Citings & Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture
Romanian artist Gy Szabo Bela (1905-1985) portrayed with “hand printed wood engraving on Japanese paper” a depiction of Dante’s Inferno, called Dante: L’enfer, Chant XXI, Ongles sales (Dante’s Inferno, Canto XXI, Nasty Claws, 1963). — “Dante: L’enfer, Chant XXI, Ongles sales (Dante’s Inferno, Canto XXI, Nasty Claws), 1963,” National Gallery of Art
Final Fantasy IV features four Elemental Lords named Rubicante, Scarmiglione, Barbariccia, and Cagnazzo, after members of the Malebranche. A mid-game boss, Calcabrina, also has the name of a Malebranche demon. Also, there exists a superboss in the DS version named Geryon.” —Wikipedia
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow and Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow feature several spear-wielding flying demons named after the Malebranche: Cagnazzo, Scarmaglione, Rubicant, Draghignazzo, Barbariccia and Malacoda. Rubicant and Scarmaglione are mistranslated as ‘Lubicant’ and ‘Skull Millione.’” —Wikipedia
“Draghignazzo is an enemy in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. He is one of the guardians of the dungeons of Hell. He is quite the pessimist.” —Wikivania: Encyclopedia of Darkness, August 20, 2019
Learn more about Konami’s 2005 video game Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow here.
“A witch that harvests souls for Azazel. Became a temporary ally to Frankenstein’s Monster, using her magic to brainwash some of the faculty of the Jean Grey School into believing they were members of the Murder Circus.
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First Appearance: Wolverine and the X-Men #19 (December, 2012)” –“Calcabrina (Earth-616),” Marvel Database Wiki, March 30,2018
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Coggeshall, Elizabeth, and Arielle Saiber, eds. Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Website. Access date.
