The Devil

• missing from all examples of the original VS decks. possibly removed/destroyed or omitted to begin with (also missing - the tower, 3 of swords, knight of coins) c.f. Sola Busca (SB)) 78 card deck
• hybrid male/female/animal depicted with fangs based on interpretation of Pan Pan_(god)
• traits of birds, spikes, bat wings
• MT → shown standing at an alter/pedestal, ruling over 2 naked figures/slaves depicted with small horns and tails
• enslaving power, basket for collecting souls
• smirking, bearing a torch
• RW → half man/animal, clawed, goat's head with horns, reversed pentagram on forehead
• temptation, sexual energy, attachment to material world, inferior elements, vices, negative behaviours, ego, materialism, conformity without awareness

• Datura, devils trumpet (compare 13) made into “gypsy helper” erasing memory to facilitate theft of material goods. (use a stinky smelling species)
• Corpse flower Amorphophallus_titanum
• orchids

note: work in progress for PARN. not general reference

major arcana