God’s fallen angel
I don’t know what I was expecting of Satan. But it wasn’t this.
It’s so cold in Cocytus that Satan feels like the sun. Everything revolves around him, and he is the only creature down here that is able to move - and move he does. He’s as large as the Titans and has three awful, gnashing faces: one red, one white, one black. The colors are marred by dried blood, pus, flesh, all the things that can come out of a human are found on Lucifer. I find it difficult to believe that this was once the brightest angel in Heaven.
Lucifer’s faces punish the three worst traitors in Cocytus, yet his eyes leak tears that stream down his to his legs, which are partly encased in ice. The tears, small as they are, contribute to the ice that will eventually consume Satan himself. Fascinating contrapasso, isn’t it? It brings me peace that such a terrifying creature is punished in this manner.