#Collin de Plancy

[mysterious-secret-garden]

Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy. Le Diable Peint par Lui-Même 1819.

[satanachia666]

“Sakimouni ou Saki-Mouni” by Louis Le Breton 🐰🌕

Published in Dictionnaire Infernal by Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy (1863) 🤘🖤

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[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

GROTESQUERIES IN ANCIENT OCCULT DEMONOLOGY -- TERRORS & ENEMIES OF MAN.

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1272×1600 -- Spotlight on an occult demon illustration, artwork by Louis Le Breton for the 1863 edition of "Dictionnaire Infernal" (book on demonology, English: "Infernal Dictionary") by Collin de Plancy.

EXTRA INFO: ""Diable," a general name for demons. It comes from a Greek word meaning Satan, fallen from heaven, but devil signifies any order of malicious spirits, especially those which are the enemy of man."

Source: www.flickr.com/photos/13490215@N08/3372933111.

[creature-wizard]

Heya, So I just started in researching the various occult topics and I bought the dictionairre infernal and read about Collin De Plancy's diaries and his life background. Did demons attack the dude because why did he wanna be Catholic and obsessed with it all of a sudden? And apparently he was an atheist when he wrote all the books and there was even one page I read about a chicken lady godess that really was a demon in disguise pretending to be a god, so that's peculiar to hear too. Very interesting.

I have never heard of this man before but oh my god getting attacked by a demon disguised as a chicken goddess sounds EPIC.

[pamhr]

:. "No es fácil ver una imagen de un demonio".

Jacques Collin de Plancy publicó en 1818 el "Diccionario infernal", una inquietante colección de rebeldías que contienen un posible inventario de conjuros, invocaciones y representaciones de la maldad humana.

Este libro se hizo famoso en 1863 al ser ilustrado por el médico y pintor francés Louis Le Breton, quien interpretó la imagen de 69 demonios incluidos en este diccionario; algunos de ellos son: Adramelec, Asmodeo, Astaroth, Bael, Behemot, Belzebuth, entre otros.

El Dr. Fernando Montoya, director del Colegio de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana, escribió un interesante artículo sobre este "Diccionario infernal", en el que incluye notas y bibliografía adicional. Vía: @cuentode_terror .:

[leam1983]

On Fandom, Part Whatever

What kind of bugs me about fandom in general is how pointed interest in any given thing makes people see the object of their focus everywhere. Speak with a kid in his late teens or early twenties who's into Minecraft Let's Players? You'll get a bunch of asides related to VODs you've never watched or podcasts you never listened to. Post the pic of an owl on here? It's a crapshoot as to whether you'll get Owl House references or just people going Le gasp - Stolas!

And they're not even aware that Stolas dates back to Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal - or at least, props to those who do. It just keeps coming in waves; there's always someone whose sense of recognition can be triggered.

The part of me that's an old curmudgeon at forty sort of wants to point the kids to any number of Demonology references and to basic sociocritical overviews of the later Enlightenment - which saw "grimoires" like De Plancy's sort of serve as an indirect critique of the time's monarchy. Stolas, Gusion, Buer, Allocer, Crocell - all of them are references to monarchic and aristocratic aspects, rendered as satire.

[lascitasdelashoras]

Jacques Collin de Plancy - Diccionario infernal

[thepastisalreadywritten]

LOOK: World's oldest machine printed book on show in Paris

By Hugues HONORÉ / AFP

13 April 2023

[imclicheyo]

Names of Demons from Collin de Plancy’s ‘’Dictionnaire Infernal’’, 1818.

[acostumbradoalfindelmundo]

Fragmento de la definición de “Alma” del Diccionario infernal escrito por Jacques Collin de Plancy en 1818. Lo comparto para que por favor se cuiden, pongan atención a las reglas, sobre todo eviten el sol y el matrimonio.

[clawmarks]

643 cartes postales en couleurs du Japon - Collin de Plancy - 1905 - via Gallica

[star-daughter]

So let's talk about Vivziepop's designing skills!

The amount of sadness I feel when I see Vivziepop's designs of the demons in Helluva Boss is impossibly high

Simply comparing them from where she is pulling from feels like looking at a newborn compared to a grandma. Now let's go through them!

Lucifer

Viv's Lucifer, a popular depiction of Lucifer ("The Fallen Angel" by Alexandre Cabanel), and one with Jesus ("The Temptation of Christ" by Ary Scheffer)

You can see a big difference in a lot, as you can see Lucy (which will be Viv's version) has well. Clothing but we can give her a pass for that as I don't think Youtube would be fine with an animated dick on screen. Another thing is his lack of wings, bat-like or feathered along with blonde instead of red curled hair and yellow eyes instead of the blue Lucifer has in The Fallen Angel.

