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Devils
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), a 1908 film directed by D. W. Griffith * ''The Devil'' (1915 film), an American film starring Bessie Barriscale * ''The Devil'' (1918 Hungarian film), a Hungarian film directed by Michael Curtiz * ''The Devil'' (1918 German film), a German silent mystery 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), a 1971 British film directed by Ken Russell * ''The Devil'' (1972 film), a Polish film * ''The Devil'' (TV series), a 2007 South Korean television series ** ''Devil'' (TV series), a 2008 Japanese television series remake of the South Korean series * ''Devil'' (2010 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devils (film)
''The Devils'' is a 1971 historical drama film written, produced and directed by Ken Russell, and starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave. A dramatised historical account of the fall of Urbain Grandier, a 17th-century Roman Catholic priest accused of witchcraft after the possessions in Loudun, France, the plot also focuses on Sister Jeanne des Anges, a sexually repressed nun who incites the accusations. A co-production between the United Kingdom and the United States, ''The Devils'' is in part adapted from the 1952 non-fiction book ''The Devils of Loudun'' by Aldous Huxley, as well as John Whiting's subsequent 1960 play '' The Devils''. United Artists initially pitched the idea to Russell but bowed out after reading his finished screenplay, as they felt it was too controversial in nature. Warner Bros. agreed to produce and distribute, and filming largely took place at Pinewood Studios in late 1970. The film's graphic portrayal of violence, sexuality and religion ignited har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil (Dungeons & Dragons)
A devil (also known as a baatezu) is a fictional character in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' roleplaying game, a powerful group of monsters used as a high-level challenge for players of the game. Devils are Lawful Evil in alignment and originate from the Nine Hells of Baator. True to their Lawful Evil alignment, devils are locked in a strict and brutal hierarchy (changing form as they work their way up the ladder of power). At the top of the hierarchy are the supreme Archdevils, or ''Lords of the Nine'', who are the rulers of the different regions of Baator. Devils often see the various worlds in the D&D metacosmos as tools to use for their own ends, including prosecuting the Blood War, a millennia-long war between the devils and their arch-enemies, demons. Publication history Devils first appeared in the original first edition ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' ''Monster Manual''. Many of the early devils were inspired directly by real-world religion and mythology, with Mephistoph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devils (TV Series)
''Devils'' ( it, Diavoli) is a financial thriller drama television series created by Alessandro Sermoneta, Mario Ruggeri, Elena Bucaccio, , Daniele Cesarano, Barbara Petronio, and Ezio Abbate for and Sky Italy. It is based on the 2014 novel of the same title by Brera. ''Devils'' is a Lux Vide and Sky Italy production in association with Orange Studio and OCS. The series premiered on 17 April 2020 on Sky Atlantic in Italy. Ahead of its premiere, the series was renewed for a second season. Plot London, 2011. Italian trader Massimo Ruggero is the Head of Trading at the New York London Investment Bank (NYL). While the financial crisis is raging in Europe, Massimo is making hundreds of millions for NYL out of speculation. As his mentor Dominic Morgan, the American CEO of NYL and the nearest to a father that Massimo has ever had, fully supports him, the talented trader seems to be the first choice in the run for vice-CEO. However, when Massimo is involved in a painful scandal that s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demons (Dostoevsky Novel)
''Demons'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Бесы, Bésy, ˈbʲe.sɨ; sometimes also called ''The Possessed'' or ''The Devils'' is a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, first published in the journal ''The Russian Messenger'' in 1871–72. It is considered one of the four masterworks written by Dostoevsky after his return from Siberian exile, along with ''Crime and Punishment'' (1866), ''The Idiot'' (1869), and ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (1880). ''Demons'' is a social and political satire, a psychological drama, and large-scale tragedy. Joyce Carol Oates has described it as "Dostoevsky's most confused and violent novel, and his most satisfactorily 'tragic' work." According to Ronald Hingley, it is Dostoevsky's "greatest onslaught on Nihilism", and "one of humanity's most impressive achievements—perhaps even its supreme achievement—in the art of prose fiction." ''Demons'' is an allegory of the potentially catastrophic consequences of the political and moral nihilism that we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Devil
Folk devil is a person or group of people who are portrayed in folklore or the media as outsiders and deviant, and who are blamed for crimes or other sorts of social problems; see also: ''scapegoat''. The pursuit of folk devils frequently intensifies into a mass movement that is called a moral panic. When a moral panic is in full swing, the folk devils are the subject of loosely organized but pervasive campaigns of hostility through gossip and the spreading of urban legends. The mass media sometimes get in on the act or attempt to create new folk devils in an effort to promote controversy. Sometimes the campaign against the folk devil influences a nation's politics and legislation. Concept The concept of the folk devil was introduced by sociologist Stanley Cohen in 1972, in his study '' Folk Devils and Moral Panics'', which analysed media controversies concerning Mods and Rockers in the United Kingdom of the 1960s. Cohen's research was based on the media storm over a vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satan
