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2332: 1935:, the fourth king of the world, ruled over both angels and divs, and served as a high priest of Ahura Mazda (Hormozd). Like his father, he slayed many divs, however, spared some under the condition they teach him new valuable arts, such as writing in different languages. After a just reign over hundreds of years, Jamshid grew haughty and claimed, because of his wealth and power, divinity for himself. Whereupon God withdraws his blessings from him, and his people get unsatisfied with their king. With the ceasing influence of God, the devil gains power and aids Zahhak to usurp the throne. Jamshid dies sawn in two by two demons. Tricked by Ahriman (or Iblis), Zahhak grew two snakes on his shoulders and becomes the demonic serpent-king. The King 2222: 2375: 2149:. Although all these supernatural powers were translated, none were angels, despite sharing a similar function to that of the Greek Daimon. This established a dualism between the angels on God's side and negatively evaluated demons of pagan origin. Their relationship to the God-head became the main difference between angels and demons, not their degree of benevolence. Both angels and demons might be fierce and terrifying. However, the angels act always at service of the high god of the Israelites, differing from the pagan demons, who represent the powers of foreign deities. The Septuagint refers to evil spirits as demons (daimon). 717:
disease and poisoning at will. They are sometimes seen as beings requiring worship to be appeased or placated. Tiger Demons (虎妖) and Wolf Demons (狼妖) are ravening beings roaming large territories for prey, taking the form of humans to conveniently insert themselves into communities and settlements. Tiger demons are described as being enslave the souls of humans they have killed, turning them into minions. In the superstitious climate of the previous centuries, people mistaken as tigers and wolves in human disguise were often put to death or starved in their cells by magistrates.
3077:, the existence of foreign unknown forces was increasingly rejected. Demons were explained as non-existent. Visions of demons and ghosts were explained as the products of one's own mind. By labelling local deities and demons as superstition, local religious ideas were banished, supporting the promotion of nationwide gods and religions. Because of that, demons became increasingly associated with delusions. Wilkinson Duran states that people who believe in demons are often marginalized in the United States. The notion of possession was at odds with Western philosophy, such as the 2290:. In Genesis, God tests the will of Abraham merely to determine whether he is a true follower, however; in Jubilees, Mastema has an agenda behind promoting the sacrifice of Abraham's son, "an even more demonic act than that of Satan in Job". In Jubilees, where Mastema, an angel tasked with tempting mortals into sin and iniquity, requests that God give him a tenth of the spirits of the children of the watchers, demons, in order to aid the process (Jubilees 10:7–9). These demons are passed into Mastema's authority, where once again, an angel is in charge of demonic spirits. 6226: 5348: 1643: 4307: 2351: 2769: 635:, when ordered to punish humans on earth or in the netherworld. Wanderers can also be agents of chaos, arising from the world beyond creation to bring about misfortune and suffering without any divine instructions, led only by evil motivations. The influences of the wanderers can be warded off and kept at the borders of the human world by the use of magic, but they can never be destroyed. A sub-category of "wanderers" are nightmare demons, which were believed to cause nightmares by entering a human body. 677:- shapeshifters with the power to cause insanity, to inflict poison, and to bring about disease, and the mo 魔 - derived from Indian mythology and entering through the influence of Buddhism. In folk belief, these beings are responsible for misfortune, insanity, and illness, and any number of strange phenomena that could not easily be accounted for. Epilepsy and stroke, which led to either temporary or permanent contortions, were generally seen as the results of demonic possession and attacks (中邪). 1908: 666: 1750:). Before the demons attacked the realm of light, they have been in constant battle and intercourse against each other. It is only in the realm of darkness demons are described in their physical form. After their assault on the world above, they have been overcome by the Living Spirit, and imprisoned in the structure of the world. From that point onwards, they impact human's ethical life, and appear as personified ethical qualities, mostly greed, envy, grief, and wrath (desire for destruction). 2158: 1613: 66: 2757: 604:
highlighting the demon names with red ink. Demons in this culture appeared to be subordinative and related to a specific deity, yet they may have occasionally acted independently of the divine will. The existence of demons can be related to the realm of chaos, beyond the created world. But even this negative connotation cannot be denied in light of the magical texts. The role of demons in relation to the human world remains ambivalent and largely depends on context.
