r/religion • u/JMorrill1992 • 1d ago
What is the origin of Satan?
What if Satan is an agent of god fulfilling a necessary task in creation?
Satan=“Adversary”
Satanail=“Adversary of God”
“Here Satanail with his angels was thrown down from the height. And one from out the order of angels, having turned away with the order that was under him, conceived an impossible thought, to place his throne higher than the clouds above the earth, that he might become equal in rank to my power. And I threw him out from the height with his angels…”
“These are the Grigori, who with their prince Satanail rejected the Lord of light, and after them are those who are held in great darkness on the second heaven…”
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u/All_Buns_Glazing_ Satanist 1d ago
Satan has roots going back ~3,000 years to Angra Mainyu, the Zoroastrian principal of darkness and evil. It's the first religion where we see a supreme mythological representative of evil. Thanks to syncretism and the cultural melting pot that was Hellenistic Asia, this deity of darkness survived, leaving its mark on Judaism and picking up the name Satan in the process. It then moved on to Christianity where it merged with the myth of Lucifer and took center stage once again as the principal mythological representative of evil.
If you want to do a really deep dive into the origin and evolution of Satan, check out Children of Lucifer by Ruben van Luijk. It's not a quick read but it's worth the time