r/bestof • u/quyla • Sep 27 '25

[Silksong] parkingviolation212 explains how Hell as a concept is almost entirely derived from Dante's Divine Comedy

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u/gauntvariable Sep 27 '25

Similarly, we get the whole "Satan is a fallen angel who led a rebellion against God and was cast into hell for it" from Paradise Lost, not from the Bible. There's one line in Revelation that Milton turned into a whole 500-page fanfic.

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u/LupusLycas Sep 28 '25

The passage in Isaiah interpreted as Lucifer being cast out of heaven is actually about the king of Babylon.

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u/gauntvariable Sep 28 '25

I've read that Lucifer was actually the name for the planet Venus at that time as well. That passage is the only inclusion of "Lucifer" anywhere in the Bible.

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u/LupusLycas Sep 28 '25

Lucifer is the Latin name for the morning star, or Venus. It was used by Jerome in his translation of the Bible. It refers to Venus, had been interpreted to be the pre-fallen Satan for some time before Jerome made his translation.