Lucifer in popular culture
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Lucifer
or characters named after/based upon him have made various appearances in popular culture.
in The Book of Joby by Mark J. Ferrari, who in the novel is seen to make a wager with God and to command his minionsas a major character in Paradise Lost
.
Lucifer's fallen self makes an appearance in The Divine Comedy
. as a three-headed demon who was frozen in a lake of ice as punishment for his rebellion. Other traitors are imprisoned in this ice at the bottom of Hell.
In the Blue Bloods novels by Melissa De La Cruz
, Lucifer is one of the Silver Bloods, one of the fallen angels that feed on Blue Bloods instead of Red bloods.
in Caitherine Webb's Waywalkers series Lucifer is the protagonist of the books trying to save the world from destruction.
Lucifer is the main protagonist of Glen Duncan's novel I, Lucifer, in which he is represented as the leader of the fallen angels, offered a month in human form to earn the right to return Heaven before Creation ends.
Lucifer is portrayed as the fallen angel Memnoch in the Anne Rice
novel Memnoch The Devil
. Throughout the story, Memnoch's only crime is questioning God's methods of dealing with the souls of man, for which God has much patience initially. Finally, when Memnoch descends to Earth to lie with a woman, God casts Memnoch out of Heaven, albeit temporarily, so that Memnoch might teach the souls of Man how to gain access to the Kingdom of Heaven.
The devil is one of the main antagonists of the Dragons in Our Midst
and Oracles of Fire book series by Bryan Davis. In these books Lucifer is called the "First Dragon" and also steals the body and masquerades as the first King of the Dragons, Arramos, in order to lead Arramos' son Makaidos and the rest of the dragon race astray. In Circles of Seven he tempts protagonists Billy and Bonnie to eat the forbidden fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil
and introduces himself to Billy as Lucifer.
In Sherrilyn Kenyon
's Dar-Hunter series
, Lucifer is the demon
Thorn's father. He also temporarily holds protagonist Nick Gautier's soul after he commits suicide
.
The devil known by many names, is the main antagonist of the final book of Johnathan Vladiac's Vampire Chronicles; Hell on Earth.
features a black and white cat named Lucifer whose ears take on the shape of devil horns whenever he grins. He also serves as one of the films antagonists. He is the antagonist of the mice in the film.
Lucifer, portrayed by Peter Stormare
, makes an appearance in Constantine
after being summoned by John Constantine
to prevent Mammon
from entering the human world. He later removes the source of Constantine's lung cancer
.
In the 1987 film Angel Heart
, Robert De Niro
plays the character "Louis Cypher", a play on the name "Lucifer", who is revealed to be the Devil at the end of the film.
In the 1995 film "The Prophecy
", Viggo Mortensen
plays the devil Lucifer.
In the 1999 film The Ninth Gate
, a trio of 17th century books feature engravings supposedly created by Lucifer.
In the 2001 film "The Crow: Wicked Prayer
", the film's antagonist, Luc "Death" Crash (a Satanic cult leader), is possessed by Lucifer (here called Satan) and wishes to jumpstart the Apocalypse by impregnating Crash's fiancee Lola Byrne (who is also a part of the cult) with the Antichrist
, but is distracted by Jimmy Cuervo, the protagonist. The sun rises before Lola can be impregnated and Jimmy impales Crash on a spike and slits his throat. Lucifer is sent back to hell following his host's death.
In the 1997 film The Devil's Advocate, Al Pacino
portrays a character named John Milton — a reference to Paradise Lost — who is ultimately revealed to be Satan in human form.
Satan is the main villain of the 1999 horror/action film End of Days, in which he is portrayed as a malignant, invisible force that takes possession
of a businessman (Gabriel Byrne
).
In the 2000 film Little Nicky
, Lucifer is the father of Satan and retired as ruler of Hell, portrayed by Rodney Dangerfield
.
anime
and manga
series.
A Digimon
known as Lucemon, one of the franchise's Seven Great Demon Lords, is based upon Lucifer; this character's backstory is notably similar to Lucifer's fictional fall from grace. This Digimon possesses numerous forms of increasing power, including his Chaos/Falldown Mode, Shadow Lord/Satan mode, and Larva Mode.
The protagonist in the series Tears to Tiara
is named Lucifer.
comic book series, a spinoff of the Sandman series by Neil Gaiman
. Before this he was one of the Unholy Trinity and rebelled three seconds after creation. In this depiction, he gives up his rule over Hell for a peaceful life in the human world. Lucifer runs a piano bar called "Lux" in Los Angeles
, with the assistance of his female consort Mazikeen
, a daughter of the biblical demon Lilith
. As the series opens in 2000
, Lucifer's "restful" retirement is disturbed by a series of associates from his past, and after various catalytic events, he endeavors to create his own universe against the wishes of his father, Yahweh
. This sets him on a collision course with several powerful beings that have a vested interest in the new creation and draws the heavenly host into the fray, including his brother, the archangel Michael
.
Lucifer is shown as a demon lord and fallen angel in Ghost Rider
.
' song "Sympathy For The Devil
" is sung from Lucifer's point of view.
