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Demon name "Aesma Daeva" |
Persia | 'Fury'. demon of lust and anger. Gets very angry at cows. Persia |
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Demon name "Polunocnica" |
Ukranian | 'Lady Midnight'. A demoness said to frighten children at night. She seems to have originally been the third Zorya of midnight with sisters dawn and Sunset. Ukranian |
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Goddess name "Camunda" |
Hindu / Epic / Puranic | (1) Goddess. A distinct form of DURGA. The name is said to be a contraction of the names of the demonic beings Camda and Munda killed by her. She is also recognized among the SAPTAMATARA and ASTAMATARA mothers as well as sometimes being regarded as a NAVASAKTI. She stands variously on a lion, an owl and a corpse. Attributes: a large and varied assortment of objects are held. Three-eyed. Also YAMI.(2) Goddess. Buddhist. She stands upon a corpse. Color: red. Attributes: cup and knife.... |
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Demon name "Hayagriva (horse neck)" |
Hindu / Epic / Puranic | (1) The most significant minor incarnation of the god VIS'NU. He probably originated as a horse god and later became an avatara associated with wisdom and knowledge. At the behest of BRAHMA, Hayagriva rescued the Vedas, stolen by two demons, from the bottom of the primeval ocean. Depicted in human form with the head of a horse and, according to the texts, eight hands. Attributes: Book (Veda), horse's mane and rosary. Also the attributes of Vis'nu. Also Hayasirsa, Vadavavaktra.(2) Patron god of horses. Buddhist-Lamaist [Tibet]. One of a group of DHARMAPALA with terrible appearance and royal attire, he is considered to be an emanation of AKSOBHYA or AMITABHA. His SAKTI is MARICI. Color: red. Attributes: horse heads, staff and trident, but also arrow, ax, banner, bow, club, flames, flower, image of Aksobhya or Amitabha on the crown, lotus, noose, prayer wheel, skin, snakes, sword and trident. Three-eyed.... |
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Demon name "Eurydamas" |
Greek | 1. A son of Irus and demonassa, was one of the Argonauts. Apollonius Rhodius calls him a son of Ctimenus. 2. One of the suitors of Penelope, who was killed by Odysseus. Greek |
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"Demonassa" |
Greek | 1. The wife of Irus, and mother of Eurydamas and Eurytion. (Argonautica) 2. A daughter of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle, was the wife of Thersander, by whom she became the mother of Tisamenus. 3. The mother of Aegialus by Adrastus. Greek |
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Demon name "Astfgl" |
Discworld | A demon Lord, king of Hell, and his modern, go-ahead attitude is driving the other demons to distraction. Discworld |
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Demon name "Flauros" |
Christian | A Great Duke of Hell who gives true answers of all things past, present and future, but he must be first commanded to enter a magic triangle for if not he will lie, deceive the conjurer, and beguile him in other business. Christian demonology |
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Demon name "Focalor" |
Christian | A Great Duke of Hell who kills men, drowns them, and overthrows warships and has power over wind and sea and hoped to return to heaven after one thousand years, but he was deceived in his hope. Focalor is depicted as a man with the wings of a griffin. Christian demonology |
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Demon name "Raum" |
Christian / Gnostic | A Great Earl of Hell, ruling thirty legions of demons. |
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Demon name "Forneus" |
Christian | A Great Marquis of Hell, and has twenty-nine legions of demons under his rule. He teaches Rhetoric and languages, gives men a good name, and makes them be loved by their friends and foes. He is depicted as a sea-monster. Christian demonology |
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Demon name "Bi-har" |
Buddhist / Tibet | A Guardian deity that protects against demons |
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Demon name "Pasowee" |
Loony | A Jezebel or Aheb demon in the guise of the queen Of heaven. Loony |
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Demon name "Furcas" |
Christian | A Knight of Hell, and rules twenty legions of demons. He teaches Philosophy, Astronomy, Rhetoric, Logic, Chiromancy and Pyromancy. He is depicted as a cruel old man with a long beard and hairy head, riding a pale horse. Christian demonology |
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Demon name "Chemosh" |
Moabite | A Moabite demon. |
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Demon name "Bechard aka Bechaud" |
Hebrew | A demon having power over the winds and the tempests. He makes hail, thunder and Rain. Unk |
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Demon name "Babael" |
Hebrew | A demon known as the Keeper of Graves. |
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Demon name "Kingu" |
Akkadia | A demon mentioned in the creation epic |
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Demon name "Bune" |
Unk | A demon of death and Grand Duke of the infernal regions. He removes corpses, haunts cemeteries, and marshals the demons around the places of the dead. He has been depicted as a three-headed dragon, the heads being respectively those of a dog, griffin and man. Unk |
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Demon name "Balban" |
Hebrew | A demon of delusion. Hebrew |
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Demon name "Buer" |
Unk | A demon of the second order and has the form of a star, though sometimes depicted with the head of a lion and the feet of a goat. He appears when the Sun is in Sagittarius. Unk |
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Demon name "Fene" |
Hungarian | A demon oppososed to light and an inventor of unusual contraptions and devices. Fene is also the name of the place where demons roam. Hungarian |
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Demon name "Balan" |
Hebrew | A demon said to be high in the monarchy. The demon of finesse and ruses. Also a prince of hell. Hebrew |
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Demon name "Ghoul" |
Persian | A demon that feeds on the dead. Persian |
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Demon name "Bat horin" |
Jewish | A demon which brings diseases of the eye to one who does not wash his hands after meals. Jewish folklore |
