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is the Devil’s Tramping Ground like. a widely known thing outside of North Carolina? b/c it’s funny as fuck, it’s this circle of dirt that supposedly nothing will grow in and it’s b/c the devil stomps around there or whatever. allegedly ppl have tried camping there and woke up miles away

it’s literally just a patch of dirt that ppl are scared of. that being said, i would not go there if asked b/c while i am not superstitious, i am a little stitious

*Tamp Tamp*

The Devil: ah I see you’ve noticed me tamping down the soft earth

@monsterkissed mentioned the whole demon squad's low power mode and i'm OBSESSED with them, i want them all as mochi plushes

the whole folk legend of using crossroads to trap demons or confuse ghosts to prevent them from coming back to haunt you is kind of funny to me because it's not like there's anything special about crossroads that make them a problem for demons and ghosts specifically. like they're kind of just universally inconvenient for everyone who encounters them. congrats on your anti-supernatural defence system man. now can you remember which way to go to get home? lol

i need fangs and heart shaped pupils. maybe horns also.

Low key I'm kinda bored of and annoyed by the preponderance of works that have Boring If Not Outright Malevolent Angels on one side and Nuanced, Charismatic, And Honestly Not Evil Demons because it just seems like a perpetuation of the idea that good is fundamentally flat or banal or not even good at all, that Goodness is something performed to achieve something else, usually power or control. In fact, I don't object to nuanced demons so much as the imbalance (only the "evil" side is allowed to be anything approching, well, approachable.)

But then I'm like "well identification with monsters is something that marginalized groups often feel because it forces us to question what is monstrous, so the idea of finding compassion and humanity in those deemed inherently unforgivable is actually very powerful and subversive"

But then I'm like "but is it subversive or is it laziness? It's hardly revolutionary at this point, it's like people making children's toys scary. It's supposed to have a tension between what something should be (childlike, innocent) and making it wicked. But now it's so common that dolls are often considered inherently creepy. So where's the subversion in a creepy doll? There's none. Where's the subversion in mean Angels or angels who have no interest in or love for humanity?"

But then I'm like "well but aren't angels traditionally destroying cities and saying Be Not Afraid?"

And I'm like, again just to myself as I pace my kitchen, "I mean YEAH but they're also like flaming wheels or whatever, I'm not sure how much these works are genuinely interested in angel mythology"

Then as I make coffee for myself, I think, "angels represent the traditional hierarchy, the traditional Christian dogma, and therefore are stand ins for the authority that we must question"

But then, as I realize we are out of sugar and my coffee is therefore ruined and am thus more susceptible to thinking there are demonic forces at work in this world, I go, "but demons in these stories aren't systemically kind. They're just cool. They're individuals and help individuals if they feel like it. In these stories, there's no mass concern for all of humanity really."

And then I conclude, "maybe angels are written cruelly because the world seems cruel and therefore there cannot be a Divine force involved in our daily activities looking out for us. Demons are by their nature doomed to fail which makes stories where they try to do Good have a more natural conflict and also explains why things in the world aren't better. For if there were angels, a legion of angels, always at work, shouldn't things be better? But we don't know how the world could otherwise be. But it seems hard to argue that this is in fact the best of all possible worlds. So demons make an easier to identify with protagonist while also being powerful and having cosmic impact. I believe many stories doing their own take on angels and demons would benefit from truly trying to imagine angels and beings of love, rather than the cold and distant figures I often see in fiction, but I understand the framework behind that conception."

Then I add to myself, "of course since I'm mostly talking about like urban fantasy, it might also be that people just wanna fuck demons more."

Victorian 9ct gold temperance charm with a pop up bone devil

my little friend who whispers in my ear when i cannot make a decision

I CONTINUE TO BE TITS DEEP IN DEMONOLOGY RESEARCH:

IF YOU ARE A NOBLE THAT RUNS A COUNTY YOU ARE A COUNT OR A COUNTESS

NOW IF YOUR COUNTY IS ON THE BORDERS OF THE REALM YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DEAL WITH WAR SO YOULL HAVE SOLDIERS MARCHING THROUGH YOUR COUNTY SO MUCH IT BECOMES A MARCH AKA A MARK AND YOU GET UPGRADED TO BEING A MARQUIS

SIMPLY PUT A MARQUIS IS A COUNT THAT OWNS A BORDER TERRITORY

HELL HAS SEVERAL MARQUIS

WHICH MEANS HELL HAS BORDER TERRITORIES

MY QUESTION IS WHO TF IS INVADING HELL

Maybe they're the invaders and Hell was already occupied when they arrived?