"N.I.B.
" by Black Sabbath
is a song about "the devil falling in love and totally changing becoming a good person." (Geezer Butler, 1992 documentary The Black Sabbath Story: Volume One) The song's chorus references Lucifer specifically: "..Look into my eyes, you will see who I am; My name is Lucifer, please take my hand."
"Lucifer" is the name of a song by American rapper
Jay-Z
from his 2003
album, The Black Album
.
Singer-songwriter Tori Amos
has a song called "Father Lucifer" from her album Boys For Pele
.
Lucifer is the name of a Japan
ese rock band.
The Moonspell
song "Dreamless (Lilith and Lucifer)" is about a romantic relationship between Lucifer and the demonness Lilith
.
The Swedish death metal
band Kaamos has an album called Lucifer Rising
. There is also an album of the same name
by doom metal
band Candlemass
.
The bands Inkubus Sukkubus
and Flaming Lips have songs entitled "Lucifer Rising".
The final song on the Behemoth
album Evangelion
is called "Lucifer".
Though not directly named, Lucifer is referenced in many of the Horror Punk
/Deathrock
Supergroup
Son of Sam
songs, particularly 'Michael' on Songs From the Earth
.
"Lucifer" is the song title by the korean pop band Shinee
.
series have a recurring motif thorough the series in which the main antagonist in each game uses a name given to the biblical Satan
, although they're all different characters. In Ghouls 'n Ghosts
, the antagonist is named Lucifer. The character was renamed Loki
in the international versions of the Sega Genesis port and Rushifell (a misromanization of Lucifer) in Gargoyle's Quest
.
In El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
, Lucifer (referred to as Lucifel) is a secondary protagonist who assists Enoch
in his battle against the fallen angels. Lucifel is portrayed as a wisecracking trickster like character who shares a comical, friendly relationship with God.
In Dante's Inferno (video game)
, Lucifer is the central antagonist of the game, appearing as shadowy spirit at the start before Dante Allighieri faces him in his physical form
, only to be revealed as a shell-like imprisonment that holds the real Lucifer: A malformed angel with his wings ripped off, having been banished from Paradise after his failed rebellion against the Creator. It is revealed that he needs Dante to free him so he can have his revenge on God, but ultimately fails, and is sealed back into his icy prison by the holy power of Dante's cross, combined with every single soul that Dante absolved in Hell.
In the Megami Tensei
video games, he appears as a neutral character that works as either support or opposition depending upon the actions of the protagonist. He also appears in the form of a human named Louis Cyphere in his child, adult, and elderly forms throughout the games. He is shown as an enemy of Satan
and Yahweh
. He also appears in the Devil Survivor spin-off, as one of the most powerful monsters in the game.
The Persona
video game series depicts a seraphim version of Lucifer known as Helel and a demonic version that keeps the original Lucifer name. Many players have considered him to be one of the most powerful personae in the games due to his Armageddon fusion spell consisting of Lucifer and Satan as well as having the most powerful multi-hit spell known as Morning Star.
Devil May Cry 4
features a demonic weapon known as Lucifer that Dante obtains after he kills Berial. The weapon is depicted as a skull holding a rose in its mouth. The weapon is capable of firing infinite explosive mini-swords.
In Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
, Lucifer (under the alias of Lou) is shown as a manager for the player's band. It is later revealed that the band inadvertently sold their souls to him.
In Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams
, the character Roberto Frois uses gauntlets featuring the names of several archangels of Abrahamic myth with the Lucifer Gauntlets being his strongest darkness based weapon.
In Mega Man X8
, the character Lumine is based on Lucifer, and includes a final attack called Paradise Lost.
He makes an appearance as the King of Dem in the video game series Demikids.
Lucifer appears as the primary antagonist of the Painkiller video game series, where he is shown as a classical red demon.
Lucifer also appears as a secret boss in Final Fantasy II
in the palace of Arubboth.
Lucifer
Traditionally, Lucifer is a name that in English generally refers to the devil or Satan before being cast from Heaven, although this is not the original meaning of the term. In Latin, from which the English word is derived, Lucifer means "light-bearer"...
or characters named after/based upon him have made various appearances in popular culture.
Literature
Lucifer is depicted as a fallen archangelArchangel
An archangel is an angel of high rank. Archangels are found in a number of religious traditions, including Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Michael and Gabriel are recognized as archangels in Judaism and by most Christians. Michael is the only archangel specifically named in the Protestant Bible...
in The Book of Joby by Mark J. Ferrari, who in the novel is seen to make a wager with God and to command his minionsas a major character in Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books, with a total of over ten thousand individual lines of verse...
.
Lucifer's fallen self makes an appearance in The Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy is an epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. It is widely considered the preeminent work of Italian literature, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature...
. as a three-headed demon who was frozen in a lake of ice as punishment for his rebellion. Other traitors are imprisoned in this ice at the bottom of Hell.
In the Blue Bloods novels by Melissa De La Cruz
Melissa de la Cruz
Melissa de la Cruz is an American author, known for her work in young-adult fiction. Her works include the Au Pair series of novels and the Blue Bloods series.-Biography:...
