Godalyn. Because Gosalyn is God:)

[godalyn]

Introduction

Hi! Ive been on social media for a few years but I’ve just now decided to make a Tumblr account! This is mostly a Kuroshitsuji blog but I do talk about my other interests here and there! I’m 21 years old and I’m a non-binary sapphic POC. They/Them/He/Him. DO NOT FOLLOW ME IF YOU ARE A PROSHIPPER/SEBACIEL SHIPPER. Even if you are neutral on it I’d rather you not interact. You can find me as @/KeensYourGears on TikTok and @KeensGears on Twitter! Twins with @yuisdad 🍉

[gluecrackerzzz]

I'm black butlermaxxing again !

My take on the wanted poster panel from chapter 214 !!! It's a wip and there's no guarantee I'll finish it, but I figured I could share it here ^-^ holy unoptimized ive got so many layers

[kiwi-earl]

Grell!! Grell!! Grell!!!

[normalgirl0-0]

My Hazbin Hotel AU, where hell does punish sinners, and Charlie tries to save the right people.

[starp1ll]

How many times do i have to say we ARE enemies?

[i-am-dallas-deactivated20190109]

[beatybe]

I don’t think I have ever seen a dog show straight up unabashed disgust to anything.

[im-no-jedi]

[johniesupreme]

This will never NOT be funny

[digitalghostgal]

Another portrait redraw with my Lilith redesign!

[feminist-space]

The above is a video shared by smrchildsadness on Twitter, showing a person participating in a pride parade exchanging a pride flag with a person standing on his (am using his pronoun based on the TikToks/Tweets of what happened) doorway who had a Portuguese flag. There are sounds of cheers and crying and the two people hug each other as they exchange the flags. The man at the doorway then waved kisses to the crowd within the pride parade.

The Tweet says: "NO YOU DONT UNDERSTAND HE WAS WAVING THE PORTUGUESE FLAG BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE A PRIDE FLAG AND THEY TRADED FLAGS AND HE'S SO EMOTIONAL TO GET HIS OWN PRIDE FLAG I'M EMOTIONALLY RUINED"

For context, apparently they were worried that maybe he's a nationalist because he was waving the Portuguese flag and some nationalists opposing the pride march were waving that flag. But upon interacting with him, it turns out he didn't have have a pride flag and he wanted to wave *a* flag in support of the pride march. So they had an exchange and now he has his own pride flag 😭🥹.

The image above is a Tweet by kunwara_ladkaa that says "I'm crying so much right now (Image taken by Manuel Fernando Araújo/Lusa)". The image shows the same man from the pride parade crying as he hugs his new pride flag.

The above image is a Tweet by dudz_zZzz that says "ainda não parei de pensar nele," which according to Google translate from Portuguese to English is "I still haven't stopped thinking about him." The image is a drawing of the person from the pride parade, crying as he hugs his new pride flag.

Posts were made on July 1, 2024.

[feminist-space]

One of the most joyful moments of 2024 during a Pride Parade in Portugal.

[bevinbrand]

Okay, since evidently Kora posted some of her designs over on Twitter (!!!), I’ll put these up.  Some concepts from back when I was in design.

Rarity costumes for “The Case of the Bedazzled Boot”

Mannequin display ideas for “Display of Affection”

Ideas for the hologram versions of the main characters in “Rollercoaster of Friendship”

Vignette Valencia character ideas from “Rollercoaster of Friendship”

[gigglingjester]

[knight-a3]

So, Helluva Boss has come up in your Heavenbound AU... were you aware that biblically, Stolas is a fallen angel who worked with Lucifer? Because you might be interested in working that into the AU. Or not, since that would screw up the entire plot of Helluva Boss.

Stolas is not actually in the bible at all. He comes from occult traditions and demonology. I think the earliest mention of him is from the Renaissance era.

I believe his first appearance was in a 16th century book called the False Monarchy of Demons by a Dutch occultist.

Then he appeared in the Lesser Key of Solomon by an anonymous author in the 17th century. The first section is the Ars Goetia, which is heavily based off the False Monarchy of Demons. In both of them, he's described as a raven, but can appear in the shape of a man. He teaches astronomy and is knowledgeable in herbs and precious stones.

He finally took on the long-legged owl appearance in the Infernal Dictionary, written in the early 19th century by a French occultist. I think the astronomy, herbs, and precious stones tidbit carried over though.

