User:Satanael/About

Welcome to my Wikipedia userpage. I began editing Wikipedia shortly before Summer 2005. I'm still a Senior High student, so if there's anything that I provided wrong or insufficient info on, please let me know. And if there is something you disagree with, let me know as well. And if anything, please do not use any of my personal comments here as a form of reprisal or vengeance for anything I've done, as the info here serves only introductionary purposes, and no other reason.

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This user is of Norwegian ancestry.

This user is a Scorpio.

龍This user was born in the year of the Dragon.

NGThis user's alignment is Neutral Good: the "Benefactor."

This user is interested in World War I.

This user is interested in ancient civilizations.

This user enjoys heavy reading, such as Shakespeare and other dead guys.

This user is a linguist.

This user considers themselves self-educated.

IQ This user's Intelligence Quotient is surprisingly high.

REThis user's favourite subject is Religious Education.

*_*This user loves manga.

*_*This user loves anime.

cvg-4This user is an expert gamer.

This user is a Naruto fan.

This user enjoys PlayStation 2 games.

Wikipedia

This user is a member of the WikiProject Japan Mythology task force.

This user is a participant in the WikiProject Hinduism mythology task force.

Political and societal POV

This user is interested in anarcho-primitivism.

This user supports the Consistent Life Ethic.

This user does not understand mean people. Please be nice.

This user is a pacifist and will soon be conquered.

This user believes in the separation of church and state.

Religious and philosophical POV

This user is interested in religion.

This user is interested in religion as a sociological and psychological phenomenon.

This user is interested in religion as an anthropological and historical phenomenon.

This user is interested in religion for aesthetic reasons.

This user is interested in religion as a metaphysical or theological phenomenon.

File:Maybegod.jpg This user is interested in agnosticism.

This user is a religious pluralist.

This user is interested in existentialism.

This user is interested in the belief that death is an acceptable part of life.

Cosmological and scientific POV

This user realizes that people from the Middle Ages already thought that the Earth was spherical.

This user honestly just doesn't care anymore about what shape the Earth is. Let it go, man.

This user understands biological evolution.

Body & health

This user exercises regularly and drinks a lot of water to stay hydrated.

This user is an omnivore.

This user eats at Burger King.

C2H5OH-0This user is a non-drinker.

This user is opposed to drugs and any kind of legalization of them.

Personality and interests

My primary interests are religion, mythology and folkloristics.

I'm interested in varying forms of literature(mostly epics, George MacDonald, Umberto Eco, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky; plus some mythopoeic books, mostly Neil Gaiman), philosophy(Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Tillich; mainly existentialism, and axiology). I'm also interested in J. R. R. Tolkien for his philological studies, which is what I consider his best and most important work.

I love most or everything about Japan(Yoko Ono *shivers* being an exception), so one can basically call me a Japanophile, but I'm very much interested in Asia and Asian culture in general. While some people mistake my interest for Japan as an obsession, I don't plan on studying too many aspects of Japan itself(I'm not too crazy about Japanese literature, and ain't going to study the language much beyond learning it). I'm also interested in the PIEs and Indo-European studies, in ancient history and archaeological findings, as well as language and historical linguistics. I'm intrigued by the current advances in Indo-European and Afro-Asiatic studies, together with the Dravidian languages, particularly Tamil, and the possibility of Elamo-Dravidian. I'm studying as vigilantly as I can, but my research and study materials are somewhat limited.

I'm currently writing a novel and several essays, but because of a lack of research material and/or inspiration, many of those are currently on hold.

Faith/Spiritual beliefs

Main articles: Agnosticism, Nontheism, and Omnitheism

I'm not really sure what I believe, and I'm not really sure if I care to carry a designation for myself, mostly because I don't feel like it and don't have the need to. There are times when I'm nontheistic, times when I'm agnostic, and times when I am omnitheistic. Though one thing is certain that I do not worship any entities, however I don't have a moral(or any other) objection in offering a prayer to a divinity or at a shrine. Even though I formally called myself Christian, it really wasn't more than a designation, and I didn't really feel or perceive anything else differently. Although, even though I do at times, I really won't consider myself to be an atheist, because it would imply that I believe that I have absolute empirical perception of the cosmos(and that I assuredly deny any form of higher consience and/or existence), something which I don't. Though I am an atheist in the sense that I don't worship any divine beings, which is the more general definition of atheism.

