What was ROMA? Radix Omnium Malorum Avaritia, or: the Root of All Evil is Greed. An oft-misquoted passage in The Bible says that "the love of money is the root of many kinds of evil." In 3rd century AD, Christians used the acronym ROMA as a veiled insult against the Empire. Often simply referred to as greed, but avarice includes spending money pointlessly as well as hoarding it. Greed (Latin: Avaritia): Desire for Things.The patron demon of Envy is either Leviathan or Belial. The punishment in Hell for committing this sin is to be put in ice-cold water. Envy is usually associated with snakes, dogs or goats and the color green. Taking pleasure at the pain or misfortune of another person is called Schadenfreude and is a demonstration of Envy. Given the context, either can accurately refer to almost anything - a bauble, money, significant other, or baseball card collection. As such, they are easily and often confused for each other. Whereas Envy is a desire for what someone else possesses, Jealousy is the fear of losing what you possess. Other villains who qualify include The Resenter, the Clingy Jealous Girl or Crazy Jealous Guy, the Fairest of Them All, the Beta Test Baddie (also driven by Pride), the Green-Eyed Monster, the Yandere (also driven by Lust and occasionally Greed) and anyone who murders the hypotenuse or suffers from Tall Poppy Syndrome. Those that act on this tend to be thieves of any stripe (also driven by Greed). Hey, sometimes others get the cool stuff first. Envy (Latin: Invidia): Desire for Others' Successes, as well as Hatred for said Other's Success and the Desire to Ruin them.In alphabetical order, here are the big seven, along with a few examples of tropes embodying each (keep in mind that there are plenty of tropes that reference them, but including them all would make this entry nigh-unreadable):
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Originally they were termed the seven deadly vices (which are the opposite of "virtues" Ah-ha, Theme Naming!). The Seven Deadly Sins is a classic interpretation of seven basic concepts that will lead your soul to ruin.