DO NOT GET ME STARTED ON RAGNAROK THEORY

THERE ARE SOME DEMONOLOGISTS IN THE 7TH CENTURY WHO IMPLY THAT DEMONS ACTUALLY COLONIZED HELL TAKING IT FROM ITS UNNAMED INDIGENOUS INHABITANTS

THEY DRAW CLEAR ALLUSIONS TO THE THE ISLAMIC/CHRISTIAN COLONIZATION OF THE OLD EGYPTIAN FAITHS AND IMPLY THAT THE CURRENT HELL IS ACTUALLY THE COLONIZED DUAT

THE GOSPEL OF NICODEMUS IS FUCKIN WILD

ACCORDING TO IT SATAN IS A JØTUNN

ACCORDING TO EVERY DEMONOLOGY TEXT I HAVE READ THERE IS LITTLE EVIDENCE FOR CIVIL WAR AMONG DEMONS

WHILE HELL HAS MULTIPLE "KINGS" (ONLY FOUR OF WHOM ARE EXPLICITLY MALE) THEY ALL SERVE UNDER LUCIFER

THERE IS ACTUALLY SUBSTANTIALLY MORE EVIDENCE FOR THE TITLE OF "KING" BEING AKIN TO A CABINET POSITION

CASE IN POINT IS THE INFERNAL DUKE ABRIGOR WHO SERVES UNDER KING BAAL BUT FUNCTIONS AS QUARTERMASTER FOR ALL OF HELL

THIS IMPLIES THAT BAAL'S ROLE IN HELL IS AKIN TO SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR

LE DICTIONAIRRE INFERNALE REFERS TO THE DUKE FOCALOR AS "LUCIFERGE" AND DESCRIBES HIS ROLE AS BEING AKIN TO THE INFERNAL PRESS SECRETARY (HOWEVER EVERYTHING ELPHIAS LEVI WROTE SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH A HEAP OF SALT)

EVERY CREDIBLE DESCRIPTION OF HELL PORTRAYS IT AS:

- HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL

- BIODIVERSE WITH ALIEN LIFE SEEMINGLY BASED AROUND BLOOD AND SOULS

- CONTAINING TWO MAJOR CITIES

- CONTAINING FIVE LARGE BODIES OF A WATERLIKE SUBSTANCE

- CONTAINING AN UNCERTAIN NUMBER OF MINOR CITIES

- SHAPED LIKE A BELL BURIED UPSIDE DOWN IN THE EARTH

HELL HAS A TREASURER HELL HAS A NATIONAL BANK HELL IS ON THE GOLD STANDARD

HELL HAS A DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THE DEMON VINE IS THE MINISTER OF ROADS

ACCORDING TO WAYNE BARLOWE AND WILLIAM BLAKE HELLS NATIVE FAUNA ARE REFERRED TO AS THE ABYSSALS (LIKELY WHAT D&D WAS INSPIRED BY) BUT HELL ALSO HAD NATIVE INDIGENOUS INHABITANTS REFERRED TO AS THE SALAMANDRINE

i found this mug at goodwill it says violence makes, makes me, me hot, hot -lilith, -lilith morningstar, morningstar it was 99 cents and i bought it immediately but i have no idea who made it or what they were trying to say. i’ve tried googling it and havent come up with anything at all

HUH thank you... ominous orc lesbian quote mug

Deep in and old park (Park W Maciejowej) in Poland, there is an abandoned and decaying mausoleum. If you wander inside, you’ll stumble upon a rather terrifying sculpture of a demon that was left behind after the filming of a horror movie (Redwood).

The building is open, so everyone can visit this impressive creature. The sculpture is often vandalized but is often repaired by local people who love this addition to the landmark.

If you’re curious about the movie, I actually found it on youtube (link below).

REDWOOD

A lot of deep sea creatures are coloured red, but since the colour blends in so well with dark water it just ends up looking black or dark blue. 

In short, combined with the horn-like crown, submerged home, and pitchfork/trident, Poseidon is just another name for the Devil.

Humans misinterpret Hell as an underground cavern of fire, when in reality, it’s a boiling sea floor stoked by hydrothermal vents and exposed magma.

Dante describes the Ninth circle of hell as being where traitors are crushed in a dark frozen lake, which sounds like deep sea trenches or brine pools

Notice how the only thing demons and mermaids have in common is dragging human souls down?

There’s a reason why sailors used to call mermaids “Sea Demons”.

This post is prying open my third eye with a crowbar

Tridents are just pitchforks of the sea.

Bonus points: The Bible describes Hell as a lake of fire and brimstone, aka, sulfur. Sulfur actually burns a bright blue. So every artistic depiction you’ve ever seen of Hell is wrong.

Actual sulfur infused volcano in Indonesia.

hot demon girl summer 🍉

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