| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Demon name "Old Scratch" | Scandinavian | The devil; so called from Schratz or Skratti, a demon of Scandinavian mythology. |
| Demon name "Ona" | Enochian | A cacodemon. Enochian |
| Demon name "Onh" | Enochian | A cacodemon. Enochian |
| Demon name "Oni" | Japanese | The demons and ogres of Japanese folklore |
| Demon name "Onp" | Enochian | A cacodemon. Enochian |
| 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 "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.... |
| Demon name "Pasowee" | Loony | A Jezebel or Aheb demon in the guise of the queen Of heaven. Loony |
| Goddess name "Pidari (snake-catcher)" | Hindu / Puranic / later | One of the consorts of S IVA. A benevolent NAVASAKTI. The cult of Pidari probably evolved in the sixth and seventh centuries AD and is generally restricted to southern India. She is considered an aspect of the goddess KALI and is invoked in many villages to ward off evil and demons. She has most of the attributes of Kali and may also have snakes around her breasts, but may additionally be represented by a stone. Her cult moved at one time and reached a climax in eastern India between the eighth and twelfth centuries. Attributes: cup, fire, noose and trident. Also Pitali; Kala-Pidari.... |
| Demon name "Piru" | Finland | spirit, demon. Probably later loan word related to "spirit". |
| Demon name "Piz" | Enochian | A cacodemon.. Enochian |
| 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 |
| Demon name "Poruthu-madan" | Tamil | Wrestling demon and the nature spirit åśśociated with the air. Tamil |
| 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 |
| Demon name "Pramatha" | Hindu | The tormentors, a clåśś of demons who attend upon Siva. Hindu |
| Demon name "Raiden" | Japan | Raijin. God of thunder typically depicted as a demon beating drums to create thunder. Japan |
| 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 |
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