Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Demon name "Rakshasas" | Scandinavian | when Brahma created the demons, Yakshas and the Rakshasas, both of which kinds of demons, as soon as born, wished to devour their creator, those among them that called out 'Not so! oh, let him be saved were named Rakshasas. The Bhagavata Purana |
"Sarpa" | Hindu | Sarpa serpent was produced from Brahma's hair, which, owing to his fright at beholding the Yakshas, whom he had created horrible to behold, fell off from the head, each hair becoming a serpent. Hindu |
Demon name "Varaha" | Hindu | The third avatar of Vishnu, in the form of a boar, who appeared in order to defeat Hiranyaksha, a demon who had taken the earth and carried it to the bottom of the cosmic ocean. Hindu |
Spirit name "Yaksha" | Hindu | Well-meaning natural spirits, guardians of buried treasure. Hindu |