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Demon name "Euronomus" |
Greek | A demon who ate the flesh of corpses. Greek |
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Demon name "Sankhasura" |
Hindu | A demon who warred against the gods, stole the Vedas and hid them at the bottom of the sea. They were rescued by Vishnu in the form of a fish. Hindu |
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Demon name "Kesi" |
India | A demon with and was defeated by Indra. In the Puranas, a Daitya who took the form of a horse and attacked Krishna, but was killed that hero's thrusting his arm into his jaws and rending him asunder. India |
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Demon name "Dobrochot" |
Russian | A demon, especially a domestic spirit. Russian |
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Demon name "Digawina" |
Melanesian | A demoness who steals food and stuffs it into her enormous vagina. |
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Demon name "Ahlmakoh" |
Islands | A demoniac wood-spirit. His nasal mucus plays an important part in rituals and is valued as an amulet for invulnerability. Vancouver Islands |
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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. |
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Demon name "Stuhac" |
Serbian | A demonic mythical creature in Serbian mythology. |
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Demon name "Neuralger" |
Discworld | A female demon which comes to men in their dreams and has a headache. They are usually summoned by mistake, by demonologists who were expecting a succubus. Discworld |
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Demon name "Lama" |
Acadia | A feminine benevolent protective demon that later became the half man and half bull guardian of palace entrances |
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Demon name "Ambika" |
Hindu | A feminine personification of Parvati in Hindu mythology who could transform herself into the fearsome Kali and kill demons with a supersonic hum. Hindu |
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Demon name "K'daai Yakut" |
Siberia | A fire demon and the father of smiths and iron workers. Siberia |
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Demon name "K'daai" |
Yakut / Siberia | A fire demon that originated working in wrought iron |
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Demon name "Chac Uayab Xoc" |
Maya | A fish god known as the great demon shark |
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Demon name "Candesvari aka Candika" |
Nepal | A form of Durga or Gauri, the Consort of Siva; she is one of the astamatrka and the navadurga who destroyed her demonic offspring. Nepal |
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Demon name "Bar-Lgura" |
Semitic | A gargoyle type demon said to sit on the roofs of houses and leap on the inhabitants. People so afflicted were called d'baregara. Semitic |
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Demon name "Div" |
Turkish | A giant demon or a fiend of gigantic size, and ugly, really ugly. Turkish |
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Demon name "Kabrakan" |
Mayan | A giant demon that causes earthquakes and makes mountains disappear Mayan |
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Demon name "Bishamon-Ten/ Bishamontenno/ Tiamontennu" |
Japan | A god of wealth & protector of human life that chases demons |
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Demon name "Tiamontennu" |
Maya | A god of wealth who protected of human life by chasing away demons. Maya |
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Demon name "En" |
Iltyrain | A god who was demoted a demon by the Christians |
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Demon name "Guinechen" |
Araucanian | A god whose fights with Pillan the thunder-god and Guecufu king of the demons keeps the universe in equilibrium. Araucanian |
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Goddess name "Grahamatrka" |
Buddhist | A goddess whose name means demon mother |
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Angel name "Grigori" |
Jewish | A group of fallen angels told of in Biblical apocrypha who mated with mortal women, giving rise to a race of hybrids known as the Nephilim, who are described as giants. Jewish demonology |
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Demon name "Asuras" |
Hindu / Vedic | A group of power-seeking deities, sometimes referred to as demons. They were opposed to the devas. Hindu / Vedic |
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Demon name "Lamia" |
s | A hag or demon. Keats's Lamia is a serpent which had assumed the form of a beautiful woman, beloved by a young man, and gets a soul. |
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Demon name "Namtaru" |
Mesopotamia | A hellish deity, god of death, and the messenger of An, Ereshkigal, and Nergal, considered responsible for diseases and pests. It was said that he commanded sixty diseases in the form of demons that could penetrate different parts of the human body. Mesopotamia |
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Demon name "Svyatogor" |
Slavic | A hero who fought the demon nightingale, a bird-headed human whose weapons were hurricanes. Slavic |
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Demon name "Botis" |
Hebrew | A horrid viper, but when commanded, assumes a human shape, with large teeth and horns. He bears a sharp sword in his hand, discerns past, present and future, and reconciles friends and foes. One of the three demons in the service of Agaliarept. Hebrew |
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Demon name "Biffant" |
France | A little-known demon, chief of a legion who was said to have entered the body of Denise de la Caille and who was obliged to sign with his claws the proces verbal of exorcisms. France |
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Demon name "Bush-asp" |
Parsi | A long handed demon who lulls men to sleep then attacks them. Parsi |
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Demon name "Blue Goblin" |
Carnarvonshire | A malevolent demon in Carnarvonshire. |
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Demon name "Carreau" |
Roman | A mercilessness demon and prince of the Powers. |
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Demon name "Glasya-Labolas" |