, Lucifer is one of the Silver Bloods, one of the fallen angels that feed on Blue Bloods instead of Red bloods.
in Caitherine Webb's Waywalkers series Lucifer is the protagonist of the books trying to save the world from destruction.
Lucifer is the main protagonist of Glen Duncan's novel I, Lucifer, in which he is represented as the leader of the fallen angels, offered a month in human form to earn the right to return Heaven before Creation ends.
Lucifer is portrayed as the fallen angel Memnoch in the Anne Rice
Anne Rice
Anne Rice is a best-selling Southern American author of metaphysical gothic fiction, Christian literature and erotica from New Orleans, Louisiana. Her books have sold nearly 100 million copies, making her one of the most widely read authors in modern history...
novel Memnoch The Devil
Memnoch the Devil
Memnoch the Devil is the fifth novel in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles series, following The Tale of the Body Thief. Some of the themes of this novel and in large part the title are re-borrowed from the old Irish gothic novel Melmoth the Wanderer.In this story, Lestat is approached by the Devil...
. Throughout the story, Memnoch's only crime is questioning God's methods of dealing with the souls of man, for which God has much patience initially. Finally, when Memnoch descends to Earth to lie with a woman, God casts Memnoch out of Heaven, albeit temporarily, so that Memnoch might teach the souls of Man how to gain access to the Kingdom of Heaven.
The devil is one of the main antagonists of the Dragons in Our Midst
Dragons In Our Midst
Dragons In Our Midst is an American christian/fantasy book series written by Bryan Davis. It follows the story of Billy Bannister and Bonnie Silver, two modern day American teenagers who each have one parent that is a dragon...
and Oracles of Fire book series by Bryan Davis. In these books Lucifer is called the "First Dragon" and also steals the body and masquerades as the first King of the Dragons, Arramos, in order to lead Arramos' son Makaidos and the rest of the dragon race astray. In Circles of Seven he tempts protagonists Billy and Bonnie to eat the forbidden fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil
Tree of Knowledge
-Religion and mythology:* Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, a tree in the Garden of Eden, mentioned in the Book of Genesis-Publications:* The Tree of Knowledge, a novel by Pío Baroja* Drvo Znanja, a Croatian magazine...
and introduces himself to Billy as Lucifer.
In Sherrilyn Kenyon
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Sherrilyn Kenyon is a bestselling US writer. Under her own name she writes Urban Fantasy, but is best known for her Dark-Hunter vampire series. Under the pseudonym Kinley MacGregor she wrote historicals also with paranormal elements...
's Dar-Hunter series
Dark-Hunter series
Dark-Hunter is a best-selling paranormal romance book series by the American author Sherrilyn Kenyon. The books are published by St. Martin's Press. The first novel in the series, Fantasy Lover, was published in 2002. Fantasy Lover was voted one of the Top Ten Romances of 2002 by Romance Writers of...
, Lucifer is the demon
Demon
call - 1347 531 7769 for more infoIn Ancient Near Eastern religions as well as in the Abrahamic traditions, including ancient and medieval Christian demonology, a demon is considered an "unclean spirit" which may cause demonic possession, to be addressed with an act of exorcism...
Thorn's father. He also temporarily holds protagonist Nick Gautier's soul after he commits suicide
Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
.
The devil known by many names, is the main antagonist of the final book of Johnathan Vladiac's Vampire Chronicles; Hell on Earth.
Film
The Disney adaption of CinderellaCinderella
"Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper" is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune...
features a black and white cat named Lucifer whose ears take on the shape of devil horns whenever he grins. He also serves as one of the films antagonists. He is the antagonist of the mice in the film.
Lucifer, portrayed by Peter Stormare
Peter Stormare
is a Swedish film, stage, voice and television actor as well as a theatrical director, playwright and musician.- Early life :...
, makes an appearance in Constantine
Constantine (film)
Constantine is a 2005 American action horror film directed by Francis Lawrence as his directorial debut, starring Keanu Reeves as John Constantine, with Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf, Tilda Swinton, and Djimon Hounsou...
after being summoned by John Constantine
John Constantine
John Constantine is a fictional character, an occult detective anti-hero in comic books published by DC Comics, mostly under the Vertigo imprint. The character first appeared in Swamp Thing #37 , and was created by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette, John Totleben and Rick Veitch...
to prevent Mammon
Mammon
Mammon is a term, derived from the Christian Bible, used to describe material wealth or greed, most often personified as a deity, and sometimes included in the seven princes of Hell.-Etymology:...
from entering the human world. He later removes the source of Constantine's lung cancer
Lung cancer
Lung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...
.
In the 1987 film Angel Heart
Angel Heart
Angel Heart is a 1987 North American/British mystery-thriller film written and directed by Alan Parker, and starring Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, and Lisa Bonet...
, Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro, Jr. is an American actor, director and producer. His first major film roles were in Bang the Drum Slowly and Mean Streets, both in 1973...
plays the character "Louis Cypher", a play on the name "Lucifer", who is revealed to be the Devil at the end of the film.
