Talk:Hazbin Hotel/@comment-98.190.248.43-20181014021302/@comment-31509668-20200104211607

Vivziepop is drawing from more than just Christian lore for this series.

The idea that Lucifer is the ruler of Hell doesn't come from the bible. That comes from Milton's Paradise Lost. She threw Dante's Divine Comedy in there as well with Katie Killjoy's reference to the Nine Circles. The idea of Hell itself as a place of eternal torment ruled over by Satan isn't in the bible. The bible has very little to say about Hell or even Heaven for that matter.

Lilith comes from Jewish folklore. She was Adam's first wife in Eden who rejected being subordinate to him. She invoked the true name of god and flew off. God sent three angels to bring her back but she refused. God then formed Eve out of Adam's rib rather than the same dust from which Adam was formed thus making Eve subservient to Adam. Lilith became the mother of demons.

As there is no detailed christian lore regarding Heaven or Hell writers have been playing with the concepts in all kinds of creative ways. Just look at the show The Good Place. Most of what people think they know about Hell actually comes from Dante and Milton.