Satan,, ; grc, ὁ σατανᾶς or , ; ar, شيطانالخَنَّاس , also known as Devil in Christianity, the Devil, and sometimes also called Lucifer in Christianity, is an non-physical entity, entity in the Abrahamic religions that seduces humans into sin or falsehood. In Judaism, Satan is seen as an agent subservient to God in Judaism, God, typically regarded as a metaphor for the ''yetzer hara'', or "evil inclination." In Christianity and Islam, he is usually seen as a fallen angel or jinn who has rebelled against God in Abrahamic religions, God, who nevertheless allows him temporary power over the fallen world and a host of demons. In the Quran, Shaitan, also known as Iblis, is an entity made of fire who was cast out of Heaven because he refused to bow before the newly created Adam in Islam, Adam and incites humans to sin by infecting their minds with ''waswās'' ("evil suggestions"). A figure known as ''ha-satan'' ("the satan") first appears in the Hebrew B ... [...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] |
Devil In Christianity
In Christianity, the Devil is the personification of evil, who rebelled against God in an attempt to become equal to God himself. He is depicted as a fallen angel, who was expelled from Heaven at the beginning of time, before God created the material world, and is in constant opposition to God. The devil is identified with several figures in the Bible including the serpent in the Garden of Eden, Lucifer, Satan, the tempter of the Gospels, Leviathan, and the dragon in the Book of Revelation. Early scholars discussed the role of the devil. Scholars influenced by neoplatonic cosmology, like Origen and Pseudo-Dionysius, portrayed the devil as representing deficiency and emptiness, the entity most remote from the divine. According to Augustine of Hippo, the realm of the devil is not nothingness, but an inferior realm standing in opposition to God. The standard Medieval depiction of the devil goes back to Gregory the Great. He integrated the devil, as the first creation of God, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devils (anthology)
''Devils'' is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of devils or demons edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh as the eighth volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series. It was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in June 1987. The first British edition was issued in trade paperback by Robinson in 1989. The book collects eighteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov. Contents *"The Devil" ntroduction(Isaac Asimov) *"I'm Dangerous Tonight" (Cornell Woolrich) *"The Devil in Exile" (Brian Cleeve) *"The Cage" (Ray Russell) *" The Tale of Ivan the Fool" (Leo Tolstoy) *"The Shepherds" (Ruth Sawyer) *"He Stepped on the Devil's Tail" ( Winston K. Marks) *"Rustle of Wings" (Fredric Brown) *"That Hell-Bound Train" (Robert Bloch) *"Added Inducement" (Robert F. Young) *"The Devil and Daniel Webster" ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil (Javid Play)
, image = Poster of play Devil.jpg , image_size = 200px , caption = Poster. 26 May 1922. State Turkic Theatre , writer = Huseyn Javid , characters = DevilArifVasifRenaIbn YeminKhaverElkhan , setting = 1918 , premiere = December 21, 1920 , place = Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre , orig_lang = Azerbaijani , genre = Tragedy ''Iblis'' ( az, İblis / ابلیس) is a verse play (verse dram), tragedy in four acts of an Azerbaijani poet and playwright Huseyn Javid, written in 1918. Ideological credo of Javid is revealed in the play, a mystic flaw is strongly expressed and the poet's thoughts about a problem of human's happiness followed by the imperialistic war are reflected in the poem. Initially the tragedy was staged in 1920, by Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh. It is noted that, at the beginning of the 1920s the play had a great success. “Iblis” is considered as the first verse play of Azerbaijan, which was put on the stage. It is also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil (Babes In Toyland Album)
''Devil'' is the second compilation of the trilogy released by Babes in Toyland. It was produced by Tim Mac, and released May 2000 by Almafame. Track listing All songs by Babes in Toyland (except Tracks 13, 14 and 15) #"Oh Yeah" (recorded at Reading Festival; 1995) #"Spun" (recorded at Lollapolooza San Francisco; June 22, 1993) #"Bruise Violet" (recorded at Lollapolooza San Francisco; June 22, 1993) #"Primus" (recorded at Utrecht, Netherlands) #"Fake Fur Condom" (recorded at Minneapolis Paisley Park; September 16, 1992) #"Won't Tell" (recorded at Lollapolooza San Francisco; June 22, 1993) #"Magic Flute" (recorded at Amsterdam Melkweg; September 16, 1992) #"S.F.W." (recorded at Amsterdam Melkweg; July 8, 1994) #"Jungle Train" (recorded at Amsterdam Melkweg; July 8, 1994) #"Knife Song" (recorded at Minneapolis 7th Street Entry; February 25, 1988) #"Flesh Crawl" (recorded at Minneapolis 7th Street Entry; February 25, 1988) #"Intermenstral" (recorded at Minneapolis 7th Street Entry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil (Molnár Play)
''The Devil'' ( hu, Az ördög) is a Hungarian play by Ferenc Molnár, first produced in 1907. It was The Devil (1918 Hungarian film), adapted in 1918 for a Hungarian film directed by Michael Curtiz. James Young (director), James Young directed an English-language version, ''The Devil (1921 film), The Devil'' (1921), in which George Arliss reprised his Broadway stage success. External links * * 1907 plays Hungarian plays Plays by Ferenc Molnár {{Hungary-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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