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Demon · ◆ Darkness
Satan
coreattested500 BCE
The Adversary of the Abrahamic traditions, accuser, tempter, and prince of darkness. From the heavenly prosecutor of Job to the cosmic enemy of God, Satan personifies opposition to the divine.
Darkness86
Pride92
Chaos88
Power84
Signature powerThe AccuserTempts, accuses, and turns the heart against the light.
◈ Open relationship graph →Its universe
The mythic order Satan belongs to, who comes before and after in the story of this world.
The same idol, across the ages
Scholars have long read Satan as one face of a wider figure that recurs under many names through history: the the adversary.
Read why these are held to be one →Voices & connections
Figures bound to Satan, family and rivals within the myth, and the thinkers and writers who shaped how we know them.