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  • fuckin horrible edition

  • Anyways, you should have probably kept douche bag Marilyn Manson out of this mini doc. That washed up asshole doesn't deserve to drink Gaahl's piss let alone breathe the same air as any of the members of Gorgoroth.

    Have a wonderful day!!!

  • Shit..if I had a soul to sell, I would gladly sell it to Satan to have been at that Gorgoroth concert and seen all the naked people on crosses, the decapitated sheep's heads, and gallons of blood everywhere. That would have been a truly beautiful and unique experience, I don't give a shit what this documentary has to say. Gorgoroth kicks ass and Gaahl's vocals are brutal as fuck.

  • I thought this video would, to be honest, be one of those spasticated videos people make to bash metal bands online. It was actually very well researched and more importantly accurate, I take my hat off to you, well done, a youtube video actually worth my time.

  • lets face it. the band is amazing black metal in general is amazing you don't have to be a satanist to listen to black metal. I don't have a religion and I accept all types of metal depending on the bands :) putting goat heads and displaying men on crosses in front of the stage is a little bit over doing it. xD i mean.. go to a show for the music not the smell of dead sheep lol

  • Humm... had honestly never heard of Gaahl until I found Wardruna... he seems pretty legit to me. I don't care for this crap, but the Traditional Tribal Nordic music from Wardruna kicks ass.

  • Gaahl is not about the shock value as this video claims, he often strictly expresses distaste for most people who came to Gorgoroth shows simply because they were flocking to the band like sheep to the dead paladin, Christ. Being in it just for the shock value or just to be a villian goes against everything he stands for. He could care less about the people who listen to his music or go to his shows. He is in it for the message simple as that and the message is to be your own God.

  • Go gas yourself Schlomo..

  • Gaahl, another stinking filthy queer, most probably a jew lover as well. Hope he gets AIDS soon.

  • @jesushitlerhaman88 Your mom sucks DOG DICK! Get it dog sperm?

  • @Goethewrote Great, another diseased jew loving cock-sucker.

  • @jesushitlerhaman88 The Jews are the chosen people. You are just a cow meant to catch bullets and pay interest.

  • @jesushitlerhaman88 if anything you gonna be sucking gaahls dick in hell for eternity

  • GAAHL IS A FUCKING CUNT! PERIOD!!

  • For anyone who claims to be a christian and contradicts those who have the same beliefs "Are then you really a christian?"

  • My Left Ear Enjoyed This.

  • @xSpArTiChRiSx yea so did my right one after a while lol

  • @michaeldouw "omg fuck christians" shove it up your ass you pretentious "satanist" asshole. Im a devout christian, I like Gorgoroth. Eat shit you fuck. You are whats wrong with any religion these days. Go shove your beliefs down someone else's throat. Drone Metal > All

  • WHAT IS THE TITLE OF THAT TRELLDOM SONG?

  • well, perhaps his views changed sice the time he said the stuff in those interviews

  • I like how this is a religious right wing video made to be propaganda. Fuck off.

  • Manson,Intellectually inept?Weak? Video stopped right there for idiocy

  • Christians working at NUCLEAR BLAST, an ALL METAL label and being WORRIED about a BLACK METAL band being Satanist? does anyone else FAIL to see the LOGIC in this?

  • This presentation has made a correct point. Seeing Gorgoroth play in 2009 I noticed these displays of behavior towards him alone, and not the band, and that made me feel embarrassed for the others. It was a display of hypocrisy. But, this point does not excuse the cause that Gaahl and others try to communicate, it is still correct, and applied through more than you know. E.g. Look at the concept of capitalism and the fundamentalist countries it provides for.

    There's nothing new in this video.

  • @hamiltoncallum ......uhhh tell me if I'm wrong but didnt Gaahl leave Gorgoroth along with King over the name dispute back in 2008?

  • @YouDumbZombie Yeah... *sigh. (Lucky me!) Heard they were playing in Belfast again next month, 'Aw! It's Pest instead!" Don't know why he was with them at the time.

    

  • Worst. Video. Ever.

  • Which is the song title at 3:22 ?

  • Who the fuck would care about the backstage politics of some black metal band? Who the fuck are they, Led Zeppelin? This badly formatted documentary must have been done by some 16-year-old virgin with too much time on his hands.

