the Adversary

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literary character type personification of evil religious title theological concept

The Adversary is a title commonly used in religious and literary contexts to refer to the Devil as the personification of evil and opposition to divine will.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
The Adversary 2
the Accuser 2
the Adversary canonical 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary character type ⓘ
personification of evil ⓘ
religious title ⓘ
theological concept ⓘ
appearsIn drama ⓘ
novels ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
sermons ⓘ
theological writings ⓘ
associatedWith demonic forces ⓘ
evil ⓘ
sin ⓘ
spiritual warfare ⓘ
temptation ⓘ
capitalization usually capitalized in religious contexts ⓘ
contrastsWith God ⓘ
angels ⓘ
divine goodness ⓘ
functionInNarrative antagonist ⓘ
source of conflict ⓘ
tester of faith ⓘ
hasRole accuser of humanity ⓘ
embodiment of moral evil ⓘ
opponent of divine will ⓘ
tempter of humans ⓘ
languageType honorific or title ⓘ
moralValence negative ⓘ
ontologicalStatus supernatural being in many traditions ⓘ
opposes divine plan ⓘ
human spiritual well-being ⓘ
refersTo Iblis ⓘ
surface form: Satan

opponent of God ⓘ
the Devil ⓘ
the personification of evil ⓘ
relatedConcept Lucifer ⓘ
Iblis ⓘ
surface form: Satan

the Devil ⓘ
the accuser ⓘ
the tempter ⓘ
symbolizes cosmic opposition to good ⓘ
moral corruption ⓘ
rebellion against God ⓘ
spiritual deception ⓘ
usedInContext Christian theology ⓘ
Islamic theology ⓘ
Jewish theology ⓘ
allegorical literature ⓘ
literary analysis ⓘ
religious discourse ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

the Devil → alsoKnownAs → the Adversary ⓘ
the Devil → alsoKnownAs → the Adversary ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Accuser
F. Paul Wilson → series → the Adversary ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Adversary Cycle
the Enemy → relatedTitle → the Adversary ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Accuser
the Enemy → relatedTitle → the Adversary ⓘ
Fables → featuresCharacter → the Adversary ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Adversary
Julian May → notableWork → the Adversary ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Adversary