In the 1995 film "The Prophecy
The Prophecy
The Prophecy is a 1995 fantasy horror-thriller film starring Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen, Christopher Walken, Eric Stoltz, and Viggo Mortensen. It was written and directed by Gregory Widen, and is the first motion picture of The Prophecy series including four sequels...
", Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. is a Danish-American actor, poet, musician, photographer and painter. He made his film debut in Peter Weir's 1985 thriller Witness, and subsequently appeared in many notable films of the 1990s, including The Indian Runner , Carlito's Way , Crimson Tide , Daylight , The...
plays the devil Lucifer.
In the 1999 film The Ninth Gate
The Ninth Gate
The Ninth Gate is a 1999 horror film directed, produced, and co-written by Roman Polanski. It is a neo-noir, occult mystery thriller involving the rare book business, wherein rare-book dealer Dean Corso is hired by bibliophile Boris Balkan to validate a seventeenth-century copy of The Nine Gates...
, a trio of 17th century books feature engravings supposedly created by Lucifer.
In the 2001 film "The Crow: Wicked Prayer
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
The Crow: Wicked Prayer is a 2005 American film directed by Lance Mungia and inspired by Norman Partridge's novel of the same title. It is the fourth and final film based on The Crow comic book by James O'Barr. It had a one week theatrical premiere on June 3, 2005 at AMC Pacific Place Theatre in...
", the film's antagonist, Luc "Death" Crash (a Satanic cult leader), is possessed by Lucifer (here called Satan) and wishes to jumpstart the Apocalypse by impregnating Crash's fiancee Lola Byrne (who is also a part of the cult) with the Antichrist
Antichrist
The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to a leader who fulfills Biblical prophecies concerning an adversary of Christ, while resembling him in a deceptive manner...
, but is distracted by Jimmy Cuervo, the protagonist. The sun rises before Lola can be impregnated and Jimmy impales Crash on a spike and slits his throat. Lucifer is sent back to hell following his host's death.
In the 1997 film The Devil's Advocate, Al Pacino
Al Pacino
Alfredo James "Al" Pacino is an American film and stage actor and director. He is famous for playing mobsters, including Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy, Tony Montana in Scarface, Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice in Dick Tracy and Carlito Brigante in Carlito's Way, though he has also appeared...
portrays a character named John Milton — a reference to Paradise Lost — who is ultimately revealed to be Satan in human form.
Satan is the main villain of the 1999 horror/action film End of Days, in which he is portrayed as a malignant, invisible force that takes possession
Demonic possession
Demonic possession is held by many belief systems to be the control of an individual by a malevolent supernatural being. Descriptions of demonic possessions often include erased memories or personalities, convulsions, “fits” and fainting as if one were dying...
of a businessman (Gabriel Byrne
Gabriel Byrne
Gabriel James Byrne is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, writer, cultural ambassador and audiobook narrator. His acting career began in the Focus Theatre before he joined Londo's Royal Court Theatre in 1979. Byrne's screen debut came in the Irish soap opera The Riordans and the...
).
In the 2000 film Little Nicky
Little Nicky
Little Nicky is a 2000 American comedy film directed by Steven Brill. It stars Adam Sandler as Nicky, one of Satan's three sons.-Plot:The story revolves around a struggle to determine which of Satan's three sons will succeed their father as ruler of Hell...
, Lucifer is the father of Satan and retired as ruler of Hell, portrayed by Rodney Dangerfield
Rodney Dangerfield
Rodney Dangerfield , was an American comedian, and actor, known for the catchphrases "I don't get no respect!," "No respect, no respect at all... that's the story of my life" or "I get no respect, I tell ya" and his monologues on that theme...
.
Anime/Manga
Lucifer appears as a major antagonist in the Saint SeiyaSaint Seiya
, also known as Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac or simply Knights of the Zodiac, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada and serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1986 to 1991, and adapted into an anime TV series by Toei Animation from 1986 to 1989.The story follows...
anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
and manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
series.
A Digimon
Digimon
, short for , is a Japanese media franchise encompassing digital toys, anime, manga and video games. The franchise's eponymous creatures are monsters of various forms living in a "Digital World", a parallel universe that originated from Earth's various communication networks.-Conception and...
known as Lucemon, one of the franchise's Seven Great Demon Lords, is based upon Lucifer; this character's backstory is notably similar to Lucifer's fictional fall from grace. This Digimon possesses numerous forms of increasing power, including his Chaos/Falldown Mode, Shadow Lord/Satan mode, and Larva Mode.
The protagonist in the series Tears to Tiara
Tears to Tiara
Tears to Tiara is a Japanese eroge tactical role-playing game developed by Leaf. It was first released for PC on April 28, 2005 in Japan. Then it was followed by 12 years old and up version released for the PlayStation 3 platform on July 17, 2008 in Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan in which the...
is named Lucifer.
Comics
Lucifer is the titular anti-hero in the LuciferLucifer (DC Comics)
Lucifer is a DC Comics character that starred in an eponymous comic book published under the Vertigo imprint, whose entire run was written by Mike Carey...
comic book series, a spinoff of the Sandman series by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman
Neil Richard Gaiman born 10 November 1960)is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book...
