The caricatured version of the devil as a little red and horned being is a consequence of what Christianity sought to combat, in the beginning, that is, the  beliefs  Greco-Roman
 
 "In the clashes of cultures - and, in the specific case, of religions - the symbols of the religion of others will be seen as something extremely bad and malevolent. In this way, Satan gained the props of those who were fighting", he explains.
 "Concretely: Christianity, when fighting the Greek religion - and also the Roman one - puts horns on the devil on behalf of the Greek God Pan, a figure represented as half man, half horned ram, who seduced young girls. trident, to combat Posseidon, the Greek god of the seas - Neptune to the Romans - for the trident was the symbol of that deity."
 
 Between the 15th century and during the Renaissance he became the Prince of this world, where in addition to his vast legions he won the sympathy of some men and women, who made pacts and started to worship the Devil and not God. Thus, the fight was not only against the Enemy of God, but also against witches, who were tried by the Inquisition and many of them burned at the stake.