Netflix and Warner Bros. are the targets of the lawsuit over the new Sabrina series, with The Satanic Temple alleging misappropriation of its statue of Baphomet, confusion of origin, and injury of reputation over a sculpture designed to be "a central part of its efforts to promote First Amendment values." "Baphomet is a historical deity which has a complex history, having been associated with accusations of devil worship against the Knight Templar," explains The Satanic Temple in its lawsuit. "Baphomet historically involved a goat’s head (sometimes known as the 'Sabbatic Goat') on a female body associated with Lilith, a figure from Jewish mysticism sometimes considered a goddess of the night. The classic visual representation of idea of Baphomet is an image created in or about 1856 by an occult historian Eliphas Levi..."
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