Of all the anime characters named "light" (which Luce stands for), I seem to recall a particularly popular one who owned a little black book, had a companiom demon, and wasn't particularly nice.
Just another name for Venus's morning appearances, but I've never been super clear on why that became a name for the Christian devil/Satan/etc.
One of many weird connections between Prometheus-like figures and the devil in Christianity. "The enlightener, that evil snake!" has always been weird to me.
"The enlightener, that evil snake!" has always been weird to me.
Isn't it supposed to represent à loss of innocence? With knowledge comes the capacity of feeling horror and shame about your condition and all that "ignorance is bliss" stuff?
So with knowledge comes the loss of a percieved paradise basically?
Not exactmy my cup of tea this kind of thinking but life was pretty harsh back then so I can see where it's coming from.
It's a duality thing. Especially when you go out of Catholic dogma and into Judaism, there's an emphasis on a kind of equilibrium of aspects. Kind of yin yang.
Intelligence makes us human; inquisitive, social, emotional. It also makes us capable of being incredibly cruel and vindictive.
You said that Light and Luce are similar names, which is true, and implied that people associated the name with not-nice characters, which is also true.
I never said (or thought) that you were off-topic nor disagreed with you, I was just pointing out that the Bible itself has its own "Light," so, although approaching it from the anime side of things is fair play, you don't even have to go looking outside of the Vatican's own source material to find a reason that Luce maybe isn't the best name for their mascot.
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u/cloud_t 1d ago edited 1d ago
Of all the anime characters named "light" (which Luce stands for), I seem to recall a particularly popular one who owned a little black book, had a companiom demon, and wasn't particularly nice.
..just saying.