Christian | A mighty President of Hell who commands thirty-six legions of demons. He teaches all arts and sciences just in an instant. He is the author and captain of manslaughter and bloodshed, tells all things past and to come, gains the minds and love of friends and foes causing love among them if desired, incites homicides and can make a man invisible. Christian demonology |
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Demon name "Kirmira" |
India | A monster, brother of Vaka. He opposed the entrance of the Pandavas into the Kamyaka Forest, and threatened that he would eat Bhima. A furious combat ensued, in which Bhima and he hurled large trees at each other, but the demon was at length strangled and had all his bones broken by Bhima. India |
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Demon name "Li No Cha" |
China | A monstrous Immortal with three heads, eight arms and nine eyes was sent down to earth by the Jade Emperor to defeat a plague of demons. China |
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Angel name "Black Angels" |
Islamic | A name used for the fallen angels and are generally considered demons. Islamic |
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Angel name "Furfur" |
Christian | A powerful Great Earl of Hell, being the ruler of twenty-six legions of demons. He is a liar unless compelled to enter a magic triangle; then he gives true answers to every questions speaking with a rough voice. Furfur causes love between a man and a woman, creates storms and tempests, thunders, lightning and blasts, and teaches on secret and Divine things. He is depicted as a hart or winged hart, and also as an angel. Christian demonology |
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Demon name "Kuvalaswa" |
India | A prince of the Solar race, who had 21,000 sons. Attended by his sons he attacked the great Asura, Dhundhu, who lived in a sea of sand, and harassed the devotions of the pious sage Uttanka. They unearthed the demon and slew him. India |
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Demon name "Imp" |
Greek | A puny demon or spirit of mischief. |
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Demon name "Lilith" |
Jewish | A rather startling young lady started out as a wife & became a demoness |
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Goddess name "Sarasvati" |
Hindu | A sacred river in the Vedas, and as a river goddess she was often invoked to bestow vitality, renown. She is described as moving along a golden path and destroying the demon Vritra. Hindu |
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Demon name "Ahi" |
Hindu | A serpent aka Vritra, the Vedic demon of drought. Hindu |
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Archangel name "Aeshma" |
Persian | A small hairy demon able to make men perform cruel acts. One of seven archangels of the Persians. Persian |
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Demon name "Alcmaeon" |
Greek | A son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle, and brother of Amphilochus, Eurydice, and demonassa. (Apollodorus iii) His mother was induced by the necklace of Harmonia, which she received from Polyneices, to persuade her husband Amphiaraus to take part in the expedition against Thebes. |
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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 |
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Demon name "Xbalanque" |
Mayan | A son of Hun-Hunahpu and Xquic, the daughter of one of the lords of the underworld. His twin is Hunahpu. Together, the twins outwitted arrogant demons, their jealous half-brothers and the lords of the underworld. Mayan |
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Demon name "Eurytion" |
Greek | A son of Irus and demonassa, and a grandson of Actor, is mentioned among the Argonauts. (Argonautica) According to others he was a son of Actor, and he is also called Eurytus. (Apollodorus i) When Peleus was expelled from his dominions, he fled to Eurytion and married his daughter Antigone but in shooting at the Calydonian boar, Peleus inadvertently killed his father-in-law, (Apollodorus iii) |
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Demon name "Pradyumna" |
Hindu | A son of Krishna and Rukmini who, as a baby, was abducted by the demon Sambara and cast into the sea and swallowed by a fish. The fish was caught and opened and the child was found inside. He was given to a woman in Sambara's house to raise. Narada informed her about the true identity of the child. When Pradyumna grew up, he battled the demon Sambara, defeated him. Pradyumna was later killed in a drunken brawl in his father's court at Dwaraka. Hindu |
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Demon name "Mazikeen or Shedeem" |
Arabian | A species of beings in Jewish mythology exactly resembling the Arabian Jinn or genii, and said to be the agents of magic and enchantment. When Adam fell, says the Talmud, he was excommunicated for 130 years, during which time he begat demons and spectres; for, it is written, "Adam lived 130 years and (i.e. before he) begat children in his own image". Genesis v |
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Demon name "Golab" |
Christian | A spirit of wrath and sedition and an adversary of the seraphim. Christian demonology |
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Demon name "Gusion" |
Christian | A strong Great Duke of Hell, and rules over forty legions of demons. He tells all past, present and future things, shows the meaning of all questions that are asked to him, reconciles friends, and gives honour and dignity. He is depicted as a baboon. Christian demonology |
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Demon name "Bir" |
India | A very malignant village demon. India |
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Demon name "Abigor" |
Christian | A warrior demon who commands sixty legions and a Grand Duke of Hell. Can fortell future and give military advice. |
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Demon name "Wihmunga" |
Canada | A witch, or a female demon. First Nations |
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Demon name "Addanc aka adanc" |
Welsh | Addane, afanc, avanc, abhac, abac, a lake monster that also appears in Celtic and British folklore. It is described alternately as resembling a crocodile, beaver or dwarf, and is sometimes said to be a demon. The lake in which it dwells also varies; it is variously said to live in Llyn Llion, Llyn Barfog, near Brynberian Bridge or in Llyn yr Afanc, a lake in Betws-y-Coed that was named after the creature. Welsh |
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Goddess name "Lha Mo" |
