Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Adrammelech" | Middle East | Adramelech, a high chancellor of hell and president of the high council of devils. He can sometimes appear with a mule or a peaçõçk. Middle east |
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. |
Spirit name "Ahriman / Arimanius / Angra Mainya," | Zoroaster | Aka Arimanius or Angra Mainya, stood high in the ranks of the enemies who opposed Ahura Mazda (aka Ohrmazd or Oromasdes). Ahriman is thought to be the first personification of "the devil" the supreme evil spirit and lord of the darkness and death. |
"Alichino" | Roman | Wing-drooped. A devil, in The Inferno of Dante. |
"Amaimon" | Hebrew | One of the chief devils whose dominion is on the north side of the infernal gulf. He might be bound or restrained from doing hurt from the third hour till noon, and from the ninth hour till evening. Hebrew |
"Balberith" | Christian | Ex-prince of the Order of Cherubim, now in Hell, Grand Pontiff and Master of Ceremonies, usually the one to countersign or notarize the signatures on any pact entered into between mortals and the devil, and so referred to a 'Scriptor of Hell.' Christian |
Hero name "Bensozia" | Greek | chief deviless of a certain Sabbatic meeting held in France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The Diana of the Ancient Gauls, and was also called Nocticula, Herodias, and "The moon." |
God name "Blinded Angel" | Catholic | The devil Satan. According to Pope John Paul II the devil exists in perpetual darkness because he has blinded himself to the light and beauty of God. Catholic |
Spirit name "Devil" | Christian | The supreme spirit of evil, the tempter and spiritual enemy of mankind, the foe of God and holiness. Jewish and Christian |
"Devil's Advocate" | Christian | In the Catholic Church when a name is suggested for canonisation, some person is appointed to oppose the proposition, and is expected to give reasons why it should not take place. This person is technically called Advocatus Diaboli. Having said his say, the conclave decides the question. |
"Devil's Arrows" | Britain | Three Druid stones near Boroughbridge. Britain |
"Dunstan" | Britain | Patron saint of goldsmiths. He burnt the devil's nose with red hot tongs. Britain |
"Frau Welt" | German | A female fairy mistress according to the medieval church, the devil. |
"Gasueko" | Basque | The lord of darkness as that may prove a friendly and helpful, but he may also appear as a devil |
Spirit name "Herensugue" | Basque | Seven-headed snake shaped devil spirit. Basque |
God name "Hiisi Karelin" | Finland | A pre-Christian tree god that of course was demoted to mean devil, but in the eight minor sense |
"Hornie" | Scotland | Auld Hornie. The devil, so called in Scotland. The allusion is to the horns with which Satan is generally represented. |
"Iblis" | Islamic | The Islamic version of the Jewish / Christian devil |