As he's being sucked out into... space (Aliens style) Darkness yells, "Father! Protect me!"
So, does that mean that Darkness is not the true Prince of Darkness/Satan/Devil then?
Or if he is the Devil, is he calling out to God for help?!
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I never saw Darkness being related to Christian mythology. I think his "father" was a higher Dark Power or something like that.
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Darkness was pretty freaking terrifying can't imagine what his Pops would look like.
shareChristian "mythology" ...... hmmm that deserves a thread of debate all by itself....
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So you're saying that the 'devil' isn't mythology but is rather a real living being? Wow...
shareSo you're saying that the 'devil' isn't mythology but is rather a real living being? Wow...
I agree. Darkness is obviously just... well, the livign embodiment of darkness. I think his dad is just the embodiment of evil.
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I never saw Darkness being related to Christian mythology.
satan is Christian fact, not Christian mythology.
Darkness speaks & hears the voice of his 'father' earlier in the film too, when he/it advises Darkness in how to enrapture & capture Lily.
I think Darkness is depicted as a Devil-like creature, but not necessarily Satan in the Christian sense.
His 'father' was likely, as another poster said, a higher power.
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I think Darkness is depicted as a Devil-like creature, but not necessarily Satan in the Christian sense.
His 'father' was likely, as another poster said, a higher power. >>> Exactly. There are many variations and myths concerning the devil. It isn't all about the Christian version. Darkness is simply a demonic entity that is given dominion over the realm we see depicted in the film. He is the classic design of a devil, but certainly not the Satan of Christian belief who is said to be an angel of light, not a red skinned horned monster with cloven hooves. The movie is steeped ion myth, and this devilish design is myth-based as well.
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I kind of took it that perhaps there was a bigger threat. That the darkness answered to a bigger and greater evil. Herreken ...lol..what an ignorant schmuck.
"I'm not saying that the character wasn't influenced by Christian imagery & mythology. I just don't think that he was a character or the spawn of a character from Christian myth."
You missed the point. Calling it "mythology" is a pretty insulting characterization.
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I kind of took it that perhaps there was a bigger threat. That the darkness answered to a bigger and greater evil. Herreken ...lol..what an ignorant schmuck.
Ack who gives a sheit about Christians? the Devil isnt more then a conglomerat of pagan Gods, visually stealing from Cernunios.
shareYou missed the point. Calling it "mythology" is a pretty insulting characterization.
Nope. It's reality. It's not insulting to call the tales of Zeus and company Greek mythology, so it's similarly not insulting to categorize Christian tales correctly.
shareso it's similarly not insulting to categorize Christian tales correctly.
Religious belief in Satan and Hell are matters of faith, not fact.
shareYou missed the point. Calling it "mythology" is a pretty insulting characterization.
the darkness answered to a bigger and greater evil.
Calling it "mythology" is a pretty insulting characterization.
Being raised a Catholic, it is known that the Devil ans God are the kings of their realms and angels and demons are some sort of "sons" but at the same time represent them with the same power.
So it doesn´t matter to me if he´s just the son because they represent the same danger and evil, an extension of them.
Im sure the director took the Catholic imagery of the Devil, always represented as a hybrid beast, all red, half bull- half goat and so.
the thing about the catholic church is that the catholic church doesn't actually fallow the bible AT ALL
for instance Catholics believe marry died a virgin when the bible states she had multiple children with Joseph
Catholics teach that the emasculate conception which is never mentioned in the bible and believe its referring to her birth stating that marry was born with out sin which is contradictory to what the bible teaches
Catholics teach that sins can be absolved by a minister or a preacher or a priest when the bible says that only Jesus can do so
Catholics prey to marry and Saints when the bible says not to also the bible calls every believer a saint
also the bible states that the demons are the fallen angels NOT the sons of the devil
I think at the beginning he also mentions his mother doesn't he???
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I think calling Darkness an Anti-Christ might be the right idea although I don't think we are supposed to see this movie in Christian terms. But in Christianity Jesus is God's son and acts as his representative and prime minister on earth and in heaven. All power comes to Christ from God the father and he acts on his behalf and in his name. God is the ultimate power behind Christ in this theology. The Christian Anti-Christ could be said to have a similar relationship with his father Satan.
I don't think Legend takes place in a specifically Christian universe but rather a more general dualistic religious universe although I think it could be seen as similar to a Christian one in the sense of a son acting as the agent of his father the king. Darkness' father would be the true god of evil and Darkness would be his servant and agent. His chief enforcer perhaps.
Possibly Darkness is like Sauron and his "father" is like Morgoth.
shareIf nothing else, I'd say there is definitely some hint of Morgoth influence in Darkness.
Lily doing the Luthien bewitching of him; him being banished to the void.
Hard to speculate on his father, though. I think it's just edited down to fit into the length of a movie; it was easier to combine several evil characters into one.
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except for the fact the bible states that God the Father God the son and the holy spirit are actually simply 3 sides to one being
all 3 are all powerful as they are one being
the anti Christ in the bible isn't the child of satan its a human that is granted power from a demon(not necessarily lucifer or satan)
The Darkness was the prince of the underworld you realize the term prince implies there is a king right? its not like nations that the highest power is the prince
he is simply the prince of the underworld
and he was referring to his father the ultimate darkness
its implied his father is a satanish character
The Darkness was the prince of the underworld you realize the term prince implies there is a king right? its not like nations that the highest power is the prince
he is simply the prince of the underworld
and he was referring to his father the ultimate darkness
its implied his father is a satanish character
So, does that mean that Darkness is not the true Prince of Darkness/Satan/Devil then?
It is possible that the situation is like during the story of Beren and Luthien during the First Age of the Sun in the Silmarillion, and that Darkness is like Sauron and the father of Darkness is like Morgoth.
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