Lamaism | Afemale demon who converted to a goddess of Lamaism. |
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Demon name "Agares / Aguares" |
Greek | Agares aka Aguares devil. Wierius' hierarchy states Agares is the demon of courage Grand Duke of the eastern regions of Hell, commander of thirty-one legions. |
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Demon name "Apep" |
Egypt | Aka Apepi, Apophis. demon enemy of the Sun this huge serpent caused storms and eclipses and ate the Sun at evening. Rules over: darkness, storm, night, the underworld, death, eclipses. Egypt |
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Demon name "Aim" |
Christian | Aka Haborym, Aym, is a fire demon and a duke of hell, who commands 26 legions. He appears holding a torch and riding a viper and he has 3 heads: a serpent, a man, and a cat. |
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Demon name "Xibalba" |
Mayan | Also known as Xibalba or Xibalbay, is a dangerous underworld ruled by the demons Vucub Caquix and Hun Came. The road to it is said to be steep, thorny and very forbidding. Mayan |
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Demon name "Abdiel" |
Arabic | An Arabic demon said to be the lord of slaves and slavery. His name is derived from the Arabic word 'Abd', meaning 'slave'. |
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Demon name "Dano" |
Indian | An Indian demon who is similar to the Bir. |
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Demon name "Gamaliel" |
Jewish | An adversary of the cherubim serving under Lilith, the demon of debauchery. Jewish |
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Demon name "Buyasta" |
Persian | An ancient Persian demon of laziness who tries to prevent people from working. He is one of the Daevas. |
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Angel name "Gazarniel" |
Jewish | An angel of flame of fire who tried to wound Moses when he dropped in to heaven for a coffee. Moses defeated Gazarniel by pronouncing the Holy Name consisting of 12 letters. Jewish demonograpy |
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Angel name "Gmial" |
Christian | An angelic traffic warden of the seven celestial halls. Christian demonology |
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Goddess name "Chamunda" |
Hindu | An emanation from the forehead of the goddess Durga to encounter the demons Chanda and Munda. Hindu |
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Demon name "Honoyeta" |
New Guinea | An enormous snake demon who brought mortality to human beings. Papua New Guinea |
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Demon name "Buta" |
Indonesian | An evil demon with hooked teeth. Indonesian |
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Demon name "Kuvalayapida" |
Hindu | An immense elephant, or a demon in elephantine form, belonging to Kansa, and employed by him to trample the boys Krishna and Balarama to death. The attempt failed and the elephant was killed. Hindu |
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Demon name "Delhan" |
Arabic | An ostrich riding demoniacal being who inhabits the islands of the seas who eats the flesh of shipwrecked seamen. Arabic |
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Demon name "Aesma" |
Persian | An outrageous and assaulting demon, whose name has been thought to be reflected as Asmodaeus in the Book of Tobit. Persian |
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Demon name "Nathum" |
Etruscan | An underworld demon or fury. Etruscan |
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Demon name "Katavi Ntamwezi" |
Tanzania | And in a demonic being who is chief of the water-spirits Tanzania |
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Demon name "Garuda (the devourer)" |
Hindu / Vedic | Archaic Sun god and Divine vehicle. Originally depicted as a solar deity, Garuda evolved into a bird-like human hybrid who became the deified mount of VIS'NU. Also a chief adversary of nagas (snake-like demons), which he devours. In early depictions Garuda has a parrot's beak. Said to have been born from an egg, the son of Vinata and KASYAPA. Epithets include Amrtaharana, Garutman, Tarksya. Attributes: conch, club, lotus and nectar, but may also bear the attributes of Vis'nu.(2) Mount or vahana of VAJRAPANI. Buddhist. Attributes: flower, horse-head, noose, skin and staff. Three-eyed and three-headed.... |
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Demon name "Magog and Gog" |
Hebrew | Are variously presented as men, supernatural beings (giants or demons), national groups, or lands. Gog and Magog occur widely in mythology and folklore. |
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Demon name "Astaroth aka Ashtaroth" |
Semitic | Astarot, a Grand Duke of Hell; his main assistants are four demons called Aamon, Pruslas, Barbatos and Rashaverak. Semitic |
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Planet name "Sukra (bright)" |
Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Astral god. The personification of the planet Venus and the tutor of the demons. He may, on occasion, be represented as female, owing to the fact that he was once made to swallow his attendant Kaca and then restore him to life. Color: white. Rides in a golden or silver chariot drawn by eight or ten horses. Attributes: Book, prayer wheel, purse, staff, treasure and waterjar.... |
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Demon name "Zouchou Ten" |
Japan | Attended by demons, is one of the sixteen heavenly deities protecting Hannya. Japan |
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Demon name "Kurma" |
Hindu / Puranic / Epic | Avatar of Visnu. In the form of a tortoise he placed himself at the bottom of the sea of milk, and made his back the base or pivot of the mountain Mandara. The gods and demons twisted the great serpent Vasuki round the mountain' and, dividing into two parties, each took an end of the snake as a rope, and thus churned the sea until they recovered the desired objects. Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
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Demon name "Baal" |
Assyrian | Baal is a Northwest Semitic title and honorific meaning "master" or "lord" that is used for various gods, spirits and demons particularly of the Levant, cognate to Assyrian belu. |
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Demon name "Belphegor aka Belphegore" |
Moabite | Baalphegor. demon of discovery, invention, and riches. Moabite |
