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The image of the devil being a red demon with horns developed slowly as Christendom conquered and forceably converted people throughout Europe and Britain. The "devil" image was based on the pre-Christian god Pan, who was worshiped as the god of wild places and animals. Pan is represented with the horns, legs and tail of a goat. To discourage conquered people from worshiping their old gods, Christianizers successfully identified those deities with the Christian devil.

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