2286:). In Jubilees, the sins of man are attributed to "the unclean demons began to lead astray the children of the sons of Noah, and to make to err and destroy them" (Jubilees 10:1). In Jubilees, Mastema questions the loyalty of Abraham and tells God to "bid him offer him as a burnt offering on the altar, and Thou wilt see if he will do this command" (Jubilees 17:16). The discrepancy between the story in Jubilees and the story in Genesis 22 exists with the presence of 2002: 10336: 8904: 2930:. In contrast to the jinn, devils are usually not described with human-like features, but are created from fire too, which explains some extraordinary abilities among both creatures. The primary function of devils is to tempt humans (and jinn) to sin. They are, however, sent by God and endowed with immortality until the world ceases to exist. Prayers are used to ward off their attacks, dissolving them temporarily. Both jinn and devils feature in Islamic 1414: 788:
demonic or become diabolical - "ru mo". (入魔). As such it is often a condition and a state, rather than always being directly the result of a certain innate heritage. Furthermore, certain beings derived directly from Indian mythology, such as the "luocha" ("罗刹" or raksasha) and "yecha" ("夜叉" or yaksha), however are classed as being innately demonic (魔) types by heritage but are nevertheless represented as being capable of repentance or turning to good.
3054: 2981:, demons are not regarded as independent evil spirits as they are in some faiths. Rather, evil spirits described in various faiths' traditions, such as Satan, fallen angels, demons and jinn, are metaphors for the base character traits a human being may acquire and manifest when he turns away from God and follows his lower nature. Belief in the existence of ghosts and earthbound spirits is rejected and considered to be the product of superstition. 8916: 2188:, demons are not morally ambivalent spirits, but evil; causes of misery, suffering, and death. They are not tempters, but the cause of pain, suffering, and maladies, both physical and mental. Temptation is reserved for the devil only. Unlike spirits in pagan beliefs, demons are not intermediary spirits who must be sacrificed for the appeasement of a deity. Possession also shows no trace of positivity, contrary to some pagan depictions of 10326: 812: 588: 311: 709:, a child-like being with red eyes). These demons were said to be born of aberrant qi (breath or energy), known to accost and kill travellers, and held responsible for sickness. People also feared the Muling 木灵 lit. "tree spirit" (also muzhong 木肿 lit. "tree swelling") - demons forming over time in trees of immense age, capable of inflicting disease and killing human passers-by and birds flying overhead. Examples include the 556: 3145:. Al-Masʿūdī is similarly critical regarding the reality of demons. He states that alleged demonic encounters are the result of fear and "wrong thinking". Alleged encounters are then told to other generations in bedtime stories and poems. When they grow up, they remember such stories in a state of fear or loneliness. This encourages their imaginations, resulting in another alleged demonic encounter. 2424:
fallen angels known from Christian scriptures, Origen talks about Greek daemons, like nature spirits and giants. These creatures were thought to inhabit nature or air and nourish from pagan sacrifices roaming the earth. However, there is no functional difference between the spirits of the underworld and of earth, since both have fallen from perfection into the material world. Origen sums them up as
3386: 924:. He was usually regarded as evil, but he could also sometimes be a beneficent entity who protected against winds bearing pestilence and he was thought to be able to force Lamashtu back to the underworld. Amulets bearing his image were positioned in dwellings to protect infants from Lamashtu and pregnant women frequently wore amulets with his head on them as protection from her. 1635: 1543:, are not uncommon. The Asura are not fundamentally against the gods, nor do they tempt humans to fall. Many people metaphorically interpret the Asura as manifestations of the ignoble passions in the human mind and as symbolic devices. There were also cases of power-hungry asuras challenging various aspects of the gods, but only to be defeated eventually and seek forgiveness. 1624: 930:'s name means "youthful brilliance", but he was not envisioned as youthful god. According to one tradition, he was the consort of Ninhursag, a tradition which contradicts the usual portrayal of Enki as Ninhursag's consort. In one Sumerian poem, offerings made to Šhul-pa-e in the underworld and, in later mythology, he was one of the demons of the underworld. 2048:
traditions, they can enter sexual relationships with humans and sire offspring. Demons are believed to be mostly active at night and a bad smell in the air or sudden change in temperature would announce their presence. In some tales, supernatural powers are attributed to them, such as causing sickness, mental illnesses, or even turn humans to stone.
