Chernabog
demonic underworld Slavic single tradition · 1
Chernabog is depicted as a giant winged demon summoning the souls of the dead in Mussorgsky's symphonic poem Night on Bald Mountain. In Disney's Fantasia (1940), the character was originally intended as a representation of Satan, with Disney calling him "Satan himself". He appears as a powerful demonic entity associated with death and darkness.
When
- Attested period
- 1940 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Popularized through Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain and Disney's Fantasia (1940).
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Satan
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“He is depicted as a giant winged demon summoning the souls of the dead...The character may have been originally intended as a representation of Satan; in the film, Disney calls him "Satan himself".”
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