r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Dexter_Naman • 20h ago

Rare Devil Sunrise appears in multiple countries across earth

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u/WrongColorCollar 19h ago

MAN I bet some older cultures didn't take this kinda thing well.

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u/lionseatcake 17h ago

Isn't the devil a semi modern invention?

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u/LiesArentFunny 16h ago

Not really... Here's a 13th century manuscript (see picture on the right)...

Also consider like... Hades.

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u/_Resnad_ 14h ago

Yeah the devil is normally a personification of death/evil

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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth 12h ago

The 13th century is semi-modern relative to when the Bible was written and certainly relative to the time period it covers.

Their point was more that the devil, as that concept exists in cultures of Judeo-Christian origin today (red-skinned, beaded dude with horns, tail and cloven hooves, etc.), didn't exist in the Bible and earlier. It's more recent than that.

(And the whole devil-with-horns thing is a lot more recent than that.)

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u/LiesArentFunny 9h ago

(And the whole devil-with-horns thing is a lot more recent than that.)

I guess you didn't click through the link to the 13th century picture of the devil with horns...