In many traditions, all demons are fallen angels. When Lucifer rebelled and fell, he had convinced a lot angels to join him. So they all fell. The term "angel" comes from the Greek word for "messenger." It wasn't originally meant to refer to a race of heavenly beings. But that's how it's come to be used now. Which can lead to misunderstandings of biblical concepts like this.

Another theory, from some interpretations of Genesis and Jewish texts like the apocryphal Book of Enoch, believe demons are disembodied spirits. Either of a pre-Adamic race that was destroyed, or of Nephilim(children of angelic beings and human women, and often described as giants) that were killed in the Great Flood.

The gods and idols of non-Isrealite cultures would often be considered demons. Especially by the time of the New Testament.

Personally, I think demons are malevolent spirits(ie unclean spirits) that never had bodies of their own. They could have become people like us on earth, but instead chose to follow the devil(who is also a bodiless and malevolent spirit) and were cast out of heaven. So I kind of believe in something between the fallen angel and disembodied spirit versions.

There are actually very few demons named in the Bible. And most of the time, it's just used as an alternate way to refer to the devil and/or hell. Lucifer, Beelzebub, Satan, Abaddon/Apollyon, and Legion are some of the mentioned ones. With some caveats.

I got into another research rabbit hole, so I hope you enjoy my ramblings under the cut

--Lucifer-- Isaiah 14

In Isaiah 14, "morning star" is used to mock the fallen King of Babylon. The morning star(ie Venus) was used because it shone bright before quickly fading at dawn. The term was used in a poetic, and possibly ironic way. Babylon is often used as a symbol of pride(tower of Babel) or an oppressive regime(such as Rome, due to the Jewish history with the Babylonian Empire) or opposition to God (such as in the Book of Revelations).

Helel ben-Shahar was the hebrew term used. It translates to "shining one, son of the morning," which refers to the morning star, the brightest "star" in the sky(ie Venus). Helel means "shining one, light-bearer."

The Latin Vulgate translated the word as lucifer, which is derived from lux(light) and ferre(to bring), meaning light-bringer. Lucifer was the Latin name for Venus, because Venus signaled the coming of dawn.

The Greek Septuagint translates it to Heosphoros(bringer of dawn), which also referred to Venus as the morning star.

Some English translations took the Latin word lucifer and used it as a name. Other translations stayed away from "lucifer" and use some variation of "morning star" or "day star" or "son of the morning star."

The verse was eventually correlated with Satan's fall from heaven, turning lucifer into the name Lucifer and regarding it as the original name of the devil before his fall.

--Baal--

Baal is a semitic word meaning lord, master, or owner. Over time, it became a title to refer to deities in Canaanite and Phoenician pantheons, particularly fertility and storm deities. The deities could be traced back to Adad/Hadad in Mesopotamia. It can also be equated with Babylon's Bel, and Greece's Zeus. The title of Baal was compounded with a second word to indicate an attribute, place or manner of worship, or something the place possesses. Baal-zebub was the god of the city of Ekron. Baal-peor in Moab, Baal-berith in Shechem, etc. I'm not actually sure if they're all names for the same god, or if they evolved to become considered different gods.

Baal-zebub(aka Beelzebub) of Ekron. Lord of the Flies. God of healing and oracles.

Baal-peor of Moab/Midian. Lord of the Opening(referring to the cleft of Mount Peor). God of fertility and licentiousness. Baalpeor eventually evolved into Belphegor.

Baal-berith of Shechem/Nablus. Lord of the Covenant. The Israelites abandoned Yahweh and began to worship the local Canaanite god. Rabbinic traditions sometimes equate Baal-berith with Beelzebub. In later demonology, Baal-berith was reclassified as a demon named Berith that oversaw pacts with mortals.

In the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, Baal is used to refer to any gods that were not the Isrealite god, Yahweh. By the time of the New Testament, Baal became primarily associated with Beelzebub and equated with the devil. Later demonology reclassified Beelzebub as a demon.

--Satan--

Satan (Hebrew for adversary, opponent, accuser)is derived from the Hebrew term ha-satan, meaning "the aversary" or "the accuser" and was a title rather than a name. "Ha" means "the." Ha-satan, as opposed to plain satan, referred to a supernatural being(typically as part of a divine or heavenly council) that functioned as spiritual opposition or prosecution. "Satan" wasn't used as a name for the personification of evil(ie the devil) until around the New Testament.

--Abaddon-- Mentioned in Revelations

Abaddon(Hebrew): The word means destruction, doom, or ruin. In the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, Abaddon is a poetic term to describe the most hopeless and miserable state of the afterlife as a place of destruction. It's synonymous with "the grave," and refers to the underworld/hell.

