The Black Saracen fused Saracen, Jew, and African into a single Satanic monster

Evidence

The monster that encapsulated all three of these entities-Saracen, Jew, and black African-is the Black Saracen. This is a hybrid monster, an African (implicated as Satan by his dark skin), Jewish (depicted executing a saint), and Muslim (by the moniker “Saracen” as well as by the turban he often wears). With his black, purple, or brown skin, large lips, and curly hair, this monster is clearly meant to represent an Ethiopian, that is, a non-Egyptian African. Satan often masqueraded as a serpent, a dragon, or a human with blackened skin. The Black Saracen is but one of the many forms that Satan took, a symbol of evil walking the earth: The damned were often shown being tormented by serpents in visions of Hell, and this was depicted in medieval art. — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 202

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the Black Saracen as an analytical category: a hybrid monster combining three demonized identities into one Satanic figure.
• CANDY: The idea that one medieval monster figure bundled together African, Jewish, and Muslim traits is a striking, tweetable historical curiosity.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 202
• XREF: connects to: A Black Saracen giant messenger embodies the racialized Persian monster; Medieval Christians classed non-Egyptian Africans with Saracens as monstrous races; Medieval art and text conflated Jews and Muslims into a single Saracen body (+3 more)

Broader Connections

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• Gothic Muslim monsters were stockpiled with telepathy and inherited black magic #corroborates (0.60)