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Devils Porridge Museum
A devil is the personification of evil as it is conceived in many and various cultures and religious traditions. Devil or Devils may also refer to: * Satan * Devil in Christianity * Demon * Folk devil Art, entertainment, and media Film and television * The Devil (1908 film), ''The Devil'' (1908 film), a 1908 film directed by D. W. Griffith * The Devil (1915 film), ''The Devil'' (1915 film), an American film starring Bessie Barriscale * The Devil (1918 Hungarian film), ''The Devil'' (1918 Hungarian film), a Hungarian film directed by Michael Curtiz * The Devil (1918 German film), ''The Devil'' (1918 German film), a German silent mystery film * The Devil (1921 film), ''The Devil'' (1921 film), an American film starring George Arliss * ''To Bed or Not to Bed'' (also known as ''The Devil''), a 1963 Italian film * The Devils (film), ''The Devils'' (film), a 1971 British film directed by Ken Russell * The Devil (1972 film), ''The Devil'' (1972 film), a Polish film * The Devil (TV s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil
A devil is the personification of evil as it is conceived in various cultures and religious traditions. It is seen as the objectification of a hostile and destructive force. Jeffrey Burton Russell states that the different conceptions of the devil can be summed up as 1) a principle of evil independent from God, 2) an aspect of God, 3) a created being turning evil (a ''fallen angel''), and 4) a symbol of human evil. Each tradition, culture, and religion with a devil in its mythos offers a different lens on manifestations of evil.Jeffrey Burton Russell, ''The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity'', Cornell University Press 1987 , pp. 41–75 The history of these perspectives intertwines with theology, mythology, psychiatry, art, and literature developing independently within each of the traditions. It occurs historically in many contexts and cultures, and is given many different names— Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub, Mephistopheles, Iblis—and at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