It's used in Revelations to personify a demonic entity, described as the Angel of the Abyss/bottomless pit. The Greek equivalent, Apollyon, is a title meaning "The Destroyer." It's referring to the devil again.

--Legion-- New Testament Gospels

Legion is probably the most explicit example of a demon, rather than an alternate name for the devil or hell. But it's not actually a single demon.

In the Bible, a man was tormented and possessed by demons that made him very dangerous to both himself and others. When asked for its name, the demons replied collectively, "My name is Legion, for we are many." A legion was the largest unit of the Roman army, made up of 3,000 to 6,000 soldiers. Jesus cast the demons into a herd of pigs(this was a gentile/non-Jewish area), which immediately ran into a lake and drowned.

--Azazel-- Mentioned in Leviticus 16

A scapegoat ritual was/is performed on the Jewish holiday, Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement). Two goats would be selected. One was to be sacrificed as a sin offering for the Lord, and the other for Azazel and would be symbolically given the sins of the people and sent to a desolate place in the wilderness(interpreted as a rugged mountain). At some point, the tradition became to drive it off a cliff so it couldn't return. The point was to send the sins back to the spirit of desolation/demon of the desert they came from.

The term Azazel is often regarded as a compound of "az" meaning strong or rough, and "el" meaning mighty, and ultimately referring to a strong mountain.

Another supposed compound comes from "ez" or "az" meaning goat, and "azal" meaning to go away(ie escape). Forming the term scapegoat.

Another interpretation connects it with the fallen angels "Uza" and "Azael." So the sacrifice of the goat was meant to atone [the people?] for the sins of those angels.

In the Apocryphal Book of Enoch, Azazel is a fallen angel who taught mankind the art of warfare, deception, witchcraft, and brought sin. He was the rebellious leader of the Nephilim before the great flood, and was chained to a mountain to await the Day of Judgment when he will be cast into the fire. Which sounds like another iteration of the devil to me.

--Asmodeus-- Not biblical, but bible-adjacent

Asmodeus is apocryphal, from the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit. In the story, a virgin named Sarah was married, but Asmodeus killed the husband before the consummation of the marriage. And this happened seven times, until Tobias(the eighth husband) and the angel Raphael overcome him with smoke from a fish heart and liver. Asmodeus was presumably driven by jealousy and lust. Or God allowed the husbands to be killed because they had impure intent.

He also appears a few times in the Talmud(Rabbinical text considered secondary to the Hebrew Bible/Tanakh). Asmodeus turns his desires to Bathsheba and later Solomon's wives. He replaces King Solomon for some time, before Solomon returns and Asmodeus flees.

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There's probably more that I'm missing, but I think I've spent enough time with this particular rabbit hole.

[tinykuroshitsujipics]

[bitterbutlr]

MY BODY IS MADE OF CRUSHED LITTLE STARS

[cangrellesteponme]

omg guys it's sebastian's second pride month after being outed by modri

[ninicoru]

These two have fun 😔🌱🍉

[animusbell]

celestia is such a funny character like she's constantly manipulating twilight and friends to do shit instead of just asking and you could arguably frame that as being bc she's a "god" and pushing fate to her design or whatever, except that she engages with the group like a normal and relatable person, which makes it more like villainous machinations, except 90% of this manipulation goes towards things like "I don't want my party to be boring shit again. put my little country girl blorbos in there with zero prep so they fuck it up bad"

[animusbell]

you think you've fucked anything up around princess celestia and she's like heh. no worries. all according to keikaku

[jukashi]

Celestia instantly makes more sense as a character when you ignore the princess stuff and remember that she's a 1000+ years old wizard. Of course she does manipulative trickster stuff to teach moral lessons and/or cause chaos to amuse herself, that's classic wizard behavior. Of course sometimes she's actually socially awkward and bad at personal relationships and has bad ideas that she thought were good that result in her eating shit embarrassing style, that's classic wizard behavior. Of course she lets the aristocrats and nobles run around being assholes she's still running on wizard advisor programming, she's basically trying to merlin the entire upper class of equestria instead of just a king and some knights. "Yeah uuhhh we'll release the incarnation of chaos himself from his ancient prison because we think this shy girl can be friends with him", terrible plan if you're thinking like a ruler, amazing plan if you're thinking like a wizard. Just look at Canterlot 'Castle' for five seconds and ask yourself if that's in any way a castle. No. Wizard tower, yes. Wizard.

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