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Demon name "Bathym aka Bathim" |
Greek | Bathin, Marthin. One of the three demons in the service of Fleuretty. Duke of the Infernal regions he has the appearance of a robust man but his body ends in a serpent's tail. He is well versed in the virtues of herbs and precious stones according to Wierius. He is able to transport men from one place to another with wondrous speed. He commands thirty legions. One of the 72 spirits of Solomon. |
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Goddess name "Armkis [Greek]" |
Egypt / Upper | Birth goddess. Minor deity with cult centers in lower Nubia and at Elephantine. She is variously the daughter of RE, and of KHNUM and SATIS. Anukis lives in the cataracts of the Lower Nile. Her portrait appears in the Temple of Rameses II at Beit-et-Wali where she suckles the pharaoh, suggesting that she is connected with birth and midwifery, but she also demonstrates a malignant aspect as a strangler (see HATHOR). Her sacred animal is the gazelle. Depicted anthropomorphically wearing a turban (modius) with ostrich feathers. Also Anuket (Egyptian).... |
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Goddess name "Khon-Ma" |
Tibetan | Chthonic goddess. Ruler of a horde of demons who live in the earth and who may infest houses. She is depicted typically wearing yellow robes and with attributes including a golden noose. Her vehicle is a ram. To guard against her influence, a ram's skull is hung from the doorpost of a dwelling and filled with offerings.... |
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Demon name "Uma" |
Hindu | Consort of Siva, famous for her defeat of the army of Chanda and Munda, two demons. She is represented as holding the head of Chanda in one of her four hands, and trampling on Munda. The heads of the army., strung into a necklace, adorn her body, and a girdle of the same surrounds her waist. Hindu |
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Goddess name "Gabjauja" |
Pre - Christian Lithuanian | corn goddess. She was degraded to an evil demonic presence after Christianization.... |
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Demon name "Hiranyagarbha" |
Hindu | Creator god identified in the Rig Veda, the demon king who proclaimed himself king of the universe Hindu / Vedic |
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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.... |
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Demon name "Danavas" |
India | Danava. An ancient name for demons. Half Divine / half demonic beings. India |
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Demon name "Dives aka Divs" |
Arab | Deevs. demons of Persian mythology. According to the Koran, they are ferocious and gigantic spirits under the sovereignty of Eblis. |
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Demon name "Kigatilik" |
Inuit | Delightful fanged demon who has no love of priests Inuit |
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Demon name "Eriskegal aka Erishkigal" |
Babylon / Allatu | demon queen of Seduction and Undeath, Mistress of Succubi. Babylon / Allatu |
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Demon name "Barqu" |
Unk | demon in whose keeping was the secret of the Philosopher's Stone. Unk |
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Demon name "Kingu" |
Akkadia | demon mentioned in the creation epic Akkadia |
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Demon name "Asmodeus," |
Talmud | demon of Matrimonial Unhappiness. Another name for Asmodeus, Prince of demons, who slew the seven husbands of Sara. Talmud |
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Planet name "Bifrons" |
Unk | demon of astronomy, geometry, and other such sciences, planetary influences. He often takes the form of a man. He is acquainted with the virtues of herbs, precious stones and plants. He can transport corpses from one place to another. It is he who lights the strange corpse lights above the tombs of the dead. Unk |
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Demon name "Ke'lets Chukchee" |
Siberia | demon of death Siberia |
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Demon name "Agas" |
Iran | demon of illness, especially the eyes. Iran |
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Demon name "Lamatsu" |
Akkadia | demon of the South-west wind bringing droughts, famines and locusts. Akkadia |
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Demon name "Balaam" |
Hebrew | demon preoccupied with avarice and greed. Hebrew |
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Demon name "Alauwaimis" |
Hittite | demon who drives away evil and sickness Hittite |
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Demon name "Hiranyakasipu" |
India | demon who held the earth prisoner, under flood waters. India |
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Demon name "Kaiamunu" |
New Guinea | demon who plays a large part in initiation ceremony for boys Papua New Guinea |
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Demon name "Tarpatassis" |
Hittite | demon who staves off sickness and grants long, healthy life. Hittite |
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Goddess name "Candi" |
India | demon-destroying form of the Hindu goddess Sakti. India |
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Angel name "Metatron" |
Jewish | demon / angel of countenance and custodian of strength, OK Jewish |
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Demon name "Ljubi" |
Albania | demoness who could cause drought on less a virgin was sacrificed to her Albania |
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Goddess name "Harti" |
Japan / China | demoness whom Buddha converted to a goddess who protects children instead of eating them. Japan / China |
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Demon name "Mahr" |
Germanic | demonic being similar to an Alp germanic / Slavic |
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Demon name "Guta" |
Hungary | demonic being who who beats his victims to death. Hungary |
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Demon name "Gnomes" |
Pan-European | demonic beings who inhabit woods, mountains and water. Pan-European |
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Demon name "Korybantes" |
Asia Minor | demonic companions of Kybele Asia Minor / |
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Demon name "Idlirvirisong" |
Inuit | demonic cousin of the Sun Inuit |
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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.... |
