Note: English version of this article titled Şam Şeytanı, Kıyamet Cücesi ve Mahşer Midillisi As it is known, archeology starts from findings as a field of study. Anthropology focuses on everything human-related, such as narratives, beliefs and rituals. Human beings have always tried to make sense of life or what happens in life. The effort to give meaning manifests itself through narratives rather than leaving a physical residue or find. In this respect, trying to understand the background of proverbs, idioms, metaphors or similes in the narratives passed down from generation to generation requires a backward meaning excavation. While researching what the source of this metaphor might be, I came across the analogy of the Doomsday Dwarf and Apocalypse Pony. Both were used in almost the same context. Damascus (al-Shām) Let's focus on Damascus first. Damascus or al-Shām in Arabic in Damascus is known as the place where the first murder, the Cain and Abel incident, took place on the Kasiyun Mountain in the north of Damascus). John of Damascus, who makes Damascus important for Christians, is a Syrian Christian saint who was born into a wealthy Assyrian Christian family in Damascus in the seventh century and is known as the last church father of the east. He worked as a senior official in the Umayyad Court before becoming a monk in Jerusalem. In the cultural history, Baghdad represented one of the places visited for science, while Damascus was associated with trade. In the pre-Islamic period, trade caravans came to Damascus, especially from Arabia. Quraysh merchants would send trade caravans north to Palestine, Damascus and Egypt during the winter season. In some sources, it is said that when the Prophet Muhammad was a child (9 or 12 years old), he was taken to Syria with a Quraysh trade caravan by his uncle Abu Talib, and the caravan stopped near the monastery of a priest named Bahira, whose real name was Sergius. Another trade expedition made by the Prophet was to Damascus. There was an expedition with Hatice's camels. In literature, the Damascus Devil or the Devil of Damascus refers to the characteristics and deeds of Mu'awiya the First, who was the founder of the Umayyad Caliphate and the governor of Damascus. He announced himself to be the direct Servant of God instead of the servant of the Messenger of God. This new motto was regarded as the main deviation from the religion. Devil or Satan It is controversial whether Satan is a real being and has a body. It is also controversial whether the devil can be seen or not. However, in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the head of evil in the world is conceived as an evil being that stands in opposition to God. From an anthropological perspective, Satan represents the idea of absolute evil in human cultural history and is a being that emerges as a result of the personalization of evil. Demons known in religion, theology, mythology and among the public tales and beliefs have different characteristics. However, to the general understanding, the devil was created by God, is stronger than angels, can take the form of humans and animals, and has horns, a tail, and a hairy structure. According to these general acceptances, it is sometimes even made official in paintings and films. In folk culture, the devil is considered an abstract entity, and this abstract entity enters and lives inside every person. It influences people and leads them to what is evil. In folk culture, the devil is personified and physical characteristics are attributed to him. His eyes are squinted and he is a rough man with a horsehair-like beard on his chin. Its head is like the head of an elephant, and its lips are like the lips of a buffalo. Sometimes he disguises himself as an animal. It can also take the form of an acquaintance or stranger encountered on a deserted road, or a Capricorn or goat or in similar animal forms. The Devil of Damascus Throughout history, Damascus has been a trade center. Generally, the merchants who trade here are known as deceiving, cunning, and tempting people. Merchants who have high level of characteristics such as lying, swearing a lot and cheating are called the Devil of Damascus. In addition, in daily life, clever and precocious children are also called the Doomsday Dwarfs or Apocalypse Pony. However, among the merchants, those who are generally physically short and are seen as the leaders of mischief are called the Doomsday Dwarf. Sometimes the metaphor of the Apocalypse Pony is also used for the same characteristics. The metaphors of the Damascus Devil, the Doomsday Dwarf and Apocalypse Pony actually focus on certain evil personality traits. A Damascus Devil, Doomsday Dwarf or Apocalypse Pony has the following evil traits: He has the ability to engage in conflict and war, he watches the conflict from under the stone and never loses his affectionate smile. He has become a culmination of discord. Physically, he is generally short and looks a bit like a dwarf, which makes him look likeable. It comes out from under every stone. He always seems smiling and affectionate, and therefore you cannot doubt his innocence. Even if it is a single person, it can turn a whole organization or institution into a witch's cauldron. It has the ability to cause people within the organization or institution to conflict with each other in a way that they cannot notice. Nowadays, if we try to associate the Damascus Devil, the Doomsday Dwarf and Apocalypse Pony with these characteristics, isn't it clear that there is treachery or traitors involved or at the end who cause conflict, confusion and emerge from under the stone with a smiling face? You can observe and analyses the deeds of the authorities around you. If you do that, you will notice that you are surrounded by the Damascus Devils, the Doomsday Dwarves and Apocalypse Ponies. Is it possible to make sure that there are no Damascus Devils, Doomsday Dwarves or Doomsday Ponies around us? They are on our way, in our work or just around us!