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* ''Literature/TheBible'':

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* ''Literature/TheBible'':''Literature/TheBible'' has ''many'' instances of people succumbing into sin when told not to and are granted a appropriate reward as a result:
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* In the apocryphal ''Acts of Peter and Paul'', Simon Magus, in a debate with Peter and Paul in front of Emperor Nero, declared himself a god and to "prove" it used demons to make himself fly and levitate, only for Peter to exorcise the demons and make him fall so hard his body broke in four...an act that under Roman law counted as using magic to cause harm and was an automatic death sentence, and had been done in front of the ''emperor'' and multiple Roman nobles and high-ranking government officials. Nero promptly orders Peter and Paul both imprisoned, and later has Peter crucified for the act and Paul beheaded as an accomplice.

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* In the apocryphal ''Acts of Peter and Paul'', Simon Magus, in a debate with Peter and Paul in front of Emperor Nero, declared himself a god and to "prove" it used demons to make himself fly and levitate, only for Peter to exorcise the demons and make him fall so hard his body broke in four... an act that under Roman law counted as using magic to cause harm and was an automatic death sentence, and had been done in front of the ''emperor'' and multiple Roman nobles and high-ranking government officials. Nero promptly orders Peter and Paul both imprisoned, and later has Peter crucified for the act and Paul beheaded as an accomplice.
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** Aura, a minor goddess and fellow huntress to Artemis, once felt it was a good idea to comment on Artemis's body. Specifically, to go into long, laborious detail on how Artemis's body was far too womanly to be a virgin, that her own body was much more virginal in comparison (accompanied by descriptions that make one wonder if she was feeling herself up as she did so), and that Artemis probably should sleep around like her body suggests she does. Artemis, as one could expect, takes that badly and Aura ends up raped by Dionysus, going mad, and eating one of her resulting twin boys (Artemis saving the other, having not planned the latter and probably not the madness either).

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** Aura, a minor goddess and fellow huntress to Artemis, once felt got it into her head that it was a good idea to comment on Artemis's body. Specifically, to go into long, laborious detail on how Artemis's body was far SlutShame Artemis, saying that Artemis couldn't ''possibly'' be a real virgin because she looked too womanly to be (apparently big breasts meaning promiscuity is a virgin, that very old stereotype), flaunting her own body was much PetitePride as being more virginal in comparison (accompanied by descriptions suitable for a virgin (in a tone that make one wonder if she was sounds a good deal like she's feeling herself up as she did so), and up) all the while. Note that Artemis's chastity isn't just a personal preference but part of her divine domain, making an insult against it downright blasphemous, and the Olympians are known to react to insults against their domains ''very'' harshly. Artemis probably should sleep around like doesn't do anything herself, but she does complain to Nemesis, the goddess of retribution and punishment for hubris, who determines that the best punishment for Aura doubting Artemis's virginity was for the former to lose her body suggests own... i.e. [[RapeAsDrama arrange for Dionysus to rape her]]. Aura went insane from the experience and when she does. bore twins as a result of the rape, she ''cannibalized'' them (though in one version Artemis, as one could expect, takes that badly and Aura ends up raped by Dionysus, going mad, and eating one of who presumably wasn't expecting her resulting twin boys (Artemis saving the other, having not planned the latter and probably not the madness either).to do ''that'', manages to save one) before killing herself.
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** Satan. While the Bible's portrayal of God and Satan don't exactly match current understandings, the modern Christian understanding of God is an all-powerful, all-knowing creator of all things. Satan, on the other hand, is an angel who decided to try to take on God. Apparently, Satan thought he could outsmart someone who knew what he was going to do before he did, or out-muscle someone who could do literally anything. And he somehow convinces one-third of the other angels to go along with this plan.

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** Satan. While the Bible's portrayal of God and Satan don't exactly match current understandings, the modern Christian understanding of God is an all-powerful, all-knowing creator of all things. Satan, on the other hand, is an angel who decided to try to take on God.God so that he could take his place as the Most High. Apparently, Satan thought he could outsmart someone who knew what he was going to do before he did, or out-muscle someone who could do literally anything. And he somehow convinces one-third of the other angels to go along with this plan.plan, which gets them all booted out of Heaven.

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