  • there is big Euros to be made from selling Satan to angry teenagers

  • im so upset now that i think im going to burn a church down. nice going dude...

  • im not quite sure how this makes him a poser, I dont remember him every trying to be a bad ass, hes just bein himself?

  • hail gorgoroth u fucking melon heads

  • The name "Gaahl" and the word "Dissection" should never be uttered in the same sentence ... Jon of Dissection was the real deal, Gaahl is everything Jon was not: a fucking poser and a fake!

    218 \m/

  • this is stupid, a play on band members against one another. It doesn't in anyway seem to invalidate what Gaahl was talking about.

  • ....AND THE SUBTITLES DONT STAY ON THE SCREEN LONG ENOUGH TO READ THEM!

  • @mmacburt no its not. black metal is a war against all we know.

  • These clowns spend so much time railing about the Christians that they don't see the Muslims taking over Scandanavia, when that happens they'll be in a pile of shit and will wish their only problem was the Christians!

  • @wtglb good quote! if the world doesnt belong yet to islam people should fucking thank christendom from the crusades era till now. History speaks: if spain and romany wouldnt have opposed resistance against them we would be all doomed now. then goodbye to heavy metal and all the other subcultures expression of freedom! who denies this either is an illiterate fuck or a retard!

  • @OmegaDarkful All I can say is "Thank You!", you hit the nail on the head. I am glad there are others like you out there who see what is happening in Europe! Christianity has it's own sins for sure, but at least the religion evolved over the centuries, Islam has not, it is still a brutal, backward belief/political system. All of the rapes in NORWAY in the last 5 years were committed by Muslims and other Scandanavian nations are having big trouble with them.

  • @wtglb They have no intentions of assimilating into European culture, they intend to outbreed it and replace the EU with an Islamic state.

  • @wtglb exactly! The difference between christendom and islam is that christendom evolved putting some distance between the scriptures and their practice use, islamic people still consider the coran as a book of law and that makes a HUGE difference!!! Im not surprised of what you are saying cause probably they see your women as "unpure" in their point of view, just meat to use for good. Scandinavian politicians are way too liberal towards these criminals! They should just kick them back where

  • @wtglb they belong without worrying of being called nazi or racist! The reality is that they commit crimes cause in their eyes aint a crime to hurt one who doesnt have their same beliefs and people dont fucking understand that! They still think they can "integrate" in the society these people, "insert" them! They should be all inserted inside an oven! Disgusting filthy rapists!

  • @OmegaDarkful Agree man,, FUCK muslims. They should keep to their own or evolve with us, fucking scum of the earth

  • yes catholics are much better considering they would kill people who didnt want to worship their god. they act all perfect and higher up but the sad fact is theyd go mass killing in the name of their god and theyd slaughter all including women and children..sounds liek cowards to me.

  • @definetacos man, thank christendom cause without it there would be islam and at that point you would not even have the chance to write bullshits on youtube!

  • I burned down a church in kentucky once

  • I think someone is to concerned in something they have no power over. NO ONE GIVES A SHIT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND WHO GOT KICKED OUT. JUST LISTEN TO THE FUCKING MUSIC. YOU ACTUALLY WASTED A SHIT LOAD OF YOUR LIFE JUST TO GET 141 LIKES ON YOUTUBE. GOOD JOB GET A LIFE ASSHOLE.

  • I cant believe no one has brought up Nietzsche, hearing what he says and how he acts....he is idolizing Nietzsche, not Manson or Mayhem or whatever.

  • @Psychooriginalz Take it you've just been taking the infamous YouTube videos for granted eh?

  • @Psychooriginalz Actually while I'm at it, Marilyn Manson actually cited Nietzsche in his career (regardless of his intent), Gaahl on the other hand has said about Nietzsche "he doesn't mean anything to me".

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  • Boring senseless shit.

  • It's silly how people, having so much information at their fingertips, still can't seem to find truth behind a wall of lies. Though I'm not certain if you were misinformed, or just chose to pull a Michael Moore, and tweak what you found to fit your beliefs, and maintain the "Satanic views" of "Trve" black metal. Regardless of your reason, I dislike your documentary. and @michaeldouw your retarded.

  • @SHROOMX Hmm, what truth would you find from such information then?