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are almost mindless, gross, and grunting spirits, which try to possess people instinctively, simply attracted by the warmth and life of humans. These cause diseases, fatal accidents and animalistic behavior in their victims. They are unable to speak, while other lower types of demons might give out false oracles. The demons are divided into:
2969:(Satan) refuses to do so and is consequently punished. He explains that the devils observed the jinn causing corruption on earth, whereupon they were sent to chase away the jinn from the surface. When God created a successor to the jinn, they protested and those who remained in protest, have been punished with hell. 2538:, to be servants of God. According to S. N. Chiu, God is shown sending a demon against Saul in 1 Samuel 16 and 18 in order to punish him for the failure to follow God's instructions, showing God as having the power to use demons for his own purposes, putting the demon under his divine authority. According to the 3012:
You think, as I infer from your words, that a demon is the same as a devil, which is not the case. For a demon is said to be any invisible being using reason, as if knowing. Of these the two high orders are called calodemons, that is, 'good knowing ones', the lower order is called cacodemon, that is,
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is not only testified by the Quran, but also by pre-Islamic literature in the seventh century. The jinn were made responsible for various diseases, mental illnesses, and demonic possession, but also venerated for means of protection. The distinction between a deity and a jinni in pre-Islamic times is
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proposed the existence of several types of demons, deeply influenced by the material nature of the regions they dwell. The highest and most powerful demons attack the mind of people using their "imaginative action" (phantastikos) to produce illusions in the mind. The lowest demons, on the other hand,
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assumed demons were ghosts of the Nephilim, known from Intertestamental writings. Because of references to Satan as the lord of demons and evil angels of Satan throughout the New Testament, other scholars identified fallen angels with demons. Demons as entirely evil entities, who have been born evil,
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accidentally transcribes astrological knowledge used by the Watchers. This differs from Enoch in that it does not place blame on the angels. However, in Jubilees 10:4 the evil spirits of the Watchers are discussed as evil and still remain on Earth to corrupt humans. God binds only 90% of the Watchers
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describes demons as the opposite of the creative power of God. As such, they cannot create, but only corrupt, and thus, evil is merely the corruption of the good. Since demons can only destroy, they will ultimately destroy themselves. Chapter 30 questions the reality of demons, since their existence
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Belief in wilderness demons haunted China from the very earliest periods and persisted throughout the late imperial era. In the Xia dynasty, nine bronze cauldrons with their forms were cast to help the common people to identify and to avoid them. Classical texts in the Zhou and Warring-States period
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that daimons are exclusively evil entities, supporting the later idea of (evil) demons. According to Origen's cosmology, increasing corruption and evil within the soul, the more estranged the soul gets from God. Therefore, Origen opined that the most evil demons are located underground. Besides the
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Rustam's battle against the demonic may also have a symbolic meaning: Rustam represents wisdom and rationality, fights the demon, embodiment of passion and instinct. Rustam's victory over the White Div is also a triumph over men's lower drives, and killing the demon is a way to purge the human soul
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Invocation of Saints, holy men and women, especially ascetics, reading the Gospel, holy oil or water is said to drive them out. However, Psellos' schemes have been too inconsistent to answer questions about the hierarchy of fallen angels. The devil's position is impossible to assign in this scheme
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Common features of these Middle Eastern demons are their immortality and pernicious nature, they can turn invisible, and can be enslaved when pierced by a silver needle. Due to their reluctant nature, even enslaved, they do always the opposite of what has been commanded. Like the jinn from Islamic
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One notable demon not in the above categories includes the Heisheng or Heiqi 黑气 ("Black Calamity" or "Black Air"), a kind of roving vapour demon that inflicts damage to persons and property wherever it roams, sometimes killing where it goes. Another are undefined Poltergeists, sometimes afflicting
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From the Tang dynasty onwards, belief in shapeshifting foxes, tigers and wolves, amongst other creatures, also featured in Chinese folk belief, partly due to the existence of outlawed fox-spirit cults. Fox Demons (狐妖) are described as cunning and lustful, capable of clairvoyance, and of inflicting
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disagrees with this interpretation, arguing that the ghosts of the Nephilim are distinct. The evil spirits would make the people sacrifice to the demons, but they were not demons themselves. The spirits are stated in Enoch to "corrupt, fall, be excited, and fall upon the earth, and cause sorrow".
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each year. The exorcists of the Catholic Church teach that demons attack humans continually but that afflicted persons can be effectively healed and protected either by the formal rite of exorcism, authorized to be performed only by bishops and those they designate, or by prayers of deliverance,
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Mo (魔) - derived from the "Mara" of Buddhism and are almost always evil. This kind of being is morally corrupted and rebels against the moral law and heavenly principle. Taoist cultivators, fallen Buddhist monks, gods and mortals who have succumbed to an evil inclination are said to have become
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Ancient Egyptian demons can be divided into two classes: "guardians" and "wanderers". "Guardians" are tied to a specific place; their demonic activity is topographically defined and their function can be benevolent towards those who have the secret knowledge to face them. Demons protecting the
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is a demonic god who was well known to the Babylonians and Assyrians throughout the first millennium BCE. He is shown with "a rather canine face with abnormally bulging eyes, a scaly body, a snake-headed penis, the talons of a bird and usually wings". He was believed to be the son of the god
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lacks a term for the modern English "demon". Both deities and demons can act as intermediaries to deliver messages to humans. By that, they share some resemblance to the Greek daimon. However, magical writings indicate that ancient Egyptians acknowledged the existence of malevolent demons by
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Demons in the religious sense are known as Mo (魔) and are generally derived from Indian lore through Buddhism. These include the man-eating, night-flying luocha 罗刹 (raksasha) and the yecha 夜叉 (yaksha). These have also entered Chinese folk religion and Taoism. Another closely related term,
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Fish (鱼妖) and snake demons (蛇妖) are said to have attempted to assault Confucius. Even insects are capable of being demonic. In one tale, the sighting of a Centipede Demon (蜈蚣妖) in the form of an old woman without eyes is said to have led to the sickness and death of an entire household.
