Vintage 2.5” Devil figure with weapons. These are hard to find but have been used often.
The Devil is the symbol of evil. It matters little whether he is the fine gentleman or the grotesque of the capitals of cathedral pillars, whether he wears the goat’s or the camel’s head, cloven hooves, horns or shaggy hair, he has a multitude of shapes at his disposal, yet always remains the Tempter and the Tormentor. His fall from grace is symbolized by his debasement into animal shape. The Devil’s entire purpose is to deprive humans of the grace of God and to make them yield to his control. The fallen angel, his wings clipped, wills the clipping of the spiritual wings of all beings. He is the synthesis of all those powers which lead to the disintegration of the personality. By contrast, Christ’s role is to snatch humanity from the Devil’s clutches through the mystery of the Crucifixion. Christ’s cross sets mankind free; that is to say, by the grace of God it restores to human beings the freedom, which the Devil’s tyranny had taken from them, to dispose of their own selves.