. Before this he was one of the Unholy Trinity and rebelled three seconds after creation. In this depiction, he gives up his rule over Hell for a peaceful life in the human world. Lucifer runs a piano bar called "Lux" in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, with the assistance of his female consort Mazikeen
Mazikeen (comics)
Mazikeen is one of the Lilim, that is, the children of Lilith; she is a comic book character published by DC Comics. She first appeared in Sandman vol...
, a daughter of the biblical demon Lilith
Lilith
Lilith is a character in Jewish mythology, found earliest in the Babylonian Talmud, who is generally thought to be related to a class of female demons Līlīṯu in Mesopotamian texts. However, Lowell K. Handy notes, "Very little information has been found relating to the Akkadian and Babylonian view...
. As the series opens in 2000
2000 in comics
-February:*Strange Adventures vol. 2, #4, final issue cover-dated February - January :* January 5: Goseki Kojima, co-creator of Lone Wolf and Cub, dies at age 71.* January 6: Mad magazine fixture Don Martin dies at age 68....
, Lucifer's "restful" retirement is disturbed by a series of associates from his past, and after various catalytic events, he endeavors to create his own universe against the wishes of his father, Yahweh
Yahweh
Yahweh is the name of God in the Bible, the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Jews and Christians.The word Yahweh is a modern scholarly convention for the Hebrew , transcribed into Roman letters as YHWH and known as the Tetragrammaton, for which the original pronunciation is unknown...
. This sets him on a collision course with several powerful beings that have a vested interest in the new creation and draws the heavenly host into the fray, including his brother, the archangel Michael
Michael Demiurgos
Michael Demiurgos is a fictional character in the Lucifer series by DC comics, and is a creation of Mike Carey, based on the archangel Michael....
.
Lucifer is shown as a demon lord and fallen angel in Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider (comics)
Ghost Rider is the name of several fictional supernatural antiheroes appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Marvel had previously used the name for a Western character whose name was later changed to Night Rider and subsequently to Phantom Rider.The first supernatural Ghost Rider is...
.
Music
The Rolling StonesThe Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
' song "Sympathy For The Devil
Sympathy for the Devil
"Sympathy for the Devil" is a song by The Rolling Stones which first appeared as the opening track on the band's 1968 album Beggars Banquet. It was written by Mick Jagger credited to Jagger/Richards...
" is sung from Lucifer's point of view.
"N.I.B.
N.I.B.
"N.I.B." is a song released by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath. It first appeared as the fourth track on the band's 1970 eponymous debut album, Black Sabbath. The lyrics are in the first person from the point of view of Lucifer...
" by Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
is a song about "the devil falling in love and totally changing becoming a good person." (Geezer Butler, 1992 documentary The Black Sabbath Story: Volume One) The song's chorus references Lucifer specifically: "..Look into my eyes, you will see who I am; My name is Lucifer, please take my hand."
"Lucifer" is the name of a song by American rapper
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
Jay-Z
Jay-Z
Shawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010...
from his 2003
2003 in music
-January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...
album, The Black Album
The Black Album (Jay-Z album)
The Black Album is the eighth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released November 14, 2003, on Roc-A-Fella Records. It was promoted as his final studio album, which serves as a recurring theme, although Jay-Z returned to solo recording with Kingdom Come in 2006.The album debuted at number one...
.
Singer-songwriter Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos is an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. She was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument...
has a song called "Father Lucifer" from her album Boys For Pele
Boys for Pele
Boys for Pele is the third studio album by American singer and song-writer Tori Amos. Preceded by the first single, "Caught a Lite Sneeze", by three weeks, the album was released on 22 January 1996, in the United Kingdom and on 23 January, in the United States...
.
Lucifer is the name of a Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese rock band.
The Moonspell
Moonspell
Moonspell is a Portuguese gothic metal band from Brandoa, Lisbon. Formed in 1992, the group released their first EP Under the Moonspell in 1994, a year before the release of their first album Wolfheart...
song "Dreamless (Lilith and Lucifer)" is about a romantic relationship between Lucifer and the demonness Lilith
Lilith
Lilith is a character in Jewish mythology, found earliest in the Babylonian Talmud, who is generally thought to be related to a class of female demons Līlīṯu in Mesopotamian texts. However, Lowell K. Handy notes, "Very little information has been found relating to the Akkadian and Babylonian view...
.
The Swedish death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
band Kaamos has an album called Lucifer Rising
Lucifer Rising (Kaamos album)
2005 CD editionSame track listing and order as the vinyl release issued on one disc .- Personnel :* Kaamos** Karl Envall - vocals, bass guitar** Nicklas Eriksson - guitar** Konstantin Papavassilou - guitar...
. There is also an album of the same name
Lucifer Rising (Kaamos album)
2005 CD editionSame track listing and order as the vinyl release issued on one disc .- Personnel :* Kaamos** Karl Envall - vocals, bass guitar** Nicklas Eriksson - guitar** Konstantin Papavassilou - guitar...
by doom metal
Doom metal
Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...
band Candlemass
Candlemass
Candlemass are an influential Swedish doom metal band established in 1984 by Leif Edling , their leader and songwriter. The band is originally from Stockholm. After releasing five full-length albums and touring extensively throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Candlemass disbanded in 1994, but...
