Shoulder angels and devils are part of our cultural imagination, but where did they come from? You've seen them in the Simpsons, the Emperor's New Groove and countless shows and movies. But the idea of a divided soul actually goes all the way back to ancient Greece!

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Sources:
From Charioteer Myth to Shoulder Angel: A Rhetorical Look at Our Divided Soul Robert E. G. Black https://www.calstatela.edu/sites/defa...

Thanks to:
Charles Gardner at https://cartoonresearch.com/ who pointed me to Bobby Bumps at the Circus
Also ‪@InquisitiveBible‬ who helped track down a few of these images.

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