Lucifer

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	LUCIFER ON SUPERNATURAL	MARK PELLEGRINO

. IN MYTHOLOGY

Lucifer is the Latin name for the devil, and it means literally "light bearer." Before the church adopted it as the name for the outcast angel, it was used to refer to the day star (or morning star) that was seen before the sun rose.

In pagan lore, Satan-Sataniel is said to have been one of the archangels. When God created the man and set Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, Satan rebelled. He was cast down because re refused to bow to this new creation and wanted instead to be exalted above them, placing himself closer to the level of God Himself. For his blasphemy, hubris, and disobedience, he was hurled out of heaven, with his host of angels, to forever circle above the abyss. (Some modern theologians and exorcists believe that Lucifer and Satan are two different beings...but that's another story.)

The New Testament and its contemporary lore crafted Lucifer into the feared and reviled creature we know today. He is said to have tempted Eve and thus ruined Eden for all mankind (but, of course, the lore of Supernatural also includes the demonizing of Lilith, the first woman...Eve's predecessor; and some lore holds that Lilith then tempted Eve) and brought death itself into the world. Since then, he is blamed for all of man's baser instincts, lies, immorality, and temptations.

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