  • @DarkPrimeGS For one, the difference between a Satanist, ans someone who opposes Christianity. By simply doing some research, it can be found that Ghaal ist not a Satanist. He just thinks that Christianity, and what it did, is, and was wrong. Another thing that can be found is that Gorgoroth isn't the only band to do this, and black metal isn't the only genre with these idea's. Before Deicide was famous, they'd have blood and gut's all over the place with satanic symbols Everywhere.

  • @SHROOMX This documentary is more concerned with attacking misconceptions such as Gaahl being the ideological core of Gorgoroth as you mistakenly assert, having already presupposed that those distinctions you bring up have been done already. Nothing wrong in general with Gaahl not being a Satanist, but when King tried stealing the name, how could they have expected to carry on Infernus' ideological mantle?:

  • Erik from Watain: 'I don’t really agree that a band like Gorgoroth is carrying on with what Mayhem did because they are the perfect example of a band that uses all the aesthetics, all the right words and all the right traditional things but without anything behind it. Gaahl has stated in interviews that he has nothing to do with Euronymous’ beliefs. Just listen to what he says: He is an Odinist; he is a pagan guy that lives up in the woods.'

  • NO IDEA WHY he praises Hitler. Isn't he supposed to be gay?? If he is, Hitler would have hauled his butt to a camp...just saying.

  • @xxxfantasyhorse

    Exactly, he would have been gas-chambered and deemed unfit to live.

  • shit

  • I see some haters

  • If Jesus was alive today he'd burn churches too : )

  • Ho, hum... yawn... don't get so worked up about christians. They do exactly the same as they say Gaahl does. Just keep quiet and watch them make fools of themselves... Enjoy the show.

  • This is so completely unnecessary. Gorgoroth was formed, made waves in Europe, hired Gaahl (and NOT because he was useless either!) and their popularity spread and was greater as a result. They had the typical falling out that multiple hundreds of bands have, sling mud at each other and split up. End of story. Gaahl was good for the band and the band was good for gaahl. Its over now so let's move on.

  • whats the songs in 6:20 and 7:22?

  • Regardless of whether or not Infernus was doing shit and they legitimately took over, Infernus founded the band and put in work to take it to the level of prestige it had when they joined. Therefore, if Gaahl and King felt they were being used, they should have left period not try and steal the name.

  • there are awefull many long cooments here so i'll make a short one.

  • without any video or article i always knew he was an unbelievable poser. Now another elitist idiot does the same thing, doing all these "satanic wisdom" interviews, singer for Watain (don't know his name). all of them are just trying to make themselfes name in the underground, because their weak and secondary music is too weak to make them a name.

  • @sumerpigy ~ So are you looking for a spiritual "leader" to follow, or for a good band to entertain you? I've listened to Watain and think they are as interesting as some of the best bands in this genre. If Watain"s music is so "waek" as you say, give us an example of a few bands who are far superior...will you do that? That way we can judge your taste in music.

  • @TheHammerheart, am i looking for a spiritual leader?.. what?! .... and music cannot be superior, it can only be pure art like Mayhem for example, like Blasphemy's REAL black metal as one good example. Those who blabber too much about satan and so on and doing music that we've all heard 100 times before are posers, liek ghaal and this guy from watain, he's Ghaal number two.

  • @sumerpigy I got from your post that you were holding "real" satanists up against "poser" Satanists (which I too think is nonsense). I'm a musician and I hear better musicianship in Gorgoroth and Watain (better technology and recording budgets?). Dark Throne are a different story but I can't hardly listen to them. I appreciate their stance. The term "sellout" doesn't fly well with me. Everyone wants to make a living playing music and a degree of commercial success is necessary for that.

  • the editing is sloppy (too much cutting between bands, and volume differences all over the place... plus the text is hard to read against the background in some places) but has a point

  • @Raimoization

    wtf r u talking about

    I meant that if you listen to black metal, you don't have to be a satanist. and you start talking about underground and christian mainstream...

  • his voice and that certain way he sings just blows everyone away.

  • people don't really see the difference between the music and the satanism. you can listen to the music and like it and NOT be a satanist. and why would christian people comment on this video, if you don't like it, just don't watch it.

    and how can you kick the creater out of gorgoroth. sneaky bastards

  • @alkleiza1995 ... I see difference between the christian mainstream :marching songs,lullabies...and Satanic underground...

