So I got a little narked today.

I tend to stop by DWT (Daily Writing Tips) every now and then, and I got caught up with my blog reading a bit today.

I read the "Speak of the Devil" article and… it irked me.

You won’t understand why that post irked me, but my title for this post might give you a clue.

I write Paranormal Romance. (Or, as my Crit partners coined it "Hot & Heavenly Romance")

I do a lot of research on demons, devils, angels (fallen and otherwise) and other monsters. A LOT.

So when I see Lucifer and Beelzebub listed as "Another name for the Devil", then I get a little pissed.

Let me enlighten you. (Pardon the pun. You’ll understand the pun when you read on.)

The Devil’s name is Satan, not Lucifer, not Beelzebub.
Lucifer never was, and never will be, the Devil.
Neither is Beelzebub.
That title belongs to another fallen angel: Ha-satan. (That’s what he was called before.)
Ha-satan was Chief of the Seraphim, Head of the Order of Virtues.
Then he got a bit cocky and got into a fight.
He didn’t actually fall, as such. He jumped. Head first. And with pride.
That’s when he became Satan. The Adversary. The Devil.

Lucifer (Light Giver) however, owes his mistaken identity to a misreading of Isaiah 14:12.
He is one of the four Crown Princes of Hell, but the deeper you dig, the more you will come to realize that he also didn’t exactly "fall".
He got pushed.
He isn’t listed in the Seraphim, or Cherubim, or Thrones, or any other rank of angels, but Satan is.
Lucifer is equated with the Morning or Evening Star (Venus)
Compared to Ha-satan, he’s small fry.

Then we have Beelzebub.
Beelzebub (God of Flies / Lord of Flies) is originally a Syrian God.
Yup, Beelzebub isn’t even a fallen angel.
The one who equated Beelzebub with Satan was Dante, not any scripture.

Right.

Are we all clear now?
They are 3 separate entities, not one and the same.

So yeah, the Devil really is in the details.

Tags: Details, Devil, DWT, get facts right, Mistaken identity, mixup