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Originally Posted by b-dog
I imagine the pagan gods would be considered fallen angels? What about the fairy?
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Ugh, this gets a bit more complicated. From what I understand, in some cases the Church turned local gods/spirits/heroes into canonized saints. In others (particularly the bad/evil ones), they'd probably be demons/devils, Satan himself in another guise, or some flavor of monster. Stories of the Faerie would just be treated as more cases of gods/spirits/heroes.
Depending on how secure the Church was, it might even go Old Testament and state the things the pagans believe in simply
never existed. I'm referring to a lot of the language from the Old Testament that strongly indicates that gods other than YHWH - the Baals and Ashera, Moloch, etc - were outright powerless, thoughtless, human inventions. I think the Church was more likely to ascribe such inventions to supernatural influence than the Hebrews were, however.