  • people don't really see the difference between the music and the satanism. you can listen to the music and like it and NOT be a satanist. and why would christian people comment on this video, if you don't like it, just don't watch it.

  • on a lighter note... if you put ridges on his forehead he looks like a klingon

  • On the flip side of arrogance lies cowardice-a lack of courage to face the truth. Likewise, discrimination and envy are also two sides of the same coin.

  • @deadline27

    and now you mighty christians are going to be wiped out by a legion of desert rats. life's funny, innit?

  • @deadline27 you fucking christian elitists..... you are the epitome of everything I hate about the christian church and christians in general. More to the point, what the fuck are you doing on a video about Gaahl and Gorgoroth if you're gonna try and spread fucking religious progaganda? Fuck off

  • @michaeldouw you will bow as will every other knee on the planet and confess that christ is the lord. you cannot kill he who holds the keys to life and death in his hand, nor can any one of you frighten or intimidate us. our time is coming. and so is yours. be prepared for his return and the defeat of the adversary, satan. this is a war, and in a war there can be only one clear victor... christ almight shall reign for all eternity and lucifer and his followers shall perish in eternal torment.

  • @deadline27 shut the hell up

    fuck off

    die

    i cant take anymore christian shit. All this shit about eternal life and torment... you are weak and narrow minded, do you honestly believe there is a fucking angel hovering above you? Wake up!

  • @deadline27

    Consider the notion that christ - or christHOOD - is in itself a concept rather than a physical being (man) who will slay the rest of his unbelievers.

    Seriously, if things played out the way you suggest then the christian god would, go down as the most genocidal cunt in history (we're talking eliminating all people of OLDER religions, ancient societies (the few that still exist, that is), the other world religions and all the xtian offshoots... lmao)

    Step out of your mind-prison

  • @Guitarscreech06 yes, elimination of all (as you quote) "older" religions would indeed be a necessary action for Jehova and one that will indeed be inevitable because it has been spoken as truth by the creator himself. the elimination of these sects would not be a loss of people but of souls and it would ultimately be by their own choice by denying the creator. merry christmas, and i would like to debate this further when i am feeling better. i had surgery and was pretty much eviscerated.

  • @deadline27 This religion of yours is born from a lust for power, and nourished by the blood of all those who refused to submit. That sound more like one of your "demons" than a god. The Vatican is one of the richest organizations in the world yet it sits on that wealth like a dragon on its hoard while innocents in the world starve and die. Rather than emptying a few of it's many coffers to aid it sends it's equally poor minions to donate, or sends them bibles instead of food.

  • And how is any other religion better they all go for the same exact goals ... achieve fame ,wealth and eventually power and ofc some just go for psychotic goals like mass suicide, torture, rape etc... conclusion : be atheist ..

  • @Akirilus You are fucking stupid!You can believe in a god without being religious.And in the case of Buddhism,you can be part of a religion without believing in a god.

  • @AtheistFMD518 No you are fucking stupid! I didn't say 1 word about any god.

  • @Akirilus I never claimed that you did say anything about a god.You're still fucking stupid!

  • @AtheistFMD518 No you're fucking stupid, i didn't say you cant believe in a god and i didn't say you cant be a part of a religion without believing in a god you imagined this all.

    What i said was that every religion has the same goals.

    Again your post has nothing to do with what i said... stop commenting on shit people don’t say.

    AGAIN FOR RETARDS I DID NOT SAY THAT BELIEVING IN A GOD IS A REQUIREMENT FOR RELIGION. Clear enough for you ok ty gtfo bye.

  • @Akirilus It's clear that my original comment went completely over your head.That's not surprising seeing as how you are fucking stupid!

  • @Akirilus Oh,and you seem like a little kid.If you are that explains a lot.

  • @Akirilus I second this, Mr. Akirilus.

  • @deadline27 And on top of all of that your "missionaries" were well know rapists thieves and thugs for your church. In the end Your God acted more like your devil did than your devil. Wiping out all other potentially influential religions or at least trying to. Forcing the weak and defenseless to worship through fear, murder, torcher, rape, and indoctrination In order to gain land wealth power. No that is no god your church is responsible for more evil in this world than anything else.

  • @thull21 WTF is "torcher"  LMAO

  • @deadline27 In Ancient Rome, they used to say: CHRISTIANS TO THE LIONS!!!

