Talk:Devil
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Lede picture
The picture in the lede is highly unrepresentative. It looks as if the winged figure consists of a man and a woman in erotic embrace, so both are seemingly part of 'the devil'. This is very idiosyncratic and no religious tradition depicts the devil in this way. Even assuming that the devil is only the male figure, having erotic relations with women is far from being among his most typical roles in most traditions. It was somewhat central to European witch hunt lore of the Early Modern period, but this is a rather small part of his cultural 'biography' even just within Christianity. And in that case the focus of the depiction is at least in half on something other than the devil, namely the woman, which is clearly a disadvantage. In both cases, using such an image as a representation of the devil smacks of demonisation of sex. 62.73.72.3 (talk) 06:51, 19 March 2025 (UTC)