ABSTRACT
The shadow is associated with Jewish history and culture and has a special relationship with Zarathustra and Nietzsche's own political philosophy and theology that opposed German nationalism and Christian customs. Like Zarathustra, the shadow is not fond of the magician, the last pope, or the two kings and is clearly an ally of the voluntary beggar and the bleeding man. Zarathustra runs between the beggar and the shadow; the bleeding man takes the magicians' harp and eventually passes it to the shadow. Of all the higher men, the shadow seems closest to Zarathustra in terms of ideology. Together, they penetrated the forbidden, broke their heart's reverence, and pursued dangerous wishes, only to be counted among the daughters of the wilderness. The shadow has traits similar to Nietzsche but is quite distinct from him. The distinction perhaps lies in the fact that the shadow is more Jewish and Nietzsche, German.
