Satan
Satan is depicted as a malevolent spiritual being who seeks to test and undermine the faith of Jesus' disciples, particularly Peter, by attempting to 'sift him as wheat.' In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus tells Peter that Satan has desired to have him, but that he has prayed for Peter's faith not to fail. Satan's role is that of an adversary who opposes divine purposes.
↻ synthesized from 26 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Referenced in canonical gospels written in the 1st century CE describing events circa 30-33 CE.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Raphael, Michael, Seraphim, cherubim, Mal’akh Yahweh, bnē Elohim, Gabriel, Demiurge, the Monad, Zavdiel, Achziel, Nuriel, Aedesius, Apollo, Abaddon, guardian angel, Asmodaeus, Christomaios, Raguel, Sariel, Remiel, prince of Persia, Attis, Mastema, king of Babylon, benei elohim, Leviathan, Astaroth, Pan, Kelpies, Kulshedra, Djall, dreqi, shejtan, Dajjal, En, Stihi, Verbti, RA-HOOR-KHUIT, Hecate, Diana, Lilith, Astarte, Bastet, Set, Baphomet, Valkyrie, Eve, Khem, Al-Uzza, Uriel, Asmodeus, Andrealphus, Ištar, Artemis (Diana), shedim, Destroying angel, Angel of the Lord, Enoch, the demon, fallen angels, Adam, second Adam, first Adam, Rebel Angels, angels
- enemy of
- Jesus, George, Margaret, Saint Benedict, Saint Bartholomew, Saint Andrew, Saint Nicholas, Michael, Michael the Archangel, Yahweh, God, Christ, Suriyel
- manifests as
- dragon, Great Red Dragon, serpent in the Garden of Eden
- allied with
- Gallinos
- parent of
- Filia Diabolus, Brittney
- syncretized with
- Angra Mainyu, Beelzebul, Azazel, Hadit, Samael, Belial, devils, great dragon, old serpent, Kelpie, Chernabog, Ekwensu
- served by
- Beelzebub, Gallinos, fallen angels, demons, shayāṭīn, Adrammelech
- equivalent to
- great dragon
- creator of
- bolotniki
- manifested by
- Iblis
Mentioned by
Sources
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
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- peer reviewed
Source passages
“In the Gospel of Luke is a record of Christ telling Peter: 'Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren'”
#1017 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“According to Luke's account, Satan entered Judas at this time.”
#1165 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“One of these involved being swallowed by Satan in the shape of a dragon, from which she escaped alive when the cross she carried irritated the dragon's innards.”
#1294 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Eventually, he exposed that the idols were possessed by Satan, but was martyred when the city was destroyed by God in a rain of fire.”
#1347 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Vade Retro Satana, Nonquam Suade Mihi Vana (Begone Satan, do not suggest to me thy vanities)...Non-Draco Sit Mihi Dux (Let not the dragon be my guide)”
#1436 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5