901:. Although Lamashtu has traditionally been identified as a demoness, the fact that she could cause evil on her own without the permission of other deities strongly indicates that she was seen as a goddess in her own right. Mesopotamian peoples protected against her using 776:- a kind of uncanny supernatural creature, usually with the power to shapeshift, to poison or to cause disease, and to bewilder or enthrall. They are associated with sorcery or sorcery-like powers. They are not always evil in the sense that Western demons or the Chinese 2108:
belief-system prevailing in Middle Eastern and Central Asian culture at the time, authors emphasized that demons only exist by God's will and not as an independent or even accidental part of the world. Muslim authors sometimes identified the demons with the devils and
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In the imperial era, anxiety over unexplained serial murders, missing persons, accidents or diseases sometimes led to instances of mass panic requiring imperial intervention. Exorcism was a court function during the Zhou dynasty, led by ritual specialists known as
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an ontological existence. He explains demons are deficient creatures, who willingly turn themselves towards the unreal and non-existence. Their dangerous nature results not from the power of their nature, but from their tendency to drag others into the
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from such evil inclinations. The killing of the White Div is an inevitable act to restore the human king's eyesight. Eliminating the divs is an act of self-preservation to safeguard the good in oneself's, and the part acceptable in a regulated society.
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and are accorded various purging punishments before being reborn. Humans that have committed extraordinary wrongs are condemned to roam as lonely, often mischief mongers, spirits for a length of time before being reborn. Many kinds of such spirits
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Although Peck's earlier work was met with widespread popular acceptance, his work on the topics of evil and possession has generated significant debate and derision. Much was made of his association with (and admiration for) the controversial
2275:, this same event is told slightly differently: "All the powers of Mastema had been let loose to slay all the first-born in the land of Egypt. And the powers of the Lord did everything according as the Lord commanded them." (Jubilees 49:2–4) 685:. In later dynaties, roving Taoist sorcerers, Buddhist monks, as well as eccentric folk magicians, plied their services in warding off, exorcising, countering or defeating these demons through the use of amulets, charms, spells, and chants. 1085:
Demons supposedly entered the body and caused the disease while overwhelming or "seizing" the victim. To cure such diseases, it was necessary to draw out the evil demons by certain incantations and talismanic performances, at which the
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during the post-Vedic period, withdrawal of sacrificial rituals was considered a threat to the gods. Ascetic humans or ascetic demons were supposed to be more powerful than gods. Pious, highly enlightened Asuras and Rakshasas, such as
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can lead humans to sin through direct interaction or through providing forbidden knowledge. Most scholars understand the text, that demons originate from the evil spirits of the deceased giants, cursed by God to wander the Earth.
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as well as spirits summoned in magic. Tasmanian Aboriginal people would describe these entities as "devils" and related that these spiritual beings as walking alongside Aboriginal people "carrying a torch but could not be seen".
2397:, demonology has developed from a simple acceptance of demons to a complex study that has grown from the original ideas taken from Jewish demonology and Christian scriptures. Christian demonology is studied in depth within the 3021:, which gives the names and abilities of demons as well as detailed instructions for conjuring and controlling them. Grimoires are not limited to demons – some give instructions for the invocation of deity, a process called 851:; their primary purpose appears to have been to drag unfortunate mortals back to Kur. They are frequently referenced in magical texts, and some texts describe them as being seven in number. Several extant poems describe the 3644:
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The contemporary Roman Catholic Church unequivocally teaches that angels and demons are real beings rather than just symbolic devices. The Catholic Church has a cadre of officially sanctioned exorcists which perform many
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as good while considering the material and conscious world to be inherently evil. The demonized star-deities of late Persian religion became associated with a demon, thus identifying the seven observable planets with an
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and the Indian-influenced Mo (魔) feature prominently in Chinese legends and folktales about the supernatural and the uncanny, and these days are staples of popular culture and fantasy fiction in games, movies and books.