However, one thing I do know is that I'm a religious pluralist, as I respect and feel that there is some truth in every religion. This is further strengthened by my status as a mythologist(especially as a comparative mythologist).

Mythology

Main articles: Mythology and Religion and mythology

One of my greatest interests is mythology. A myth is a sacred story concerning the origins of the world or how the world and the creatures in it came to have their present form, and refers to a collection of stories about a people, usually concerning their origin, history, deities, ancestors, and heroes behind the belief structure and faith. The stories discussed express the viewpoints and beliefs of the country, time period, culture, and/or religion which gave birth to them. Mythology is used to refer to stories that, whether or not believers accept them as strictly factual, are believed to reveal fundamental truths and insights about human nature, often through the use of archetypes. Use of the term by scholars does not imply that the narrative is either true or false.

Wikipedia articles that I am watching / occasionally editing / plan to edit

I am still engaged in exploring what is already present on Wikipedia in order to determine where I can make significant contributions. If you know of an article that requires some work, and it seems related in theme to the articles listed below, feel free to leave me a note on my talkpage.

Social Sciences

History, Ethnography, & Anthropology

Anthropology | Anthropology of religion | Archaeology | Claude Levi-Strauss | Comparative religion | Indo-European studies | Japanese culture | Levant | Neolithic religion | Social anthropology | Sociology of religion | Ugarit

Linguistics & Philology

• Indo-European studies

Interests

Music

Beethoven | Carl Orff | Evanescence | Gackt | Gåte | Malice Mizer | Mozart | Nobuo Uematsu | Rammstein | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Rhapsody | Richard Wagner | System Of A Down

Comics & Graphic Novels

Angel Sanctuary | Biju | Hyuga Hinata | Lucifer (DC comics) | Naruto | Negima | Tsubasa | Uzumaki Naruto | XXXHolic

Media & Entertainment

Anime | chaos | Devil May Cry | Final Fantasy | KOS-MOS | Neon Genesis Evangelion | Princess Mononoke | Rei Ayanami | Suikoden | Xenogears | Xenosaga

Religion & Beliefs

• Mythology

Celtic mythology | Christian mythology | Greek mythology | Japanese mythology | Jewish mythology | Mesopotamian mythology | Norse mythology | Roman mythology Anafiel | Angelology | | Beelzebub | Camael (archangel) | Demonology | Gabriel | Haniel | Lucifer | Metatron | Michael (archangel) | Phanuel (angel) | Raphael (archangel) | Raziel | Sandalphon | Satan | Suriel (archangel) | Uriel | Zadkiel (archangel) | Zagzagel | Zaphkiel (archangel) | Zophiel (archangel) | YHWH

• • Mythologists
    • J. R. R. Tolkien
    • Joseph Campbell
• Religion

Christianity | Gnosticism | Shintoism

Philosophy

• Philosophers
  • Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Paul Tillich
  • Søren Kierkegaard

Literature and Poetry

• John Milton
  • Paradise Lost
• Dante Alighieri
  • The Divine Comedy
• Mark Twain
  • The Mysterious Stranger
• Edgar Allan Poe
• Leo Tolstoy
• Fyodor Dostoevsky

Anatomy of Melancholy | Piers Plowman | William Blake

Bio

Location: Meh, who cares
Gender: male
Occupation: Secondary school, 2nd year.
Birthday: November 14, 1988
Western Zodiac: Scorpio
Eastern Zodiac: Dragon
Birthstone: Topaz
Birth Tree: Walnut
Blood Type: O
Height/Weight: 188cm/63 kg
Hobbies: Video games, mythology, language, etc
Sport: Formerly Greco-Roman wrestling
Prized possession: Everything or nothing
Enjoys: Life itself
Fears: Being alone, something or other
Quote: "Men förhelvete nu jävlar!"

Favorites Favourite Language: Sanskrit Favourite Video Game: Final Fantasy VII Favourite Actor: Bruno Ganz Favourite Seijū: Hideo Ishikawa Favourite Anime: Neon Genesis Evangelion Favourite Author: George MacDonald Favourite Poet: Edgar Allan Poe Favourite Singer: Gackt: O.O Favourite Webcomic: Megatokyo Favourite Color: Blue

General interests Mythology Religion Philosophy Literature Anthropology Language: Linguistics & Philology Paleontology Psychology Sociology Asia: Japan

An analysis of me, done through What is Your World View?

You scored as Cultural Creative. Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside of the rational.

