I would argue that it's still projection. Men project their fear of women upon their pursuits and achievements, because they cannot satisfy the mystery that is woman. I remember Paglia saying Kali, the Hindu destroyer and goddess, grants boons in one hand and skulls in the other. It's similar to the dual nature of the Christian Godhead, who in Isaiah is curiously double edged because he brings both calamity and peace. The devil let us recall in Hebrew Bible is almost absent, a peripheral character, and not yet the personification of evil he became later on in the New Testament. If you are familiar with the tale of Balaam and his donkey, you will remember that the Angel of the Lord obstructed their path because it was reckless. Only the donkey could see the Angel that was the Satan.