The high definition of the traditional devil image

In western mythology, the devil's? Goat? The image appeared after the ninth century, and most of them were not mainly goats before; The image of goat in western literature is not very good and it is a symbol of evil. If we know something about western myths and civilizations, even if we don't need to know western myths, we just need to play games developed by western companies such as League of Legends and WOW, many people will have a doubt: these games and mythical demons often wear horns and look ferocious. Why do these demons appear in the image of goats?

First of all, in fact, the devil appeared in the form of a goat relatively late. In today's west, although devil science is no longer popular or even declining, we can still find the clues of these mythical figures through first-hand information. When we open the western epic Biography of Saint Anthony written in the 4th century, we can find that the demon in this book is very different from the goat image like the devil now. In this book, demons appear in various animal images, such as lions, leopards, jackals, and of course some are goats, and so on. Goat has become synonymous with the devil, which should have happened after the ninth century after modern scholars' research. However, there is no detailed evidence for the specific historical period, but some people speculate that it should happen during Caroline's Renaissance.

The literary image of goats in the west is very negative. As we all know, goats are far less important to human beings than donkeys, cows and horses. Even his own brother, the sheep, will be much bigger than the goat in function. Goats eat grass differently from other animals. They turn out the grass roots and eat them together. Therefore, most farmers are afraid of goats and even hate them. This hatred is reflected in literary works, and the literary image of goats has always been very negative. Goats are also the only animals in the Bible that have not been forgiven, which is one of the reasons why the devil is angered.

To sum up, the main image of goat as a demon comes from after the ninth century. Because of its poor literary image, it has become a symbol of the devil.