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and others explicitly denied their existence, and completely rejected concepts of demons, evil spirits, negative spiritual influences, attaching and possessing spirits. They thought the essential teaching about
1864:) are mixed. On one hand, they are regarded as light particles of the world soul fixed in the sky. On the other hand, stars are identified with powers hindering the soul from leaving the material world. The 3161:
developed this idea and claimed that the concept of demons was derived from the important relation of the living to the dead: "The fact that demons are always regarded as the spirits of those who have died
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Aside from recurring in Chinese superstition of the imperial era, they also appear as antagonists, and sometimes protagonists, in multiple genres of Chinese literature. These include mythic literature (
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Chinese folktale, legend and literature are replete with malevolent supernatural creatures who are often rendered "demons" in English translations. These include categories of beings such as the yao
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In mainland China, belief in demons is very rare. Today, these beings appear primarily as antagonists in the fantasy genre, and especially in entertainment aimed at children and young adults.
482:, Christians eyed their cities' old pagan statuary as a seat of the demons' presence. It was no longer beautiful, it was infested." The term had first acquired its negative connotations in the 1371:. Because the evil in humans is great, only 10% would be needed to corrupt and lead humans astray. These spirits of the giants are also referred to as "the bastards" in the apotropaic prayer 470:: "Like pagans, Christians still sensed and saw the gods and their power, and as something, they had to assume, lay behind it, by an easy traditional shift of opinion they turned these pagan 4951:
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and similar spirits is, that they should not be an object of worship, not a reality to be acknowledged or feared. Their point of view eventually became mainstream Jewish understanding.
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remarked that "among the activities attributed by myths all over the world to demons, the harmful predominate, so that in popular belief bad demons are clearly older than good ones."
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in particular, play instrumental roles in the creation of Adam and Eve. According to Manichaeism, the watchers, known as angels in Jewish lore, are not considered angels, but demons.
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were replaced by demons, forces of evil only striving for corruption. Such demons are not the Greek intermediary spirits, but hostile entities, already known in Iranian beliefs. In
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was a demonic goddess with the "head of a lion, the teeth of a donkey, naked breasts, a hairy body, hands stained (with blood?), long fingers and fingernails, and the feet of
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Belief in demons does not constitute an essential feature in Buddhism. However, since belief in demons were common during the rise of Buddhism, they are integrated into the
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disputed that Maimonides denied the existence of demons entirely. He would only dispute the existence of demons in his own life time, but not that demons had existed once.
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Ram-headed demon. The hands probably outstretch to hold two snakes. From a royal tomb in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt. End of the 18th Dynasty, around 1325 BCE
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and nightmares. There also existed a demon of blindness, "Shabriri" (lit. "dazzling glare") who rested on uncovered water at night and blinded those who drank from it.
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in a Persian manuscript. As evident from the poetry of Sanā'ī Ghaznavī, the sword is believed to be made from fire (آتش), able to kill not only a body but also a soul.
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and it does not respond to living perceptions of felt experience and was considered rather impractical to have a lasting effect or impact on Christian demonology.
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There are numberless designations for various groups of demonic entities in Manichaean cosmology. The general term used for the beings of the world of darkness is
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on the realm of light, and a future moment when both principles are distinct forever. Thus, evil and demons played a significant role within Manichaean teachings.
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do not refer to demons as they remain at the service of God: "Stand not in the way of an ox when coming from the pasture, for Satan dances between his horns".
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Demons are included in biblical interpretation. In the story of Passover, the Bible tells the story as "the Lord struck down all the firstborn in Egypt" (
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Demons are believed to be vanquished by sacred symbols. The content of the symbol depends on the prevailing religion of the culture. Among Turks, the
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The "wanderers" are associated with possession, mental illness, death and plagues. Many of them serve as executioners for the major deities, such as
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Pantić, Nikola. Sufism in Ottoman Damascus: Religion, Magic, and the Eighteenth-century Networks of the Holy. Taylor & Francis, 2023. chapter 3
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from the second century onwards created a more complicated tapestry of beliefs about "demons" that was largely independent of Christian scripture.
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explains that he is the son of an angel and a human mother. Another demon describes himself as having died in the "massacre in the age of giants".
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The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful: The Survival of Ancient Iranian Ethical Concepts in Persian Popular Narratives of the Islamic Period p. 24
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The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful: The Survival of Ancient Iranian Ethical Concepts in Persian Popular Narratives of the Islamic Period p. 24
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The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful: The Survival of Ancient Iranian Ethical Concepts in Persian Popular Narratives of the Islamic Period p. 24
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of Celtic legend and folklore in their powers and predisposition - and are sometimes translated as "faeries" or "daemons" rather than "demons".