  • @RogueAndroid yes they did... you might also conclude though... ancient rome is in ruins.

  • @michaeldouw no shit bruthu

  • @michaeldouw hey i ain't no christian but your dumb comment sparked my interest ...seems we got a cocksucking faggot here ladies and gents .. why don't you go suck on Ghaal's well oiled balls you aids infested fag ov a whore ... hope he at least pays you to be his flunky ...

  • @michaeldouw why do you hate the christian church and christians ?

  • @imwellard12 from my experience, christians view themselves as so much better than everyone else... like they are perfect in every manner of life, particularly when it comes to moral debate. Additionally, they believe that anyone who doesnt believe in god, or who listens to anti-christian/satanic themed music, to be morally inferior and a bad person. I can't stand their narrow minded views, their arrogance, their elitism and their hypocrisy.

  • @michaeldouw oh the slaves of the Jewish people are idiots numerous and stupid.

  • @deadline27 I'm a Christian and am not really a fan of black metal either (I'm more a symphonic metal person), BUT I don't think it's cool to insult people's beliefs. People aren't going to change what they believe because you criticize them.

  • @xxxfantasyhorse i never insulted anyone's beliefs.... just their lack of mental fortitude and bravery.

  • there are those that love black metal music and those that love an image they think they can create for themselves. I really don,t care about someones reputation. Music is all that matters. maybe your upset because you bought into the media hype. Whatever your problem is I think you concern yourself to much with stuff that is not relevant to the music.

  • Gaahl and King wanted to kick Infernus because he wasn't active anymore, this is normal. They wanted to continue, write new stuff etc, they needed an active guy, not like Infernus. This doesn't mean his many previous contributions were unimportant, he's part of the band's history, but it was time for a change. Anyway the whole story sucks because everyone kind of misbehaved

  • @DarkLordNagash No, King in a megalomanical fit was frightened that because Infernus started writing again in 2006 after not having written since the early 00s he would not be able to sustain his songwriter status he had with AMSG, so he filed a trademark application behind Infernus' back and used Gaahl to propel his actions - Gaahl quit soon enough when he himself continued being tardy about writing lyrics as he had done with TOTI and AMSG, and he was just not very fond of King.

  • @DarkPrimeGS okay, fine...

  • whats the song at 6:32 ????

  • haha actually this video does have many great points... albeit it is crappily put together =P

  • The black metal music are not made for people to like it's an expression representing of themselves....so people stop saying about god, god, god....prove he is here then I believe...I don't want to here bullshits that he's among us or watching us just tell me where he lives and the address so I can say hi...also for the people who are brainwashed and totally become blind from the so called religion please open your eyes...religions are just another term for law...it's for controlling people fr

  • @bertric23 Well, wouldn't metal in general be made for people to express themselves? And while yes, I may be (loosely) Christian, I'm not going to force my beliefs on others. Just wondering, if in fact there is no God does that mean that there's no Devil either?

  • God does not hate because your a fag, your a fag because God hates you.

    Xasthur is way better anyways........ and American!

  • Someone needs a few lessons in video editing here...

  • "A guide to Tolkien"; Gorgoroth-the mountains and cliffs... or "mountains Of TERROR".

  • @Raimoization The full name for the place is Cirith Gorgoroth, Gaahl probably decided to just shorten it to Gorgoroth for simplification.

  • @HeavyMetalBeliever Like ULTIMATE WTF/10? Now you're saying Gaahl came up with the band name when he joined it six years after it was formed and christened and had built up a pretty solid reputation enough to get them onto Nuclear Blast and get themselves on the world stage?

    BTW, you are getting confused with a tower in Mordor "Cirith Gorgor". "Gorgoroth" refers to the area of Mordor that is depicted in LOTR. There is also a mountain range "Ered Gorgoroth" in The Silmarillion.

  • @DarkPrimeGS I'm guessing that Infernus was one of the founders and he came up with the name and then Gaahl joins about 6 years on. I'm probably not all that familiar with Black Metal and its history and stuff.

    And I haven't read LOTR in quite a while so my knowledge of it has slipped. But thanks for the clarification.

  • @HeavyMetalBeliever Ah, I understand now. I'd recommend the wikipedia article for a basic overview of the band etc. (that's not to say wikipedia is 100% reliable of course, but you can check the sources it uses of course).