Cultural Creative		81%
Existentialist		75%
Romanticist		69%
Postmodernist		63%
Idealist		50%
Fundamentalist		44%
Modernist		38%
Materialist		31%

Favourite games

PlayStation Final Fantasy VII Final Fantasy VIII Metal Gear Solid Suikoden II Breath of Fire III Alundra Tekken 2 Xenogears Tomb Raider

PlayStation 2 Devil May Cry/Devil May Cry 3 Kingdom Hearts/Kingdom Hearts II Shadow Hearts/Shadow Hearts II Final Fantasy X/Final Fantasy XII Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne Persona 3 Shadow of the Colossus Okami Resident Evil 4 Xenosaga III

PlayStation 3 Devil May Cry 4 Metal Gear Solid 4 Shin Megami Tensei PS3 Final Fantasy XIII

Series Final Fantasy Devil May Cry Metal Gear Solid Suikoden Kingdom Hearts Megami Tensei Xeno-series Tomb Raider Resident Evil Tekken

Manga Ai Yori Aoshi 1-2 & 7-9 Angel Sanctuary 1-6 Chobits 1-8 Death Note 1, 8 & 9 Love Hina 1-14 Neon Genesis Evangelion 1-9 Naruto 1-11 & 15-33 Negima 1-7 XXXHolic 1-6 Tsubasa 1-7 Vagabond 1-20

Anime Neon Genesis Evangelion Angel Sanctuary Naruto Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Chobits Movies Akira Ghost in the Shell Princess Mononoke Spirited Away End of Evangelion Ninja Scroll Ghost in the Shell 2 Steamboy Howl's Moving Castle Grave of the Fireflies

Movies "Western" Jurassic Park Mulan Nightmare Before Christmas The Matrix "Eastern" Casshern Death Note Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Hana and Alice House of Flying Daggers Moon Child Old Boy Seven Swords Wonderful Days

Language

Afro-Asiatic

• Afro-Asiatic languages
  • Semitic languages
    • East Semitic languages
      • Akkadian language
      • Eblaite language
    • West Semitic languages
      • Central Semitic languages
        • Arabic languages
          • Arabic language
        • Northwest Semitic languages
          • Aramaic languages
            • Aramaic
          • Canaanite languages
            • Hebrew languages
              • Biblical Hebrew language
                • Hebrew language
            • Phoenician languages
          • Ugaritic language
      • South Semitic languages
        • Ethiopic languages
        • South Arabian languages

Elamo-Dravidian

• Elamo-Dravidian
  • Dravidian languages
    • Southern Dravidian
      • Tamil language
  • Elamite language

Indo-European

• Indo-European languages
  • Celtic languages
  • Germanic languages
    • Old Norse language
  • Greek dialects
    • Attic Greek
      • Greek language
  • Indo-Iranian languages
    • Iranian languages
      • Western Iranian languages
        • Old Persian
          • Persian language
      • Eastern Iranian languages'
        • Avestan language
    • Indo-Aryan languages
      • Vedic Sanskrit
        • Sanskrit
  • Italic languages
    • Latino-Faliscan languages
      • Latin
  • Balto-Slavic
    • Slavic languages
      • East Slavic languages
        • Russian language

• Proto-Indo-European

Japonic

• Japonic languages
  • Japanese language

Anthropology Archaeology Levant Ugarit Claude Levi-Strauss Comparative religion & Comparative mythology Georges Dumezil Joseph Campbell Social anthropology

Religion William G. Dever Bart D. Ehrman Richard E. Friedman Kenneth L., Jr. Gentry Elaine Pagels Jeffrey Burton Russell Teology Saint Augustine Origen Thomas Aquinas

Philosophy Axiology Epistemology Logic Metaphysics Philosophers A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Friedrich Nietzsche Mahatma Gandhi Paul Tillich Søren Kierkegaard

Psychology C.G. Jung Paleontology Dinosaur Sociology Max Weber

Literature

Prose Harry Potter H.P. Lovecraft(Call of Cthulhu) Friedrich Nietzsche(Also Sprach Zarathustra) Mark Twain George MacDonald Fyodor Dostoevsky Leo Tolstoy Umberto Eco Neil Gaiman The Tale of Genji

Poetry Poetry Dante Alighieri William Blake Lord Byron John Milton Edgar Allan Poe William Langland(Piers Plowman) Geoffrey Chaucer John Gower The Pearl Poet Man'yoshu