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Zhanar, Abdibek, et al. "The Problems of the Mythological Personages in the Ancient Turkic Literature." Asian Social Science 11.7 (2015): 341.
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Plomley, N. J. B. (1991). The Westlake papers: records of interviews in Tasmania by Ernest Westlake. Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery.
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distinguishes between the jinn worshipped in private and deities worshipped in public. Likewise, some Muslim Quran commentators identify the
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refers to Genesis 6:4–5, and provides further description of the story connecting the Nephilim to the corruption of humans. According to the
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Various diseases and ailments were ascribed to demons, particularly those affecting the brain and those of internal nature. Examples include
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fails to conquer the legendary Mazandaran, the land of divs and gets captured. To save his king, Rustam takes a journey and fights through
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2542:, demons, despite being typically associated with evil, are often shown to be under divine control, and not acting of their own devices. 1697:
seem to rely on their destruction of good. Therefore, Ahriman and his demons would miss any substance and exist only as absence of good.
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10. The Nephilim were seen as the source of the sin and evil on Earth because they are referenced in Genesis 6:4 before the story of the
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Brown, Peter (1970). "Sorcery, Demons, and the Rise of Christianity from Late Antiquity into the Middle Age". In Douglas, Mary (ed.).
2694:(demonic ruler). These demons rule over the earth and the realm of planets, representing different desires and passions. According to 2126:
The existence of demons as inherently malicious spirits within Old Testamental texts is absent. Though there are evil spirits sent by
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L'imaginaire du démoniaque dans la Septante: Une analyse comparée de la notion de "démon" dans la Septante et dans la Bible Hébraïque
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DeConick, April D. "The Gospel of Judas: A Parody of Apostolic Christianity." The Non-Canonical Gospels. T&T Clark, 2008. 96-109.
3008:) understands 'demon' closer to the Greek 'daimon', reserving the concept of the "devil" only for the "demons of the lower regions": 2282:, the author explains how God was noticing "how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways" ( 1567:) are recognized in the later Hindu texts. According to Hinduism, demons are not inherently evil beings, but good by following their 6576: 1573:
what is being evil and deceitful. However, nothing is purely evil or good, and a demon could eventually abandon his demonic nature.
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posed a major problem for modern scholarship, since the borders between a deity and a demon are sometimes blurred and the ancient
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classifies them as those who are like humans and submit to the Torah, and those who have no fear of God and are like animals.
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underworld may prevent human souls from entering paradise. Only by knowing the right charms is the deceased able to enter the
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by evil spirits – only to be convinced otherwise after encountering two cases which did not fit into any category known to
2439:, described demons as psychological powers, tempting to evil, in contrast to benevolent angels advising good. According to 1262:("morning spirits"), as well as the "demons that bring famine" and "such as cause storm and earthquake". According to some 9256: 6038:
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from their previous lives. When Buddhism spread, it accommodated itself with indigenous popular ideas about demons.
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traditions. Demons are still feared largely due to their alleged power to possess living creatures. In contemporary
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While the jinn are morally ambivalent, the devils are inherently malevolent beings and closer to the devils of the
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García Martínez, Florentino (2002). "Magic in the Dead Sea Scrolls". In Bremmer, Jan N.; Veenstra, Jan R. (eds.).
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he provides identifying characteristics of an evil person, whom he classified as having a character disorder. In
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At various times in Christian history, attempts have been made to classify demons according to various proposed
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China has two classes of beings that might be regarded as demons, and which are generally translated as such:
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In recent times, scholars doubted that independent demons exist, and rather considers them, aking to Jewish
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Dämonen und unreine Geister: Die Evangelien, gelesen auf dem Hintergrund von Krieg, Vertreibung und Trauma
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demons in the shape of goats. They might be a metaphorical symbol for life-threatening animals, such as
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Demons and Spirits in Biblical Theology: Reading the Biblical Text in its Cultural and Literary Context
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cultures have various beings translated into english as "demons" or "devils". The most notable is the
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mythology in particular has many beings translated as "devils"; these include malicious spirits like
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Asian Mythologies. (1993). Vereinigtes Königreich: University of Chicago Press. p. 52
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of Islamic tradition, as the Quran asserts that it is God who controls both the angels and devils.
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may not fit the proposed origin of evil in free will, taught in alternate or opposing theologies.
