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Post by librarylass on Apr 4, 2014 8:37:56 GMT -6
This seems like the place to find people who would be likely to know-- who came up with the appearances for various demons and devils? Was it Gary or someone else? What served as their inspiration? (the Type VI/Balor, Pit Fiend, Horned Devil, Imp, and Succubus are all obvious in their derivation, and I seem to recall a Type V/Marilith in one of the Sinbad movies, but what about the others?)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2014 11:01:57 GMT -6
Sorry, couldn't say. But the idea of demons being hideous human/animal hybrids goes back to the Middle Ages or probably earlier.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2014 11:03:36 GMT -6
By the way, did you recently register here or did I fail my observation roll, because I don't remember seeing you around here. Anyway, welcome!
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Post by librarylass on Apr 5, 2014 4:34:06 GMT -6
Last summer sometime, I think. Anyway, thanks.  |
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Post by cleverkobold on Apr 7, 2014 9:45:09 GMT -6
I'm not sure about the Marilith's six arms, but its woman's torso and snake's lower body seems a lot like Lamia from Greek mythology.
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Post by tog on Jul 2, 2014 14:12:39 GMT -6
There was a animated statue of Kali in one of the Sinbad movies (the one with Tom Baker, I think) which had six or so arms each wielding a scimitar, but it had two legs, not a snake tail.
On the whole, it seems like a compilation of scary animals - vultures, dogs, huge apes, giant snakes, boars, crabs, octopi, etc. A lot of the devils came from Dante's Inferno - erinyes, Geryon, Dispater and the Malebranche (as well as their names).
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Post by geoffrey on Jul 2, 2014 21:03:58 GMT -6
There was a animated statue of Kali in one of the Sinbad movies (the one with Tom Baker, I think) which had six or so arms each wielding a scimitar, but it had two legs, not a snake tail. The Type V demon looks like a combination of these two things from Ray Harryhausen movies: from The 7th Voyage of Sinbad:  from The Golden Voyage of Sinbad: |
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