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-'''[[The Devil]]''' in [[Christianity]] is a deity who became a tempter and a deceiver of mankind after he rebelled against the [[Yahweh|God of Abraham]] in an attempt to become equal to God himself. He is depicted as a [[fallen angel]], who was expelled from Heaven at the beginning of time, before God created the material world, and is in constant opposition to God. The devil is identified with several figures in the [[Bible]] including the serpent in the Garden of Eden, [[Lucifer]], [[Satan]], the tempter of the Gospels, [[Leviathan]], and the dragon in the [[Book of Revelation]].
+A '''[[rune]]''' is a letter in a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabets native to the Germanic peoples. Runes were used to write Germanic languages (with some exceptions) before they adopted the Latin alphabet, and for specialised purposes thereafter. In addition to being a writing system, runes historically served purposes of [[ritual magic|magic]] and [[divination]] as a form of [[cleromancy]]. In the early 20th century, Germanic mysticism coined new forms of runic magic some of which were continued or developed further by contemporary adherents of Germanic [[paganism|Neopaganism]]. Modern systems of runic divination are based on Hermeticism, classical [[Occult]]ism, and the [[I Ching]].
-Since the early reformation period, the devil was imagined as an increasingly powerful entity, with not only a lack of goodness but also a conscious will against God, his word, and his creation. Simultaneously, some reformists interpreted the devil as a mere metaphor for human's inclination to sin and so downgraded the importance of the devil. While the devil played for most scholars no significant role in the Modern Era, he became more important in contemporary Christianity again.
-<p><small>Artist: ''Michael Wolgemut'' and ''Wilhelm Pleydenwurff''</small></p>
+<p><small>Photo credit: Nick Fraser</small></p>
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