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** [[Unfortunate Implications]] are entirely intentional, here--the Calormenes are straight out of the Arabian Nights, and Tash (who looks like a particularly frenetic Hindu statue) is Lewis' idea of Allah. Emeth is his concession to Muslims not being [[Always Chaotic Evil]]. |
** [[Unfortunate Implications]] are entirely intentional, here--the Calormenes are straight out of the Arabian Nights, and Tash (who looks like a particularly frenetic Hindu statue) is Lewis' idea of Allah. Emeth is his concession to Muslims not being [[Always Chaotic Evil]]. |
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** It gets better - Tash is so evil that you literally cannot commit a good act in his name - they automatically are assumed as your service to Aslan. The opposite is also true - if you do something terrible in the name of Aslan, you're really serving Tash. |
** It gets better - Tash is so evil that you literally cannot commit a good act in his name - they automatically are assumed as your service to Aslan. The opposite is also true - if you do something terrible in the name of Aslan, you're really serving Tash. |
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{{quote|'''Aslan:''' No service which is vile can be done to me, and none which is not vile can be done to him.}} |
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* Gyphon from ''[[Mithgar]]'' is both the overarching [[Big Bad]] of the series and its primary [[God of Evil]]. Specifically, he represents tyranny, since he holds to the belief that the strong should use their powers to control the weak and in fact opposed giving mortals (and non-divine immortals) free will in the first place. Other, lesser Gods of Evil who follow him are namedropped occasionally, but none of them ever do anything directly and very little is ever revealed about them. |
* Gyphon from ''[[Mithgar]]'' is both the overarching [[Big Bad]] of the series and its primary [[God of Evil]]. Specifically, he represents tyranny, since he holds to the belief that the strong should use their powers to control the weak and in fact opposed giving mortals (and non-divine immortals) free will in the first place. Other, lesser Gods of Evil who follow him are namedropped occasionally, but none of them ever do anything directly and very little is ever revealed about them. |
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* Thasaidon from [[Clark Ashton Smith]]'s Zothique stories is an interesting case. His underground [[Hell]] is, at least in some parts, full of (corrupted) greenery reminiscent of the Garden of Eden, he actively tries to prevent evil humans from [[Evil Versus Evil|killing each other, at least on a large scale]], and he {{spoiler|is fine with letting the souls he owns reincarnate.}} |
* Thasaidon from [[Clark Ashton Smith]]'s Zothique stories is an interesting case. His underground [[Hell]] is, at least in some parts, full of (corrupted) greenery reminiscent of the Garden of Eden, he actively tries to prevent evil humans from [[Evil Versus Evil|killing each other, at least on a large scale]], and he {{spoiler|is fine with letting the souls he owns reincarnate.}} |
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