Question about Goats and Religion.

[Naruzeldamaster]

So, my understanding of this tie of Goats to Christian religion.
There's a very particular Goat that is often the 'representation' of satan.
Usually a pitch black goat with red eyes and extremely long legs (and sometimes very obvious 'demon' horns in place of goat horns) I think?

In my mind, otherwise a goat is just a goat. I think is the difference?

The thing that prompted this question is I was watching a video where someone was analyzing the 'design influence' of a demon girl.
They brought up this inspiration, which could be the case? But said demon girl is from a fictional world and could literally be anything.

Also my parents might not agree with this (They're also Christian) but I'm in the camp that a fictional character might be inspired by something, but it doesn't make them that thing unless the context is there. Though it certainly doesn't help this anime girl's case that she's a 'demon' girl, we know next to nothing about her yet. The game she's featured in isn't even out yet.

 

[pmmg]

Yeah...if we come across a strange alien race and they look like goats, well that does not make them demons. But...if the author is calling them 'demon girl', I mean... its pretty clear what they wish me to bring into it.

Maybe they want to turn it on its head and say...no, but shes a good demon hellion who looks like Baphomet. Um....gold star for effort, but no.

Goats are goats if you just want to write them that way.


Oddly, all of my books feature a scene where something bad happens to goats. I wish I could say it was a theme or symbolic, but its not, and I can't find one so as to embellish it. They are just goats in the wrong place at the wrong time.