Biblical Bad Guy: Difference between revisions

The bad guys from [[The Bible]] are well known and as such don't require introduction, and [[Villain by Default|everyone knows they are evil]]. The really handy thing is that many of them are regularly theorized to be [[Blessed with Suck|cursed]] with [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|immortality]] as part of their punishment for being bad guys, providing a decent reason for thema '''Biblical Bad Guy''' to show up in any time period.

* A recent{{when}} DC comics revelation is that {{spoiler|the immortal caveman Vandal Savage is Cain, the "inventor of crime"}}.

** Cain is also theoretically present in the DC verse due to his presence in ''[[The Sandman]]'', where he and Abel became part of Dream's realm. It's implied, however, that he and his brother aren't the biblical Cain and Abel, but are instead symbols of the first sentient being to ever willingly kill another member of it'sits species. They were then inducted into the dreamingDreaming as the archetypes of the original murderer and victim, so while we see them as Cain and Abel, other species would see someone else. One character describes their existence as the "ghost of a memory of someone who, one suspects, never existed in the first place", as a result this is feasibly compatible with the above fact about {{spoiler|Vandal Savage}}.

=== [[Oral Tradition]]|Oral Tradition, [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends]] ===

* On ''[[South Park]],'' Haman was depicted as an [[Eldritch Abomination]] that the Synagogue of Anti-Semitic Jews wants to summon to take over the Jewish people. (Yeah, they were just [[Rule of Funny|revelingrevelling]] in [[Artistic License Religion]] on this one.)

== Other Media ==

* Delilah (along with Samson) appears in a ''Pinky and the Brain'' segment of ''[[Animaniacs]]'' where Brain is also trying to discover the secret of Samson's great strength.