Never have I seen a thread derailed by an etymological argument sparked from something as wholly ridiculous as the origin of a common RPG character archetype.

And on Dante, its not like he was just writing whatever he wanted straight into canon. That's the Church's job. The reason his work is so prevalent in people's imaginings of Christian mythology speaks of nothing but its impact in popular culture at the time. You can observe the same thing happen today in hyper speed. What is the general idea of how Thor acts and looks nowadays? He's a blonde haired, blue eyed hero right? When originally he was a ginger. And kind of a dick.