    In that respect sorry for giving you somewhat of a wacko response earlier.

  • @DarkPrimeGS I'm a lot more familiar with Sabbath, NWOBHM and Thrash. Anyway thanks for that.

  • why didnt they just get down for the band

  • This just show what an individualist Gaahl is. Even if the scene is male dominated and pretty much gay hating he still is honest with his sexually and pisses on what you're supposed to be.

  • Is that a slideshow all the way??? I'm gone

  • Gaahl wants to ass rape Varg at 2:27 :))

  • quite a nice thing about Gaahl, hard to read the writing in some bits but still a good job!

  • if someone is a homophobe, fine, but leave the whole gorgoroth band out of it, do not ultimately associate ghaal's personal issues with gorgoroth, after all, black metal people are not celebrities, thank "god" :D ..... and as for the video, this was too consfusing for such a small band!! hehe

  • It's great that you are taking this guy to task...but leads to the question, who the fuck are you?

  • Ok no offense to anyone who likes this music there is nothing wrong with u liking it, but Gaahl is a fucking creep none of u can deny tht.... he fucking tortured a guy and all this church burning shit.. i reckon god is all a load of shit but thts just 2 far

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  • the first song is Procreating Satan. I stopped watching the video after the minute mark, though

  • lol...who cares who wrote this? It terrible .

  • well... brian hugh warner (Marilyn Manson) is a LaVeyan Satanist... Gaahl is an agnostic Satanist... they both agree with the same shit.

  • Thank you for making him look better after this vid lol. U fail u fuck!

  • whats the song at 8:13

    someone has to know\

  • how can he be pro-hitler and gay, sounds pretty retarded.

  • @TomFegan thats because he is retarded

  • what are christians doing working at nuclear blast? thats like john connor washing and waxing H-K's.

  • MANOWAR

  • Why was GAAHL inprisoned 2002-2006?

  • Is he racist I would like to know.....

  • This video is showing us things we already know as revelations,

  • This is a terribley put together video. Why the hell is the Text white on so many WHITE backgrounds. fuck sake...and the audio is so mashed up at the beggining with like 2 or 3 different songs. jesus christ.

  • This is Shockingly badly put together!

  • Gaahl is pure badass, straight or gay.

  • pest was a better vocalist in my opinion

  • lol...

    I find it funny, those who are still surprised about homosexuality in heavy metal...

    there's many musicians of heavy metal, that are very talented, and are homosexual, I mean, Judas Priest...

  • I don't really care about Gaahl's sexuality.

    What pisses me off is this shitty image he created out of nothing. And it takes a great deal of NOTHING to create a media-friendly and yet fully ascetic personality nowadays.

    Show-offs and pricks like Gaahl should know where pop culture ends and when true black metal culture starts.

  • Gaahl is a raging homosexual who openly admits to it, he gargles jizz and sucks cock, if you call that metal, then you need to take the face paint off, toss out all black clothing you own and buy yourself a nice looking dress, pussy.

  • Gaahl is a poopyhead.

  • @sarmenplaf Lawl.

  • just think everytime you hear his voice its from the same place COCKS go into ..every scream has a tinge of man juice in it or semen in the sound .. he gets cum in and around his mustache areas .. still heavy music thou,, Hail satan

  • In my opinion Infernus is the genius for sure.Gaahl was the best frontman Gorgoroth ever had and hes an amazing black metal singer if not the best.but there would be no gorgoroth if there was no infernus.They owe him alot more credit then this.Gaahl and king are now gone and the new Gorgoroth album and infernus are going fucking strong.Gaahl is awsome but Infernus is the almighty.

  • Whats the name of the song at 2:40 ?

  • @greencricketseven

    The name of the song is Blood Stains The Circle.

  • Whats the fucking good riff at 5.13 - 5.40 ??? I guess it´s from Twilight of the Idols, isn´t it???

  • @MrAlister777 it's "carving a giant"

  • ancient europeans tended to follow the nature gods, usually headed up by a "horned god" like cernnunos or pan, even herne the hunter in england. Christian missionaries used these deities to project their idea of evil and satan onto, hence the popular image of the devil. It's worth noting that he is also called lucifer in the bible, a latin word meaning "carrier of the light", surely a positive thing?