But what I see as the biggest thing is Lucy's lack of muscles! In both of these depictions I have chosen Lucifer appears muscular whilst Lucy has Viv's favorite smile and body shape.

Asmodeus

Here we have Viv's Asmodeus (Ozzie) and Asmodeus from Collin de Plancy's "Dictionnaire Infernal"

I will give Viv major props, I LOVE Ozzie's design. If we removed the feathers, made his head bigger, and some small things it would be AMAZING! But comparing it to Asmodeus it's... wooo.... very different.

First you can see is Asmodeus does not look conventionally attractive with his strange old man face, elf ears, bull head, ram head, serpent tail, and literal chicken legs. Ozzie does have the 2 heads on his shoulders (just very small) and a tail (not a serpent one) but other than that the similarities end. Though I do think taking Asmodeus the direction to being physically attractive to most people was a good way to go.

A personal nit pick is the clear lack of a BADASS DRAGON. Yes, Asmodeus has a BADASS DRAGON. On his little Dictionnaire Infernal image he's sitting on a BADASS DRAGON which he holds a banner as he rides. Viv you could have made Fizz a cool dragon demon! Make him look LESS like Blitz's twin brother and more like something that related to the Ars Goetia canon.

Beelzebub

Now this is Viv's Beelzebub and a fly-like Beelzebub (Beelzebul) (I've left out the more manly versions of Beelzebub to keep it fair as Beelzebub is a woman)

So a big thing we can see is Beelzebub is a furry whilst Beelzebul is a straight up fly, taking the term "Lord of the Flies" much more seriously. Now comparing these two is basically impossible minus their wings and extra arms. Now with them looking nothing alike I'll put some of my own personal critique's in.

One, Beelzebub's hair and tail makes me want to vomit. It's constantly moving thus every frame it must be moved which is HORRIBLE on an animation stand point. Two, Her clothes. A direct quote from the Helluva Boss wiki says "Beelzebub represents the animal tamer/animal shows" when her clothing looks like that it's hard to believe. If it was casual clothes? Okay I'd believe that but it being her debut episode wouldn't you want her in her normal clothes? And that's ignoring her magical disappearing bra... is that just an arm strap? Three, the ear thing. God the ear thing! Viv said they were supposed to appear like beehives... girl what beehives have you been seeing? Maybe she meant honeycomb? Still I see zero resemblance.

Mammon

Here we have Viv's Mammon, Mammon (Mam) from the painting "The Worship of Mammon" by Evelyn De Morgan, and Mammon (Mon) from Collin de Plancy's "Dictionnaire Infernal"

As we can see Mammon looks like the Teen Titans Go Robin mixed with a Christmas tree, the Christmas theming is quite clever I'll give Viv that. Christmas is a time of greedily taking all that is given to you through gifts. Now I could complain about how Mammon is poor rep for a fat character and simply is a widened version of her normal body type but I already made a post about that

But comparing him to Mam and Mon? Nothing similar. Mam we can see appears like a very large naked buff dark skinned man whilst Mon is a freakish old man with wide eyes and tattered clothes. Mammon shares zero similarities to either of them.

Another thing is Mammon's monster form... I believe everybody has seen it and hochie momma it is HORRIBLE! From the screenshots I've seen we don't see all of it but he's clearly intended to be a spider of sorts which is great! Spiders can often be seen with 6 flies trapped on their web being hoarded for later but Viv seems to have taken the lazy route of extra legs and 2 extra set of eyes. Anthro spiders can be so so SO cool but I feel scammed. Stolen from. My life savings have been taken by this shitty design.

Paimon

Here we have Vivziepop's Paimon and Paimon (Paimonia) from Collin de Plancy's "Dictionnaire Infernal"

As we can see they appear nothing alike minus the crown and odd chicken legs though Paimon lacks the camel that Paimonia has. Paimonia also has a feminine face and a humanoid body, nothing like Paimon. Though I personally think Paimon's design is stunning what made Viv connect the two, is it because the Goetia family is intended to all be ripped from the Ars Goetia? I feel though that Paimon's design takes as much as it can from Paimonia while making him look related to Stolas but why does he need to be named Paimon?

Stolas

Here we have Vivzie's Stolas and Stolas (Stolos) from Collin de Plancy's "Dictionnaire Infernal"

So, I have a lot of issues with Stolas's design, it's ugly first of all but compared to Stolos's cute yet shocked wide eyes and charming little beak it's even more obvious how ugly it is.

First, Stolos is shown as an owl (but also is described as a Raven). which Viv got right along with keeping his crown and odd horn-like feathers. However, I believe making Stolas that skinny doesn't follow the model of most owls as they can be pretty fluffy and plump. Even Stolos has a round fluffy chest that trails into his comically long legs.