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Demon name "Mahisa" |
Hindu | demonic god Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
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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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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.... |
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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.... |
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Demon name "Bali" |
Hindu / Puranic / Epic | demonic god. Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
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Demon name "Bali" |
Hindu / Epic / Puranic | demonic god. The son of Virocana, his power was removed by VIS'NU in his avatara of VAMANA.... |
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Demon name "Wahini-Hal" |
Polynesian | demonic mother figure who sneaked through the night stealing and eating small children. Polynesian |
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Demon name "Wahini Hai" |
Polynesia | demonic mother figure who steals and eats small children. Polynesia |
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Demon name "Ekimmu" |
Babylonian | demons that infest the graves. Babylonian |
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Demon name "Catabolignes" |
Greek | demons who liked to break and crush magicians and sorcerers. |
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Demon name "Dimme" |
Sumeria | Female demon of fever and and diseases of infants. There were seven evil spirits of this kind, who were apparently regarded as being daughters of Anu, the god of the heavens. Sumeria |
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Demon name "Kukuth" |
Albania | Female demon of sickness. Albania |
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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 |
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Demon name "Lama" |
Acadia | Feminine benevolent protective demon who later became the half man and half bull guardian of palace entrances Acadia |
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Demon name "Nevertheless" |
Hebrew | Few if any Biblical uses of "Baal" refer to Hadad, the lord over the assembly of gods on the holy mount of heaven, but rather refer to any number of local spirit-deities worshipped as cult images, each called baal and regarded as an "idol". Therefore, in any text using the word baal it is important first to determine precisely which god, spirit or demon is meant. |
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Demon name "Chac Uayab Xoc" |
Mayan / Yucatec, Mesoamerican / Mexico | Fish god. Known as the great demon shark, he feeds on the bodies of drowned fishermen, but also provides catches.... |
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Demon name "Nataraja (lord of the dance)" |
Hindu / Puranic | Form of the god SI IVA. Emerging from AD 1200 onward, this form depicts SI iva as lord of the dance ringed by fire and with one foot on a demon in the form of a black dwarf. Nataraja arguably epitomizes the moving power in the cosmos. Largely seen in southern Indian bronzes which display the dance-form anandatandava.... |
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Goddess name "Khandsba" |
Hindu / late | Form of the god SI IVA. Khandoba is believed to have emerged as a deity with a distinct cultic following no earlier than the thirteenth or fourteenth century, mainly in western India and centered on Jejuri, near Poona. The god is generally regarded as one of several martial forms which SI iva took to combat demons. His consort is the goddess MHALSA, considered to be a form of PARVATI. He is depicted bearing four arms and is usually mounted on a horse, but may also be accompanied by a dog. Attributes: bowl, drum, sword and trident. Also Makhari; Mallari; Martland.... |
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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 assortment 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.... |
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Demon name "Foras aka Forcas" |
Christian | Forrasis, a powerful Great President of Hell who teaches logic and ethics, the virtues of all herbs and precious stones, can make a man witty, eloquent, invisible, live long and discover treasures and recover lost things. Christian demonology |
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Demon name "Hun Hau" |
Mayan | God of death and the Head of demons. Mayan |
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Demon name "Verbti" |
Albania | God of fire His name means "blind one". In Albanian folklore he has perfect hearing and an aversion to obscene language and corruption. With Christianization he was reviled as a demon and associated with hell. Albania |
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Supreme god name "Bagisht" |
Kafir / Afghanistan | God of flood waters and prosperity. The son of the supreme goddess DISANI, conceived when she was raped from behind by an obscure demonic entity in the shape of a ram who violated her while she was milking cows by a lakeside. Bagisht is said to have been born in the current of the Prasun river whereupon the turbulent waters became smooth-flowing and parted to allow the infant to reach the bank. There seem to have been no elaborate sanctuaries but rather an abundance of simple shrines always placed close to water. The god was celebrated at the main festivals of the Kafir agricultural year and received sacrificial portions of meat. Also Opkulu.... |
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Spirit name "Agathos Daimon (good demon)" |
Greco - Roman | God of fortune. Known locally from Alexandria and depicted in the form of a snake. May have originated as an androgynous fertility spirit, but later becomes identified as the consort of Agathe Tyche (see TYCHE). Libations were made regularly to this deity after meals and he was regarded as a friendly household guardian.... |
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Demon name "Shong-Kui" |
Taoist / Chinese | God of literature. According to tradition he committed suicide when he failed in his examinations. Also a guardian deity against demons, his attribute is a sword.... |
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Demon name "Chung K'uei" |
