Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:42:16 -0700 From: Andy Balholm <andy@balholm.com> To: "Kruppa, Peter Ulrich" <pukruppa@googlemail.com> Cc: perrin@apotheon.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD logo Message-ID: <844736C6-506D-417F-B180-389D70B12789@balholm.com> In-Reply-To: <4C4F030D.4090208@googlemail.com> References: <E8EFF7F9-E26C-4EE6-9961-935D66CC55AA@balholm.com> <4C4F030D.4090208@googlemail.com>
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On Jul 27, 2010, at 9:02 AM, Kruppa, Peter Ulrich wrote: > Am 27.07.2010 17:23, schrieb Andy Balholm: >> Chad Perrin wrote: >> =20 >>> Andy Balholm wrote: >>> =20 >>>> although the UNIX term "daemon" is not satanic in origin, some = aspects >>>> of Beastie's appearance are obviously derived from traditional >>>> depictions of the Devil. >>>> =20 >>> Really? Are you sure they weren't derived from something else -- = perhaps >>> a source in common for the "traditional" depictions of the devil? = There >>> may be a common source for both, rather than one being the source of = the >>> other. Correlation does not imply causation. Did you ask the = original >>> Beastie artist for confirmation that he was consciously emulating = images >>> of the Christian devil, or did you just jump to a conclusion like = the OP? >>> =20 >> I jumped to a conclusion, but I'll stand by it until someone shows me = the ancient common source. I don't recall anything that looks much like = Beastie in Greek art. >> =20 > Perhaps there are some ancient depictions/sculptures of the greek god = Pan (god of the shepherds) around? Pan partially resembles a goat. The BSD daemon doesn't look like a goat (or Pan) at all. Maybe he has = cloven hooves inside those tennis shoes; I don't know. But Pan could = certainly have had some influence on how the Devil was traditionally = drawn. My point wasn't that there is no earlier source that traditional = depictions of the Devil draw on. They aren't based on anything in the = Bible, so it seems quite likely that there is. I was just saying that = the BSD daemon is not derived from that ancient source _independently_; = its immediate source is almost certainly the traditional depictions of = demons. Andy Balholm (509) 276-2065 andy@balholm.com
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