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The word Devil is a term of use extended in our language and by case in the languagecolloquial it is common for us to use it to refer to various questions ...

Naughty or daring person

When an individual, especially a small one, is characterized by being extremely mischievous, daring and unruly, He is described as a devil, of course in an affectionate way...

“Juani, my cousin's son is a devil, every time he comes home he leaves me upside down.”

Cunning person

Also, when an individual is astute, intelligent in some matter, activity or topic he is called the devil.

“Mario is a real devil with the soccer ball at his feet.”

Person who does evil

On the other hand, the term is applied when we want to account for that person who stands out for being bad or presenting a very marked bad mood in everything he does.

“Alejandro is a devil, he ruined our lives.”

Religion: supernatural spirit to which evil, sin, antagonist of God is attributed

Meanwhile, in the field of religion christian

, the word presents a special presence in the doctrine since the devil is that supernatural spirit that is opposed to God and is characterized by being very evilThat is to say, the deviations and misdeeds of men are attributed to the action of the devil.

He is the antagonist of God above all things, and in those marked differences that separate them, God does good while the devil urges to do evil; Religion motivates us to take a path away from this despicable being and for instance to get closer to God; the devil invites us to sin, while God leads us away from sin and urges us to do good.

He is also known as Satan and in the New Testamentthe existence of him is approached by alleging that in his origin he was a good angel of Yahweh who became very bad.

But the character of the devil has undoubtedly transcended the Christian religion itself and its sacred books where the stories of him and evils and thus it is possible to meet the ineffable devil in a huge number of fictional stories, although of course, in any in which it is present, the motivationIt is always to present him as a representative of evil that will lead man astray, or in his defect as the ruler of the place to which sinful and evil souls will go.

Ruler of hell where sinful souls go

Because precisely the legends establish the devil as the boss of hell, the opposite of heaven, of course, and precisely this place is where evil souls will end up who did not repent of their sins and continued to do evil until the last day of their lives.

In hell the maxim authority It is the devil and the place is painted as a dark space, covered with fire, monstrous creatures and that is found on the contrary of the sky, which is high up, in the subsoils of the planet.

It was in Ancient Greece where this negative view of the devil began to take shape and spread, later extending this idea to other religions and beliefs, such is the case of Christianity.

Because of the fear that this evil angel instilled in people is that sacrifices were rendered to him with the intention of quenching his thirst for revenge and evil, believed to be capable of causing catastrophes and serious illness.

Popular expressions that contain the word

Likewise, there are a good number of popular phrases that contain the word devil and that as such we usually apply them frequently in our conversations: like a devil (we use it to express excess), of the devil (we use it to increase the negative character of something), go to hell (if someone is spoiled by various actions or behaviors), send to the devil (when a person totally withdraws from something that does not do him well, this expression to express it), bring the devils (used to express when someone is extremely angry), poor devil (we use it to designate that individual who presents a very little importance or value), and have the devil in the body (It is used when you want to indicate that someone stands out for being restless).

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