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In #StarTrek #TOS episode, "Day of the Dove", Kirk tells Kang to "go to the devil". I guess they couldn't say "hell" on primetime television in the 60s.

In any case, Kang replies, "We have no devil, Kirk."

Of course, eventually they introduce a devil-like figure to Klingon mythology: Fek'Ihr. He torments the souls of the dishonorable in the afterlife.

It's interesting to think that, despite the similarities, maybe Kang didn't see Fek'Ihr as being an actual corollary to the Christian version of Satan. To Klingons, there is no sin: no wicked and righteous. In fact, the first two Klingons created by the gods killed the very gods who created them.

So, to Klingons, wickedness has no meaning. Only honor and dishonor are important.

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Close-up of Klingon mythological figure, Fek'Ihr. He appears as a feral Klingon, hair in disarray, ridges overy most of his face (rather than just his forehead), fangs beared
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Close-up of Klingon mythological figure, Fek'Ihr. He appears as a feral Klingon, hair in disarray, ridges overy most of his face (rather than just his forehead), fangs beared

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If that statement came through the universal translator, it could be an English (Federation standard) interpretation of a Klingon idiom.

Or, Kang may have known some Federation Standard and thought (this is how they would say it).

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Side note.

In this episode, Kang has a wife, Mara. This was her only appearance.

I don't recall any mention of her during Kang's appearance on DS9, which seems odd, considering the reminiscing between him, Kor, and Koloth. I should think that at least Jadzia would ask how she's doing, unless of course by then she's dead, or they divorced.

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