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do not have the word 'demon' in their vocabulary and translate it as 'devil'. As adversaries of
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The div in the Shahnameh might include both demonic supernatural beings as well as evil humans.
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traditions, demons may be used as metaphors for inner psychological processes ("inner demons").
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Pseudepigraphic Perspectives: The Apocrypha And Pseudepigrapha In Light Of The Dead Sea Scrolls
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shows better than anything the influence of mourning on the origin of the belief in demons."
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in the New Testament, especially the poetry of the Book of Revelation, Christian writers of
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was used for demons and refers to both the Archons as well as to their demonic assistants.
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came to exclusively mean any of a race of anthropomorphic, powerful, possibly evil beings.
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gradually decreased, the demonic powers of impurity have become correspondingly weak, too.
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Totem and Taboo:Some Points of Agreement between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics
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1819:) beget giant half-demon offspring with human woman. In the Middle Persian version of the 8: 10176: 9673: 9562: 9525: 9500: 9303: 9154: 8633: 8499: 8265: 8078: 8063: 7804: 7764: 7419: 7404: 7206: 7101: 7096: 7072: 7014: 6568: 2865: 2691: 2551: 2355: 2127: 1865: 1642: 1623: 1107: 277: 250: 148: 6522:
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to refer to foreign inseen anthropomorphic creatures in general, frequently paired with
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Examples of the Jinn of the Air depicted on Seljuk 13th century tilework from Kubad Abad
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There are differing opinions in Judaism about the existence or non-existence of demons (
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A Chinese Bestiary: Strange Creatures from the Guideways through the Mountains and Seas
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does not carry the negative connotation initially understood by implementation of the
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Muslims generally adopt the belief that jinn can possess people. In the tradition of
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as manifestations of actual spirits or merely delusions. Despite academic consensus,
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The Greek Daimons were associated with demi-divine entities, deities, illnesses and
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Hinduism advocates the reincarnation and transmigration of souls according to one's
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and their Christian neighbors alike, as inhabited by the numinous presence of the
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doing the Devil's work, they have additional duties— causing humans to have
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The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of
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Through the New Testament, demons appear 55 times, and 46 times in reference to
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The Army of Super Creatures – from The Saugandhika Parinaya Manuscript (1821 CE)
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Hyperlinked references to demons in the online Catechism of the Catholic Church
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as synonym for devils goes back at least as far as about 825. The German word (
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The Greek terms do not have any connotations of evil or malevolence. In fact,
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A minority of Muslim scholars in the Medieval Age, often associated with the
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Hirsch, Emil G.; Gottheil, Richard; Kohler, Kaufmann; Broydé, Isaac (1906).
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While daimons were considered as both potentially benevolent or malevolent,
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entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in
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Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary
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Religion and Daily Life in the Mountains of Iran: Theology, saints, people
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was home to many demons, which are sometimes referred to as "offspring of
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Peck goes into significant detail describing how he became interested in
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The Devil, Demonology, and Witchcraft: Christian Beliefs in Evil Spirits
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2144 – 2124 BCE), a minor god named Ig-alima is described as "the great
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highlighting their spiritual deviance and moral corruption, is Xie (邪).
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Belief in demons remains an important part of many modern religions and
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distinguish between the demons of mountains and forests (the seductive
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Angels and Demons in the Book of Jubilees and Contemporary Apocalypses
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that they are said to inhabit the underworld. The identification of
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The sources of demonic influence were thought to originate from the
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stories, demons were under the dominion of a king or chief, usually
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monasteries, causing serious nuisances, and unable to be exorcised.
