Talk:Chernabog (Disney)

When did this name become official?
He was strongly, STRONGLY, STRONGLY implied to be Satan in the introduction to the Night on Bald Mountain sequence in the film. Deems Taylor's exact words in the narration: "Musically and dramatically, we have here a picture of the struggle between the profane and the sacred. 'Bald Mountain', according to tradition, is the gathering place of Satan and his followers. Here on Walpurgisnacht, which is the equivalent of our own Halloween, the creatures of evil gather to worship their master. Under his spell, they dance furiously until the coming of dawn and the sounds of church bells send the infernal army slinking back into abodes of darkness, and then we hear the Ave Maria with its message of the triumph and hope of life over the powers of despair and death." He never mentions the name "Chernabog" even once.

Does anything in the film's credits mention the name "Chernabog," maybe in connection with the animators? Because I can't find anything like that. Are we sure this isn't some kind of, I don't know, attempt at retroactive bowdlerization? That seems beneath Disney to me, but you never know.

I'm not saying that we should change the article's title or anything, but we should at least try to explain the discrepancy. Also we should probably cut the Nostalgia Critic some slack about calling him the Devil; he's a traditionalist at heart, so if it turns out that the name Chernabog really IS some kind of continuity reboot then he may be justified in his claim. Varthonai (talk) 05:03, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Someone
Someone can mention that 'Chernabog' (I guess) might mean from one Slavic based language 'a black god'.

Yes, indeed. Sebastjan

New layout
I've decided to give the page a new layout. Is there any comments on this. Themeparkfanatic

Pronounciation
I don't have any clue how to pronounce this since I've never heard the name said.Thatother1dude 21:06, 23 August 2007

Well, the Russian pronunciation of Czernobog is CHORE-knee-BOG (even though it looks like it should be CHAIR-nuh-BOG.) I'd guess that this name would be pronunced CHORE-nuh-BOG if it's not just pronounced the same as Czernobog. Varthonai (talk) 05:03, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

More than just Disney
I'll try to add something when I've got time to back it up with references, but Chernabog has existed as the black demon of Eastern European legend for much longer than the article currently suggests. It would also be worth mentioning his appearance as a major character in Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods'. Kentcoast (talk) 09:58, 19 June 2009 (UTC)


 * There is an entry in the article that links to Chernobog, et al. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.113.49.126 (talk) 17:10, 5 September 2009 (UTC)