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The bands Inkubus Sukkubus
Inkubus Sukkubus
Inkubus Sukkubus are a British goth and pagan band formed in 1989 by Candia Ridley, Tony McKormack, and Adam Henderson.-History:Inkubus Sukkubus are a British goth and pagan band who have been releasing albums and touring since their formation as Incubus Succubus in 1989.-Incubus Succubus:Before...
and Flaming Lips have songs entitled "Lucifer Rising".
The final song on the Behemoth
Behemoth (band)
Behemoth is a Polish blackened death metal band from Gdańsk, formed in 1991. They are considered to have played an important role in establishing the Polish extreme metal underground, alongside bands such as Vader, Decapitated, Vesania and Hate....
album Evangelion
Evangelion (album)
Evangelion is the ninth full-length album by Polish blackened death metal band Behemoth. The album was released on August 7, 2009 through Nuclear Blast Records and on August 11, 2009, through Metal Blade Records in the USA....
is called "Lucifer".
Though not directly named, Lucifer is referenced in many of the Horror Punk
Horror punk
Horror punk is a music genre that mixes Gothic and punk rock sounds with morbid imagery and lyrics, which are often influenced by horror films...
/Deathrock
Deathrock
Deathrock is a term used to identify a sub-genre of punk rock incorporating horror elements and spooky atmospherics, that emerged on the West Coast of the United States in 1979.-Characteristics:...
Supergroup
Supergroup (music)
In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....
Son of Sam
Son Of Sam (band)
Son of Sam is an American horror punk band that is a side project created by Todd Youth in 2000, during his tenure as the guitarist for Danzig. The band's initial line up featured members of Samhain, Danzig, and AFI. Much like its members' other work, Son of Sam plays in the horror punk style, and...
songs, particularly 'Michael' on Songs From the Earth
Songs from the Earth
Songs From the Earth is the first album by horrorpunk/deathrock supergroup Son of Sam. The album was a tribute to Glenn Danzig's former band Samhain, though there are no cover songs on the album...
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"Lucifer" is the song title by the korean pop band Shinee
SHINee
Shinee is a contemporary R&B South Korean boy band. Formed by SM Entertainment in 2008, they made their debut on May 25, 2008 on SBS's Inkigayo with their promotional single, "Noona Neomu Yeppeo "...
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Television
- John GloverJohn Glover (actor)John Soursby Glover Jr. is an American actor, perhaps best known for a range of villainous roles in films and television, including Lionel Luthor on the Superman-inspired television series Smallville.-Personal life:...
portrayed the fallen angel Lucifer in the short lived series BrimstoneBrimstone (TV series)Brimstone was a short-lived Fox television series, featuring a dead police detective whose mission is to return to Hell 113 spirits who have escaped to Earth. The series ran for only one partial season....
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- In the MetalocalypseMetalocalypseMetalocalypse is an American animated television series, created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha, which premiered on August 6, 2006 on Adult Swim...
episode "Dethreligion", William Murderface joins the Church of SatanChurch of SatanThe Church of Satan is an organization dedicated to the acceptance of the carnal self, as articulated in The Satanic Bible, written in 1969 by Anton Szandor LaVey.- History :...
after nearly dying in a drunk driving accident. During a mass, one of the priests tries to summon Lucifer, along with BelialBelialBelial is one of the four crown princes of Hell and a demon in the Bible, Jewish apocrypha and Christian apocrypha...
, BeelzebubBeelzebubBeelzebub -Religious meaning:Ba‘al Zəbûb is variously understood to mean "lord of flies", or "lord of the dwelling". Originally the name of a Philistine god, Beelzebub is also identified in the New Testament as Satan, the "prince of the demons". In Arabic the name is retained as Ba‘al dhubaab /...
, and Mephistophiles, by shouting out their names in an obnoxious, loud tone. He later appears along with the other three demon lords (with only his arm visible) to murder the church members and its inhabitants.
- Lucifer is shown as a major character and antagonist in the ABC FamilyABC FamilyABC Family, stylized as abc family, is an American television network, owned by ABC Family Worldwide Inc., a subsidiary of the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company...
trilogy Fallen. He is depicted as the father of the trilogy's protagonist.
- In the series SupernaturalSupernatural (TV series)Supernatural is an American supernatural and horror television series created by Eric Kripke, which debuted on September 13, 2005 on The WB, and is now part of The CW's lineup. Starring Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester, the series follows the brothers as they...
, Lucifer is first discussed in the season 3 episode "Sin City". In the episode, a demon refers to him as the god of the demons, who made them what they are. Season 4 deals with the demons' attempts to break 66 seals which would allow Lucifer to walk the earth and unleash hell. The season finale ends with the final seal being broken and Lucifer breaking through the ground. In Season 5, Lucifer is portrayed by Bellamy YoungBellamy YoungBellamy Young is an American television, motion picture, and theatre actress.Born Amy Young in Asheville, North Carolina, Young graduated from Yale University in 1991...