Taoist / Chinese | God of the afterlife. He belongs to the heavenly ministry of exorcism and, though not the most senior (he is subservient to CHANG TAO LING), is probably the most popular within the category. He was originally a mortal working as a physician in the eighth century AD. He is depicted with a fearsome face, said to be so terrible that it can drive away any demonic spirit who dares to oppose him. He is engaged in combat using a sword and a fan on which is written a magical formula to ward off evil. Symbolic peaches are suspended from his hat and a bat circles his head representing happiness.... |
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Goddess name "NINURTA (lord plough)" |
Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian / Iraq | God of thunderstorms and the plough. Ninurta is the Sumerian god of farmers and is identified with the plough. He is also the god of thunder and the hero of the Sumerian pantheon, closely linked with the confrontation battles between forces of good and evil that characterize much of Mesopotamian literature. He is one of several challengers of the malignant dragon or serpent Kur said to inhabit the empty space between the earth's crust and the primeval sea beneath. Ninurta is the son of Enlil and Ninhursaga a, alternatively Ninlil, and is the consort of Gula, goddess of healing. He is attributed with the creation of the mountains which he is said to have built from giant stones with which he had fought against the demon Asag. He wears the horned helmet and tiered skirt and carries a weapon Sarur which becomes personified in the texts, having its own intelligence and being the chief adversary, in the hands of Ninurta, of Kur. He carries the double-edged scimitar-mace embellished with lions' heads and, according to some authors, is depicted in nonhuman form as the thunderbird lmdugud (sling stone), which bears the head of a lion and may represent the hailstones of the god. His sanctuary is the E-padun-tila. Ninurta is perceived as a youthful warrior and probably equates with the Babylonian heroic god Marduk. His cult involved a journey to Eridu from both Nippur and Girsu. He may be compared with Iskur, who was worshiped primarily by herdsmen as a storm god.... |
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Demon name "Maru" |
Polynesian / Maori | God of war. One of the important deities revered by Maori clans in New Zealand in times of war, he may be represented in totems as an aggressive face with a prominent tuft of hair, staring eyes and tongue protruding, though these totems generally represent ancestors rather than deities. Maru may be invoked in the familiar Maori war dances and chants demonstrated popularly by the All Blacks before rugby matches all over the world.... |
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Demon name "War Hsuan" |
China | God of wild beasts, prison, robbers, enemies and demons of all kinds. China |
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Demon name "Khen-Pa" |
Buddhist | God who controls the demons of heaven Buddhist / Tibet |
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Demon name "Hsuan-T'ien-Shang-Ti" |
China | God who removes demons and evil spirits. Invoke for exorcism, matters involving water. China |
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Demon name "Erh Lang" |
China | God, with a magic dog, who fights the mountain demons. China |
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Demon name "Virudhaka (sprouted)" |
Buddhist | God. A dikpala or guardian of the southerly direction. Color: blue or green. Attributes: skin from the head of an elephant and sword. Also identified as the head of a group of demons, the kumbhandas.... |
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Demon name "Kacchapesvara (lord of the tortoise)" |
Hindu / Puranic | God. An epithet of S IVA. In certain artworks, particularly those inscribed on linga stones, VIS NU, in his aspect of KURMA(VATARA), the tortoise, is depicted worshiping S iva. These illustrations were designed by Saivites as part of a propaganda exercise to demonstrate the superiority of S iva over Vis nu.... |
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Goddess name "Bhutadamara (tumult of demons)" |
Buddhist / Mahayana | God. May be depicted reclining on the Hindu goddess APARAJITA. Attributes: snakes in the hair, and staff. Three-eyed.... |
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Demon name "Khen-Pa" |
Buddhist / Tibet | God. The male counterpart of KHEN-MA, he controls the demons of heaven, attended by a white dog. Attribute: a crystal staff.... |
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Goddess name "Hariti" |
Buddhist | Goddess for the protection of children, easy delivery, happy child rearing and parenting, harmony between husband and wife, love, and the well-being and safety of the family. Women without children also pray to Kishimojin to help them become pregnant. Originally, Hariti was a cannibalistic demon. She had hundreds of children whom she loved and doted upon, but to feed them, she abducted and killed the children of others. Buddhist |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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Goddess name "Khen-Ma" |
Buddhist | Goddess who is the controller of the earth's demons Buddhist / Tibet |
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Goddess name "Grahamatrka" |
Buddhist | Goddess whose name means demon mother. Buddhist |
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Goddess name "Kadru (russet)" |
Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess. One of the daughters of DAKSA, consort of KASYAPA and mother of the nagas (snake demons).... |
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Goddess name "Diti" |
Hindu / Vedic, Epic / Puranic | Goddess. The daughter of DAKSA, a consort of ADITI (in the Rg Veda) or KASYAPA and the mother of a race of demons. Attributes: blue lotus, child and fruit.See also Aditi.... |
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Goddess name "Khen-Ma" |
Buddhist / Tibet | Goddess. The female controller of the earth's demons, attended by a ram. Attribute: a golden noose.... |
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Demon name "Bi-har" |
Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Guardian deity. One of the guardian maharajas protecting against demons. Attended by a lion. Color: white. Attributes: arrow, bow, knife, staff, sword and trident. Three-eyed.... |
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Goddess name "Ankalamman" |
Hindu / Dravidian | Guardian goddess who wards off demons. Sister of Draupadi. Hindu / Dravidian |
