| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Demon name "Immat" | Kafir / Afghanistan | demonic god. A deity to whom sacrifices were addressed in the Ashkun villages of southwestern Kafiristan. Legend has it that Immat carries off twenty virgin daughters every year. A festival includes blood sacrifice and dances by twenty carefully selected young priestesses.... |
| Goddess name "Indrani" | Hindu / Vedic / Puranic | Goddess of wrath. Daughter of Puloman, a demonic figure killed by the god INDRA, and the SAKTI and consort of Indra. One of seven MATARAS (mothers) who in later Hinduism became regarded as of evil intent. Also one of a group of eight ASTAMATARAS personifying jealousy (also named Aindri in this capacity). In another grouping one of nine NAVASAKTIS or astral deities who, in southern India, rank higher than the SAPTAMATARAS. Her attendant animal is either an elephant or a lion. Attributes: hook, rosary, Santana flower, staff and waterjar. One thousand-eyed. Also Aindri; Mahendri; Paulomi; Saci; Sujata.... |
| Demon name "Katavi Ntamwezi" | Tanzania | And in a demonic being who is chief of the water-spirits Tanzania |
| Demon name "Korybantes" | Asia Minor | demonic companions of Kybele Asia Minor / |
| Demon name "Kulshedra" | Albania | Female demonic individual in who may be either an enormous hag with pendulous breasts and / or a dragon like monster who spits fire Albania |
| Goddess name "Lilith" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Goddess of desolation. She is perceived as a demonic figure who, in the epic legend of Gilgames and the Huluppu Tree takes up residence in INANA'S holy tree growing on the banks of the Euphrates in Unug. When the hero Gilgames attacks Lilith she escapes into the desert wastes.... |
| Demon name "Maenades" | Greek | The priestesses of Dionysus, who at the celebration of his festivals gave way to expressions of frenzied enthusiasm, as if they were under the spell of some demonic power. Greek |
| Demon name "Mahisa" | Hindu | demonic god Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
| Goddess name "Mahisa (buffalo)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | demonic god. Depicted most frequently in the form of a buffalo, but he also confounds the gods by changing himself into many other animal guises. He is eventually slain by the goddess DEVI in the form of MAHISASURAMARDINI.... |
| Goddess name "Mahisasuramardini (slayer of the buffalo demon)" | Hindu / Puranic | Form of the goddess DEVI. Appearing from the fourth century AD onward, this goddess is a DURGA form of Devi. She possesses up to twelve arms holding an åśśortment of weapons and may be seated on a lion. According to legend, the form arose in response to the threat from the demonic MAHISA who was eventually slain by the goddess Devi with his own sword. Attributes: ax, banner, bell, bow, club, conch, drum, hook, lizard, mirror, noose, prayer wheel, shield, sword, staff and trident. Three-eyed.... |
| Demon name "Mahr" | Germanic | demonic being similar to an Alp germanic / Slavic |
| Goddess name "Narasinha (man-lion)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Incarnation of the god Vis'nu. The fourth avatara of the god is depicted as a man-lion hybrid. According to legend, the demonic king Hiranyakasipu had taken on a dangerous invulnerability. To thwart this, VIS'NU took the form of Narasinha and hid inside a pillar of the king's palace whence he sprang, capturing Hiranyakasipu and tearing out his entrails. IconographicalIy, the scene is portrayed with the victim thrown across Narasinha's lap and the god's claws plunged into his body. Narasinha may also appear seated in a yoga position with the goddess LAKSMI on his knee.... |
| Demon name "Ordog" | Christian | A demonic creature from Hungarian mythology. It personifies the dark aspects of the world. Later it is identified with the Christian devil. |
| Demon name "Pancanana" | Hindu / Puranic | demonic deity. Regarded as a form of the god SI IVA possessing five faces, each face having three eyes. Depicted with the naked body of an ascetic, wearing a necklace of snakes. Shrines symbolize the god with a stone, its top painted red and usually placed beneath a tree. Pancanana is worshiped extensively in Hindu villages throughout Bengal where women make invocations and anoint the stones, particularly when sickness strikes. There is a belief that children in the throes of epilepsy have been seized by the god.... |
| Demon name "Stuhac" | Serbian | A demonic mythical creature in Serbian mythology. |
| Demon name "Teharon(hiawagon) (he who holds heaven in his hands)" | Mohawk Indian / USA / Canada | Creator god. He engendered the world and all living things and is invoked by shamans to provide good health and prosperity. His adversary is the demonic figure Tawiskaron, symbolizing darkness.... |
| Demon name "Thestius" | Greek | A son of Ares and demonice or Androdice, and, according to others, a son of Agenor and a grandson of Pleuron, the king of Aetolia. Greek |
| Goddess name "Vrtra" | Hindu / Vedic | demonic god of chaos. A primordial being who existed before the formation of the cosmos and who was slain by the mother goddess SARASVATI.... |
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