, Adrianne PalickiAdrianne PalickiAdrianne Palicki is an American actress best known for her role as Tyra Collette on the NBC television series Friday Night Lights.-Early life:...
, and Jared PadaleckiJared PadaleckiJared Tristan Padalecki is an American actor. He grew up in Texas and came to fame in the early 2000s after appearing on the television series Gilmore Girls as well as in several Hollywood films, including New York Minute and House of Wax...
, but primarily by Mark PellegrinoMark PellegrinoMark Ross Pellegrino is an American actor of film and television. He is best known for his work on Lost as Jacob and for playing Lucifer on Supernatural.-Career:...
. Lucifer claims to have been cast out of heaven for defying God's wish to love mankind more than their Lord and attempts to earn sympathy from the audience. However; through the course of the show it is revealed that Lucifer's actions are merely out of spite for his Father and brothers, specifically his elder Michael. It is Lucifer's desire to eradicate mankind and eventually the demons too, allowing him to rule the earth according to his design.
- In the DC comicsDC ComicsDC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
TV series SmallvilleSmallvilleSmallville is the hometown of Superman in comic books published by DC Comics. While growing up in Smallville, the young Clark Kent attended Smallville High with best friends Lana Lang, Chloe Sullivan and Pete Ross...
, the powerful and evil deity DarkseidDarkseidDarkseid is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #134 and was created by writer-artist Jack Kirby....
was in Earth's history by many names such as HadesHadesHades , Hadēs, originally , Haidēs or , Aidēs , meaning "the unseen") was the ancient Greek god of the underworld. The genitive , Haidou, was an elision to denote locality: "[the house/dominion] of Hades". Eventually, the nominative came to designate the abode of the dead.In Greek mythology, Hades...
and LuciferLuciferTraditionally, Lucifer is a name that in English generally refers to the devil or Satan before being cast from Heaven, although this is not the original meaning of the term. In Latin, from which the English word is derived, Lucifer means "light-bearer"...
and was also connected to the HinduHinduHindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
goddess KaliKali' , also known as ' , is the Hindu goddess associated with power, shakti. The name Kali comes from kāla, which means black, time, death, lord of death, Shiva. Kali means "the black one". Since Shiva is called Kāla - the eternal time, Kālī, his consort, also means "Time" or "Death" . Hence, Kāli is...
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- In the episode "Heart of Darkness" from season 6 of Xena: Warrior PrincessXena: Warrior PrincessXena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001....
, Lucifer is seen as a fallen archangelArchangelAn archangel is an angel of high rank. Archangels are found in a number of religious traditions, including Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Michael and Gabriel are recognized as archangels in Judaism and by most Christians. Michael is the only archangel specifically named in the Protestant Bible...
, after XenaXenaXena is a fictional character from Robert Tapert's Xena: Warrior Princess franchise. She first appeared in the 1995–1999 television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, before going on to appear in Xena: Warrior Princess TV show and subsequent comic book of the same name...
causes him to commit all seven deadly sinsSeven deadly sinsThe 7 Deadly Sins, also known as the Capital Vices or Cardinal Sins, is a classification of objectionable vices that have been used since early Christian times to educate and instruct followers concerning fallen humanity's tendency to sin...
. After his transformation into SatanSatanSatan , "the opposer", is the title of various entities, both human and divine, who challenge the faith of humans in the Hebrew Bible...
, she promptly shoves him into a portal to HellHellIn many religious traditions, a hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as endless. Religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations...
, taking the place of former leader of Hell, Mephistopheles, whom Xena had killed.
Card games
The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG features a card known as Fallen Nurse Angel Reficule (Lucifer spelled backwards, but with an E place at the end to make it less offensive in the English version). The demon is depicted as female and covered in bandages while sickles are shown in her hair.Video games
The Ghosts 'n GoblinsGhosts 'n Goblins
is a 1985 platform game developed by Capcom for video arcades and has since been released on several other platforms. It is the first game in the Ghosts'n Goblins franchise.-Gameplay:...
series have a recurring motif thorough the series in which the main antagonist in each game uses a name given to the biblical Satan
Satan
Satan , "the opposer", is the title of various entities, both human and divine, who challenge the faith of humans in the Hebrew Bible...
, although they're all different characters. In Ghouls 'n Ghosts
Ghouls 'n Ghosts
is a platform game/run and gun developed by Capcom and released as an arcade game in 1988, and subsequently ported to a number of other platforms. It is the sequel to Ghosts'n Goblins and the second game in the Ghosts'n Goblins series.-Gameplay:...
, the antagonist is named Lucifer. The character was renamed Loki
Loki
In Norse mythology, Loki or Loke is a god or jötunn . Loki is the son of Fárbauti and Laufey, and the brother of Helblindi and Býleistr. By the jötunn Angrboða, Loki is the father of Hel, the wolf Fenrir, and the world serpent Jörmungandr. By his wife Sigyn, Loki is the father of Nari or Narfi...
in the international versions of the Sega Genesis port and Rushifell (a misromanization of Lucifer) in Gargoyle's Quest
Gargoyle's Quest
, is a platform/side scrolling adventure game with mild RPG elements from Capcom. It was released on May 2, 1990 in Japan and then in America and Canada in July. The main character Red Arremer made his debut in the arcade game series Ghosts'n Goblins...
