Satan. The epitome of cool.

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Isn't he just the coolest little dude?

I asked JLJ to base him on this picutre from the Junius Manuscript:


I've been meaning for aaages to write a post about heroism and Satan and some other stuff in Anglo-Saxon England. But for now, let it suffice to say that Satan, in his most memorable appearances, is a flawed hero: beautiful but arrogant, corageous but disloyal. In the manuscript artwork, for some reason he always has a bit of a pot belly, and he is either naked, or wearing a flimsy see-through version of angelic garb.¹ Puppet!Satan is sufficiently badass to meet these criteria, i feel.

If you'd like to see more of JLJ's puppet excellence, Jeff Spyeck now has a puppet Charlemagne.

1. Which is a good reason, as far as i'm concerned, to disparage Beowulfian nudity. Bodies, nudity, exposure, seem to be systematically used for shamefullness and unholiness. It's NOT a sign of heroism, as in ancient greek culture.