She-Devils

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 03 Jul 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Shade	03 Jul 2003
I enjoy it when decks are willing to change up the gender a bit especially in the major arcana and have seen this done successfully many times in the Magician, Temperance, Hermit and a few other cards but I haven't seen many decks that have depicted the Devil as a woman. It's bveen done in some of the all female decks like the Goddess Tarot but that's not the same (to me) as changing the gender of a card in a gender balanced deck. The only one that really comes to mind is the hallwoeen Tarot (a very cute deck) where a femme fatale of a devil leads naked male imps around on a leash. Does anyone know of soem decks I might have missed?

jog1118	03 Jul 2003
tarot of the hidden folk shows the devil with "boobies" but also discretely shows its "thing" (she-male perhaps?) other decks like the robin wood, on the other hand, totally do not represent the devil (in the case of robin wood deck, it only depicts a couple chained) :smoker:

Maan	03 Jul 2003
The phantasmagoric theater tarot has a female devil. She looks very scary in her red letter out-fit;)

Dark Inquisitor	03 Jul 2003
Quote: Originally posted by jog1118 shows the devil with "boobies" but also discretely shows its "thing" (she-male perhaps?) I humorously propose a separate thread to find new names for these mysterious items! Tarotphelia

Jeannette	03 Jul 2003
One of my all-time favorite Devil cards may fit well in this discussion. It's from the Japanese Moonprincess Himiko tarot. I've posted a scan here: http://www.tarotgarden.com/special/himikodevil.gif The figure could be considered a bit androgenous, but I've always thought of her as female, perhaps because of the card's symbolic similarity (real or imagined) with the story of Eve and the Apple. The Devil may, in fact, be the serpent that is twined around her, but the two obviously blend together so that it's not entirely clear where the serpent ends and the woman begins. Additionally, those are horns sticking up out of that pink hair. }) -- Jeannette http://www.tarotgarden.com

truthsayer	03 Jul 2003
the transformational tarot by arnell arnot shows arnell herself posing as the devil.

WolfSpirit	03 Jul 2003
Kate Banx tarot has a she-devil: http://www.angelfire.com/pq/kateskingdom/devil.html I hope this deck will be published some time, it has such original cards in it (loverly artwork to IMO) The Manara tarot also has a seductive female devil, but that is no surprise for a deck like that ;) I think this is a great thread, I like the female devils !

Shade	03 Jul 2003
See I knew they were out there. I had forgotten about decks that used Baphomet as the devil and the Templars favorite goat certainly does sport both breasts and penis. Here's a version a co-worker of mine did: http://faerywolf.com/art_baphomet.htm and his regular gallery is viewed here http://faerywolf.com/art/ I have been meaning to get the phantasmagoric theater deck for a while, I'd love to see that deck's devil.

Silverlotus	03 Jul 2003
Quote: Originally posted by WolfSpirit Kate Banx tarot has a she-devil: http://www.angelfire.com/pq/kateskingdom/devil.html I hope this deck will be published some time, it has such original cards in it (loverly artwork to IMO) teehee! I love this depiction on bondage. :P And it really is lovely and interesting deck.

Kyrielle	03 Jul 2003
Antonia Castanelli's Art Nouveau Tarot has a woman Devil. She has skulls printed all over her dress. -- Kyrielle

Cerulean	04 Jul 2003
has a she-devil. Does any tarot have a she-devil with a blue dress on? I always thought that was a funny, catchy line to a song. Mari_H.

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