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Goddess name "Ankalamman" |
Hindu - Dravidian / Tamil | Guardian goddess. Known particularly in southern India where she wards off demons. Alternatively she is an aspect of KALI.... |
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Demon name "Yine'ane'ut" |
Koryak / southeastern Siberia | Guardian spirit. One of the daughters of Big Raven, QUIKINN.A'QU, regarded as a shamanka engaged in a constant struggle with the underworld demons, the kalau. Her sister is Cana'ina'ut and she is the consort of the earth spirit TANUTA.... |
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Demon name "Hedammu" |
Hurrian | He is a snake demon that resides in the sea and he is constantly hungry |
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Demon name "Gaderel" |
Jewish | He who showed the children of the people all the blows of death, who misled Eve, who showed the children of the people how to make the instruments of death, the shield, the breastplate, and the sword for warfare, and all the other instruments of death to the children of the people" - 1 Enoch 69:4-12. Quite a busy boy... Jewish demonology |
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Demon name "Illujanka" |
Hittite | Hittite snake demon. |
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Demon name "Lu Dong-bin" |
Taoist / Chinese | Immortal being. One of the eight immortals of Taoist mythology, he was once a mortal being who achieved immortality through his lifestyle. The tutelary god of barbers. Attributes include a sword with which he conquers demons.See also BA XIAN.... |
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Demon name "Imps" |
Discworld | Imps are tiny demons that perform minor tasks rapidly. A number of Discworld labour-saving devices exist which function by trapping small imps. The most notable is the iconograph, but others include watches, food processors, razors and personal organisers. The imps in these devices seem not to mind their jobs, although they get sarcastic if overworked or asked to do things outside their purview. Discworld |
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Demon name "Rama (pleasing)" |
Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Incarnation of the god VIS NU. The seventh avatara (sun aspect) of Vis nu. Rama began as a comparatively minor incarnation who became one of the great heroes of the Ramayana epic, as well as featuring in the Mahabharata. The son of Dasaratha and Kausalya, he was a king of Ayodhya who, in the Ramayana, slew the demon Ravana that had captured his consort SITA and was upheld as a deity par excellence in respect of manhood and honor, though his subsequent treatment of his wife might be regarded as cavalier (see Sita). The Ramayana epic was composed by the poet and sage Valmeeki during the reign of Ramachandra and it gave form to a story that had been in existence for many centuries as an oral tradition. Valmeeki portrayed Rama not as an incarnate deity but as a great mortal hero. The saga is strongly political and serves to unite a vast and fragmented people in a common focus, irrespective of caste and language. It defines the historical schism between the Hindu culture of India and the largely Buddhist tradition of Sri Lanka. Rama rides in a chariot and is depicted in human form with two arms, typically holding a sugar cane bow and with a quiver at his shoulder. Also Ramacandra.... |
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Demon name "Matsya" |
Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Incarnation of the god VIS'NU. In this first avatara Vis'nu appears as a fish which, according to one legend, tows a ship carrying the law-giver MANU to safety after the primal flood. Matsya engages in an epic battle with the demon HAYAGRIVA who stole the Vedas from a sleeping BRAHMA. Usually depicted with a human torso carrying symbols, e.g. wheel and conch, on a fish's body.... |
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Goddess name "Balarama (strength of Rama)" |
Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Incarnation of the god VIS'NU. May have originated in Vedic times as an agricultural fertility deity. He is the son of VASUDEVA and DEVAKI, though born from the womb of ROHINI. Jointly with KRSNA (his brother), he is identified as the eighth avatara (incarnation) of Vis'nu, or, with RAMA, as the seventh. Legend describes how Vis'nu impregnated the belly of the goddess Devaki with two hairs, one black, one white. To ensure their safety against a demon king, they were transferred before birth to Rohini. Krsna grew to be dark-skinned, and Balarama light. The latter enjoys similar characteristics to Krsna but fails to attract the same popularity. He is usually depicted on the right side of Krsna, rarely standing alone. The consort of Balarama is REVATI and his sons are Nisatha and Ulmuka. Epithets included Ananda (joy). In Jainism he is known as Baladeva. Attributes: arrow, club, drinking cup, fan palm, honey pot, lotus, pestle, pitcher, plough, prayer wheel, shield and sword.... |
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Demon name "Parasurama (Rama-with-the-ax)" |
Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Incarnation of the god VIS'NU. The sixth avatara of Vis'nu (see also RAMA) in which form he saved the world from an army of tyrannical warriors. According to legend, Rama, the son of a wise man, became a skilled bowman and in gratitude he went to the Himalaya where he stayed, devoting himself to SIVA. His consort is DHARANI. Though without his bow, Rama acted as a champion of the gods in a war against the demons and was rewarded with an ax. In another legend, Vis'nu took the form of Parasurama to rid the world of despotic rulers. This avatara appears in human form, with two arms and with an ax in the right hand. Other attributes: arrow, bow, knife, skin and sword. Also Parasuramavatara.... |
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Demon name "Varaha (boar)" |
Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Incarnation of the god VISNU. The third avatara of Vis'nu, which appears as a boar. According to legend, he descends in this guise to the bottom of the primeval sea to rescue the earth, which has been removed there by a demon. He retrieves it in the shape of a girl. The avatara may be depicted in wholly animal form or as a human with a boar's head. Epithets include Adivaraha.... |
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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.... |
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