| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Demon name "Asmodeus," | Talmud | demon of Matrimonial Unhappiness. Another name for Asmodeus, Prince of demons, who slew the seven husbands of Sara. Talmud |
| Demon name "Astaroth aka Ashtaroth" | Semitic | Astarot, a Grand Duke of Hell; his main åśśistants are four demons called Aamon, Pruslas, Barbatos and Rashaverak. Semitic |
| Demon name "Astfgl" | Discworld | A demon Lord, king of Hell, and his modern, go-ahead attitude is driving the other demons to distraction. Discworld |
| Demon name "Asuras" | Hindu / Vedic | A group of power-seeking deities, sometimes referred to as demons. They were opposed to the devas. Hindu / Vedic |
| Demon name "Asuras" | Hindu / Vedic | sky gods. Identified in the opening of the Rg Veda, they become demonic in later Hinduism, the antagonists of the DEVA gods.... |
| Demon name "Ato" | Enochian | A cacodemon. Enochian |
| 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. |
| Demon name "Baalberith" | Canaanite | Lord of covenant, god of death and demon master of the infernal alliance. demon of blasphemy and murder. demon of the second order. Chief secretary and Archivist of Hell, master of the Infernal Alliance. He was one of the demons who possessed an Ursuline nun at Aix-en-Provence in 1610. Canaanite |
| Demon name "Babael" | Hebrew | A demon known as the Keeper of Graves. |
| 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.... |
| Demon name "Balaam" | Hebrew | demon preoccupied with avarice and greed. Hebrew |
| 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 |
| 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.... |
| Demon name "Balban" | Hebrew | A demon of delusion. Hebrew |
| Demon name "Bali" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | demonic god. Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
| Demon name "Bali" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | demonic god. The son of Virocana, his power was removed by VIS'NU in his avatara of VAMANA.... |
| Demon name "Baltazo" | France | One of the demons supposed to have possessed Nicole Aubry of Laon, France, in the year 1566. He went to dine with her husband under the pretext of freeing her from demon possession, which he did not accomplish. It was observed that at supper he did not drink, which showed that demons are averse to water. |
| 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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