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In El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
is an action video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles. It is developed and published by Ignition Entertainment. The development is led by Takeyasu Sawaki, who was a character designer in Devil May Cry and Ōkami. The game was released on April 28, 2011 in Japan, on August...
, Lucifer (referred to as Lucifel) is a secondary protagonist who assists Enoch
Enoch
Enoch "initiated, dedicated, disciplined") is a Hebrew name...
in his battle against the fallen angels. Lucifel is portrayed as a wisecracking trickster like character who shares a comical, friendly relationship with God.
In Dante's Inferno (video game)
Dante's Inferno (video game)
Dante's Inferno is a 2010 action-adventure video game developed by Visceral Games and published by Electronic Arts for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles. The game was also released on the PlayStation Portable and was developed by Artificial Mind and Movement...
, Lucifer is the central antagonist of the game, appearing as shadowy spirit at the start before Dante Allighieri faces him in his physical form
Dante's Satan
In Dante’s Inferno, Satan is portrayed as a giant beast, frozen mid-breast in ice at the center of Hell. Satan has three heads and affixed under each chin are pairs of bat-like wings. As Satan beats his wings, he creates a cold wind which continues to freeze the ice surrounding him, and the...
, only to be revealed as a shell-like imprisonment that holds the real Lucifer: A malformed angel with his wings ripped off, having been banished from Paradise after his failed rebellion against the Creator. It is revealed that he needs Dante to free him so he can have his revenge on God, but ultimately fails, and is sealed back into his icy prison by the holy power of Dante's cross, combined with every single soul that Dante absolved in Hell.
In the Megami Tensei
Megami Tensei
, commonly abbreviated as , is a Japanese console role-playing game metaseries which was originally based on the novel series Digital Devil Story by Aya Nishitani and has gone to become one of the major franchises of the genre in its native country...
video games, he appears as a neutral character that works as either support or opposition depending upon the actions of the protagonist. He also appears in the form of a human named Louis Cyphere in his child, adult, and elderly forms throughout the games. He is shown as an enemy of Satan
Satan
Satan , "the opposer", is the title of various entities, both human and divine, who challenge the faith of humans in the Hebrew Bible...
and Yahweh
Yahweh
Yahweh is the name of God in the Bible, the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Jews and Christians.The word Yahweh is a modern scholarly convention for the Hebrew , transcribed into Roman letters as YHWH and known as the Tetragrammaton, for which the original pronunciation is unknown...
. He also appears in the Devil Survivor spin-off, as one of the most powerful monsters in the game.
The Persona
Persona
A persona, in the word's everyday usage, is a social role or a character played by an actor. The word is derived from Latin, where it originally referred to a theatrical mask. The Latin word probably derived from the Etruscan word "phersu", with the same meaning, and that from the Greek πρόσωπον...
video game series depicts a seraphim version of Lucifer known as Helel and a demonic version that keeps the original Lucifer name. Many players have considered him to be one of the most powerful personae in the games due to his Armageddon fusion spell consisting of Lucifer and Satan as well as having the most powerful multi-hit spell known as Morning Star.
Devil May Cry 4
Devil May Cry 4
Devil May Cry 4 is an action game that was published and developed by Capcom in 2008 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows platforms. The game is the fourth installment to the Devil May Cry series....
features a demonic weapon known as Lucifer that Dante obtains after he kills Berial. The weapon is depicted as a skull holding a rose in its mouth. The weapon is capable of firing infinite explosive mini-swords.
In Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is a music video game, the third main installment in the Guitar Hero series, and the fourth title overall...
, Lucifer (under the alias of Lou) is shown as a manager for the player's band. It is later revealed that the band inadvertently sold their souls to him.
In Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams
Onimusha: Dawn Of Dreams, released in Japan as , is the fourth canonical installment of Capcom's Onimusha series, released in March 2006. Dawn of Dreams focuses on a new protagonist, Soki Onimusha: Dawn Of Dreams, released in Japan as , is the fourth canonical installment of Capcom's Onimusha...
, the character Roberto Frois uses gauntlets featuring the names of several archangels of Abrahamic myth with the Lucifer Gauntlets being his strongest darkness based weapon.
In Mega Man X8
Mega Man X8
Mega Man X8, known as in Japan, is a video game developed by Capcom for the PlayStation 2 console. It is the eighth game in the Mega Man X series and the most recently released game in that series. It was first released in North America on December 7, 2004...
, the character Lumine is based on Lucifer, and includes a final attack called Paradise Lost.
He makes an appearance as the King of Dem in the video game series Demikids.
Lucifer appears as the primary antagonist of the Painkiller video game series, where he is shown as a classical red demon.
Lucifer also appears as a secret boss in Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy II
is a fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by Square in 1988 for the Family Computer as the second installment of the Final Fantasy series. The game has received numerous enhanced remakes for the WonderSwan Color, the Sony PlayStation, Japanese mobile phones, the Game Boy...
in the palace of Arubboth.