Devourer

Devourer

In certain religions, mythologies, and fictional universes, a devourer is a powerful destructive entity, such as Satan, Boreas (the North Wind in Greek mythology) or the Zerg (a species in StarCraft, a modern science-fiction series). Devourers are typically associated with death, either by devouring the living (thereby killing them) or by devouring the dead.

Reference: The Bible, book of Malachi, chapter three, verse eleven Blog: feedmysheepdotnet. http://feedmysheepdotnet.wordpress.com/ August 9, 2011



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