Second, that cape is very horrifying but not in a good way. Nobody wants to animate a cape with that many rips! Even if they don't have to be precise. Also, why do his buttons have no lineart when everything else around it has lineart? I have the same issue with Blitz's design and his random chest orbs.

Feel free to put in your own reblogs and replies with your opinions! You can also send in asks with designs from HH or HB that aren't linked to previously existing designs unlike these fellows and I'll throw in my personal thoughts.

-Mod Paimon

[satanachia666]

“Diable” by Louis Le Breton in Dictionnaire Infernal by Collin de Plancy (1863) 🤘🖤

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[pinkgy]

Belphegor Theory

Ok, so I might and might have not spent about two hours doing some research about Belphegor because that "Halo" of his has me questioning a lot of things, and this is what I came up with, but extremely summarized.

I'm most definitely no expert on the topics I'm about to talk about, I just dug a bit too deep into the internet and got some interesting things, I would like to know if I'm wrong and I would love to read opinions about this.

I got the information from looooots of sources, and credit to all of them.

So, we know that What in Hell is Bad is heavily inspired by biblical concepts, the Seven Deadly Sins are from Christianity, the Seraphims are mentioned in Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Literature, and pretty much all of the nobles are from the Ars Goetia, and many of them are associated with Christian Demonology.

The game also has many references to other religions and beliefs, but if I were to make a list of all those references, I'd be here writing for days.

Let's dig a bit into who is Belphegor outside the game.

Belphegor is referenced in both Jewish and Christian traditions, he originates from the Moabites, a very ancient tribe that habited the region of Moab, an ancient Levantine kingdom. Belphegor is originally the Moabite god Baal-Peor, who was associated with fertility, sexual power, and orgies, then he was absorbed into Hebrew mythology and later into Christian demonology.

In Christian Demonology, Belphegor is one of the seven princes of hell, and he represents the deadly sin of Sloth. He is also associated with laziness, apathy, and negligence and his name means "Lord of the Opening"

Belphegor is physically described in many ways, a very interesting fact is that in the Dictionnaire Infernal, a book written by Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy that summed up, is an illustrated version of the demonology, he is described as always having his mouth open, and the hand placement he has in the banner that Prettybusy recently released could be making a reference to that.

(Another interesting fact is that he's said to be hard to conjure because his sacrificial offering is excrement, but I prefer to ignore that)

Belphegor is also referenced in the Kabbalah, which is like a philosophy, or to be more precise, an esoteric method, discipline, and school of thought in Jewish mysticism that deals with the essence of God and the universe (I just copy&pasted this, it's a bit hard to explain, srry)

In the Kabbalah, guess what Belphegor is.

A fallen angel.

To be more precise, he was an angel in the order of the principalities.

Belphegor is known to be an enemy to the sixth sephiroth and the archdemon (or the leader) of the Togarini, they are the demonic counterparts to the angels that rule over the 10 Sephirot of the Tree of Life.

For context, the Sephirot are the ten emanations or attributes of God in Kabbalah.

I also read that some demons under the Togarini are Lilith, Samael, and Thaumiel, but there's very little information about that so I'm not going to use this as a fact.

The reason why he fell from grace is not explicitly mentioned, but it's somewhat implied that it was related to his association with the sixth Sephirah "Beauty" and the fact that he is depicted as a demon who tempts individuals with ingenious inventions, wealth, and discoveries (I also copy&pasted this)

It's also said that he rules over seduction, promiscuous men, and MISOGYNY.

I'm not sure if there are references from the Kabbalah in What in Hell is Bad, but if there were, it would be super interesting, as I said in the beginning, the game has a lot of references from various religions and beliefs, I would love to make a separate post about that just because I may have way too much free time to investigate that.

Or maybe I just spent 2 whole hours writing almost 700 words about a ton shit of things I barely know anything about and creating a theory just because of a black circle above a fictional character's head that it's probably just a horn just like @thrones-of-buer said on a post.

(I still have some doubts about that because it seems like in the new illustration that pb released of him today he has a unicorn horn just like Beelzebub, but I could be wrong)

This is just a theory tho, I'm most likely wrong, but I thought it would be interesting to share this with y'all :D

Sorry if there are any typos, I'm reaaally sleepy right now.

[creature-wizard]

To that anon who asked about Collin De Plancy: He wrote a demon fanfic in the 19th century and tried to convince himself demons were real and that he had to stop them and control them so hence him becoming catholic in the process.

Amazing.

[starrywisdomsect]

1863 edition of the Dictionnaire Infernal by Jacques Collin de Plancy with illustrations by Louis Le Breton.