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Sun 1 Aug, 2004 04:21 pm
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I heard today that there was a god, or demon, or something(i dunno) that was pure beautiful, but pure evil. Was there a being like this? If so, what was his/her name? I'm tryin to think back to the old history classes! Hmmm......
Lucifer--the most beautiful of the fallen angels.
Is there anything else? I thought it started with a "P", but I might be mistaken. Thanks though noddy!
Or maybe another name for Lucifer?
Could it be Lilith? (Adam's first wife)
Was it Indian? Didn't vishnu or some such fit that bill?
Noddy24 wrote:Lucifer--the most beautiful of the fallen angels.
Why is Lucifer the most beautiful, Noddy?
You're not talking about Pandora are you? In Greek mythology she was supposedly created as beautiful as Aphrodite, but eventually unleashed pure evil on the world.
Lucifer was supposed to have been created to be the most beautiful of the angels. This caused him to experience the sin of pride to such an extent that he came to believe that he should be the one in charge of heaven, not God. Rebellion quashed, he left heaven (along with his supporters), went to hell, reportedly saying that it is better to serve in hell than be a servant in heaven.
I believe that Lucifer was the most beautiful because he was the angel most loved by God.
I could be wrong. My source is hazy memories of Milton and Paradise Lost.
BonJovial wrote:You're not talking about Pandora are you? In Greek mythology she was supposedly created as beautiful as Aphrodite, but eventually unleashed pure evil on the world.
Yes, I think that is it! Great, thanks!
Huh . . . and i always thought Pandora's Box was porno . . .
Letty--
Very interesting. Thank you.
You be welcome, Noddy. I was with you on Milton, so I thought I'd do a quick search and came up with that tidbit.
Thanks Letty for the link, i'm still reading it.
Has anyone heard of "asiren" or "siren"? I don't know the spelling, but it's something like that.
Ah, the masons, another ball of wax entirely!
It's supposed to be a man hating woman I think, but obviously I don't know much about what i'm tryin' to talk about!
Sirens are the gals who lure sailors to a watery death with their sweet song.
And they're supposed to be pure beautiful, but pure evil?
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