in the mythos of Catholicism in real world.
* In vol. 4, it's made clear that 'Gabriel' is the creator of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and the forbidden fruit, while the Devil never created the tree or the fruit in question which were mentioned in the Holy Bible in real world.
* Still in vol. 4, 'Gabriel' tempts Adam first and uses him to corrupt Eve, while in the Holy Bible in real world, the order is reversed. Also, the way that 'Gabriel' shows up is fully different: in the Holy Bible in real world, the Devil appears as a snake with legs while 'Gabriel' appears in his angelic form.
* 'Gabriel' actively participates in mortal history, changing various important biblical events like the Great Flood and the Annunciation, while in the Holy Bible in real world, the Devil acts like a passive temptator that only pushes humans to commit sin.
* The whole story of tormenting Job is totally surpassed.

There are some theories about 'Archangel Gabriel' :

* Some fans believe that 'Archangel Gabriel' 's origin is far more complex than what many fans believe to be. 'Archangel Gabriel' may be an alien or a supernatural creature whom humans don't know much about, he took the form of some characters mentioned in the Holy Bible, such as the Devil and the Archangel. He made some humans believed that he was just a demon who was born thousands of years ago, which covered his true origin.
* In Vol.4, the Biblical God is never mentioned in the first part of the video, which may imply that the Holy Bible in this world is very different from the Holy Bible in real world. Therefore, it is unknown how the Devil acted in the Holy Bible in this world.

## Trivia

* The word "Lucifer" derives from the greek word "Phosphoros" that evolved into "Lucifer", Latin word composed by "lux" (light) and "ferre" (bring). Together, the word means "bringer of light".
* "Morning Star", one of Lucifer's nicknames as an angel, is also a nickname for the planet Venus.
* According to some Demonolical theories, Lucifer is the sin-holder of Pride.
* Although popular Christianity usually described Hell as a place which was managed by the Devil, Traditional Christianity actually believed that Abaddon and some other hellic angels were assigned to guard that place. The Devil had no power there because it was a place which God used to let the damned people be tortured. On the other hand, some people believed that the Devil and the demons lived in Arali, a dark and dreary cavern where the gidims (dead mortals) and the gallas (demons) lived in the mythos of ancient Mesopotamian paganism.
* Some people deemed that the Serpent was not the Devil. In *Satan: The Second God of Christianity* (a Theological book which holds belief similar to Judaism instead of modern Christianity yet still admits that some doctrines of Christianity are important), the author deems that the demons do not exist in the Old-Testament Bible, and the New-Testament Bible is not a part of the Hebrew Bible; instead, it was originally used to interpret the Old-Testament Bible; therefore, the Serpent was not the Devil.