The Devil's Role In Ancient Mythology

If the history and origin of the Devil had a birthplace it would have mostly been in the Middle East. The Devil first appears in the Hebrew Bible otherwise known as the Old Testament as Satan. The Satan which meant the title of the accuser emerges in the Bible as a dark figure but he’s not how we imagined him. This Satan does only as God told him and for the most part had to do most of the dirty work from time to time. Originally, he had no power or concept of an evil force like he is made out to be today. So where did this evil creature come about ? The Devil is present in most forms of religion and plays roles similar to the ones in early mythology. According to a religious teacher named Zoroaster there were two Gods that played the roles …show more content…
The Greek God Hades was known as the rule of the underworld had a black face and often carried a two pronged trident to destroy things. Hades was often very unlikable and he decided individual's fate for the afterlife. The underworld played another function in our understanding of the Devil and the afterlife. The afterlife was the beliefs of where we would end up based on the judgments of our life before death. Individuals would be rewarded or punished based on their contributions which led to them serving the rest of their afterlife in Heaven or …show more content…
Witches were given power for having faith and making deals with in the Devil in much of Europe. Witchcraft caused mass hysteria and created fear of the Devil. The Puritan Code made witchcraft a crime in Europe individuals guilty would often be sentence to time in jail or death. Hundreds of individuals were accused to be witches and even made false confessions during this time. The Salem Witch Trials strike fear into woman being accused to be doing ‘Devil’s Magic’. When the truth about most witchcraft is that it was mostly not real or as extreme as it was made out to be. Witches often times just offered blessing and cures from the elements of the nature. However, individuals started blaming each other for their hardships or implying that blessing were a hoax. Portraying witches to be Satan’s servers ugly old woman who rode on brooms and flew through the night cursing the town. When majority of the woman killed were not just old women but even younger women and occasionally