Music Ayu Billy Talent Dream Theater Evanescence Frank Sinatra Gackt Gåte Johnny Cash L'Arc~en~Ciel Led Zeppelin Maaya Sakamoto Malice Mizer Motoi Sakuraba Nobuo Uematsu Pink Floyd Rage Against the Machine Rammstein Red Hot Chili Peppers Rhapsody Rikki Shiro Sagisu System of a Down the pillows Utada Hikaru Vitas Yuki Kajiura

Anime/Videogames Angel Sanctuary Baten Kaitos Origins Breath of Fire Disgaea Final Fantasy Legend of Dragoon Legend of Legaia Legend of Zelda Metal Gear Solid Naruto Neon Genesis Evangelion Resident Evil Shadow Hearts Shadow of the Colossus Shin Megami Tensei Soul Calibur 3 Suikoden Tales Wild Arms World of Warcraft Xenosaga

Misc

Favourite divinities Yahweh Shekinah Odin Marduk Amaterasu Saraswati Indra Kannon Eos Selene Horus Isis Parjanya Vayu Thanatos Anteros Cernunnos Veles Perun Yaw Favourite PIE gods Potidaon Perkwunos Neptonos

Favourite demons Satan Beelzebub Lilith Adramelech Lucifuge Rofocale Favourite angels Satan Michael Gabriel Haniel Metatron

Favourite saints St. Michael the Archangel Gabriel Mary, the mother of Jesus Mary Magdalene John Paul II Thomas Aquinas Saint Margaret the Virgin Brigid of Ireland Saint Lucy Saint Corneły

People I like

• My senpai
• Jesus
• Mohammed
• Baha'ullah
• Gautama Buddha
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Søren Kierkegaard
• Friedrich Nietzsche
• Joseph Campbell
• Gustav Davidson
• Thomas Aquinas
• Hideaki Anno
• Nobuo Uematsu
• George MacDonald
• Mark Twain
• William Blake
• J. K. Rowling

Quotes

• Bertrand Russell
  • "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."

• "Christianus mihi nonem est, nihilus cognomen."

• Mahatma Gandhi
  • "As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality. Man, for instance, cannot be untruthful, cruel or incontinent and claim to have God on his side".
  • "The sayings of Muhammad are a treasure of wisdom, not only for Muslims but for all of mankind".
  • Later in his life when he was asked whether he was a Hindu, he replied: "Yes I am. I am also a Christian, a Muslim, a Buddhist and a Jew".

• Mark Twain
  • Land of religions, cradle of human race, birthplace of human speech, grandmother of legend, great grandmother of tradition. The land that all men desire to see and having seen once even by a glimpse, would not give that glimpse for the shows of the rest of the globe combined.

• Martin Amis
  • "Now I say that I am an agnostic. People think that's pusillanimous and covering your bets. But it's not based on any belief or yearning for an afterlife but on the fact that we actually know so little about the cosmos. It is a tribute to the complexity and, at our present stage of development, the unknowability of the universe."

• "And God Said: Let there be Satan, so people don't blame everything on me, and let there be lawyers, so people don't blame everything on Satan" — John Wing

• "Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality."

Religion and mythology

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Actively learned
noDenne brukeren/brukaren har norsk som morsmål.	nnDenne brukaren har norsk som morsmål, og skriv nynorsk.	en-4This user can contribute with a near-native level of English.
sv-2Denna användare har kunskaper på mellannivå i svenska.	da-2Denne brugers kendskab til dansk er på mellemniveau.	de-2Dieser Benutzer hat fortgeschrittene Deutschkenntnisse.
Grasp of basic concepts
ja-1この利用者は初級の日本語ができます。		es-1Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel básico de español.
Basic knowledge due to related languages known
la-1Hic usor simplici latinitate contribuere potest.	el-1Αυτός ο χρήστης μπορεί να συνεισφέρει σε βασικού επιπέδου ελληνικά.	sa-1एष उपयोजकः सरलेन संस्कृतेन लेखितुं शक्नोति।
	...This user would like to know oodles more languages.
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NOTE: Categorising a story as a myth does not necessarily imply that it is untrue. Religion and mythology differ, but have overlapping aspects. Many English speakers understand the terms "myth" and "mythology" to mean fictitious or imaginary. However, according to many dictionary definitions, these terms can also mean a traditional story or narrative that embodies the belief or beliefs of a group of people, and this Wikipedia category should be understood in this sense only. The use of these terms in this category does not imply that any story so categorized is historically true or false or that any belief so embodied is itself either true or false.