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In accordance with Platonism, they regarded the 1977:people traditionally believe in a spirit called a 1794:would multiple by angels and demons respectively. 1362:The Book of Jubilees conveys that sin occurs when 863:could also be benevolent and, in a hymn from King 361:) denotes a spirit or divine power, much like the 5927:http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_23204 5754: 5752: 5541: 5416: 5414: 4611: 4609: 4607: 4605: 4603: 4601: 4599: 4597: 4595: 4593: 1027:) appears in two places in the Hebrew Bible. The 859:into the underworld. Like other demons, however, 550: 10352: 5782: 5780: 5778: 5451: 4884: 4716: 2702:depicted the world as surrounded by the demonic 1106:. In mythology, there were few defences against 744:Shen Mo Xiaoshuo (lit. "Gods and demons novels") 6557: 6496: 6477: 6037: 5660:Islam, Arabs, and Intelligent World of the Jinn 4666:(Continuum International Publishing Group 1996 4477:http://www.heritageinstitute.com/zoroastrianism 4439: 4427: 4361: 4304:Targ. to Eccl. i. 13; Pes. 110a; Yer. Shek. 49b 3665: 1953: 1195:states that insane people can see the image of 943:mythology the seven evil deities were known as 660:List of supernatural beings in Chinese folklore 404:, where it describes the divine inspiration of 237:, where it describes the divine inspiration of 7726:Witchcraft and divination in the Old Testament 5749: 5411: 4590: 4540:, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1983. 3546: 2844:not always clear. In the regions north to the 2180:. Some old English Bible translations such as 2100:, demons were created in the time between the 1923:. They defeat and subjugate the demonic divs. 1367:and destroys them, leaving 10% to be ruled by 1230:tales from the Persian tradition describe the 400:notably appears in the philosophical works of 233:notably appears in the philosophical works of 9381:The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction 8948: 8239: 7813:A Dialogue Concerning Witches and Witchcrafts 7022: 5775: 5626: 5007: 5005: 2670:) and various other demons and evil spirits. 1840:. In accordance with some interpretations of 1727:. One of its key concepts is the doctrine of 1007:mentions two classes of demonic spirits, the 807:Ancient Mesopotamian underworld § Demons 139:. Belief in demons probably goes back to the 6664: 6040:Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 5447: 5445: 4682: 4680: 4134: 4132: 4130: 4128: 4126: 4124: 4122: 3513: 3454: 3452: 3450: 3448: 2953:(authorized Quranic exegesis) attributed to 2271:, which is considered canonical only by the 2080:). Only then, 5000 years later, the angels ( 837:The ancient Mesopotamians believed that the 620:, the guardians shifted towards the role of 515: 507: 183:, and was transferred to Judaism during the 6962:Walton, John H.; Walton, J. Harvey (2019). 6922:"Of Demons and Exorcism in Sanatana Dharma" 6321: 6008: 6006: 6004: 6002: 5662:. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. 5408:"Demon" in Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, 4880: 4878: 3705: 3674: 3124:, rejected the reality of jinn altogether. 3017:The ceremonial magician usually consults a 2628:, separates the World of Darkness from the 1483:are half-brothers, sons of the same father 1163:and magical incantations. The existence of 490:into Greek, which drew on the mythology of 410: 390: 376: 366: 8955: 8941: 8246: 8232: 7029: 7015: 6340: 5940: 5830: 5817:https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-024-00832-w 5584:https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-024-00832-w 5257:. 1962. 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"5, on Animal Demons". 3867: 3853:De Groot (1907). "5, on Animal Demons". 3852: 3838:De Groot (1907). "5, on Animal-Demons". 3837: 3823:De Groot (1907). "5, on Animal-Demons". 3822: 3807: 3793:De Groot (1907). "4, On Ground-Demons". 3792: 3777: 3582: 3470: 3052: 2767: 2755: 2373: 2349: 2330: 2220: 2156: 2000: 1906: 1641: 1633: 1622: 1611: 1491:, are also called Asuras. Later, during 1412: 1306: 810: 748:Zhi Guai ("lit. Records of the Strange") 664: 586: 554: 474:into malevolent 'demons', the troupe of 309: 64: 6947:. New York: New York University Press. 6805: 6368: 6322:Bhayro, Siam; Rider, Catherine (2017). 6012: 5786: 5730: 5657: 5632: 5369:"Angels and Demons – Facts not Fiction" 5354: 5167: 4515:R. van den Broek, Wouter J. Hanegraaff 3918:The Religious System of China, Volume 5 3900:The Religious System of China, Volume 5 3885:The Religious System of China: Volume 5 3808:De Groot (1907). 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It is ruled by its king 2466:" and the unreal, away from God. 2443:, written in Greek around 360 by 2166:exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac 1607: 1602: 1254:("shade", or "evening spirits"), 757: 115:; these beliefs are reflected in 10335: 10334: 10324: 8914: 8903: 8902: 6990:Catechism of the Catholic Church 6920:Chattopadhyay, Subhasis (2022). 6839:A Jewish Guide to the Mysterious 6806:Russell, Jeffrey Burton (1986). 6248:add missing citation information 6224: 6192: 6163: 6131: 6099: 6088: 6076: 6067: 6058: 6031: 5974: 5965: 5915: 5890: 5877: 5868: 5821: 5809: 5724: 5715: 5694: 5676: 5651: 5609: 5588: 5576: 5535: 5496: 5487: 5402: 5383: 5360: 5335: 5314: 5293: 5273: 5260: 5237: 5212: 5199: 5146: 5110: 5098: 5077: 4981: 4972: 3930: 3384: 3148: 3093: 2457:as "defiancy" and does not give 2152: 2121: 1730:Two Principles and Three Moments 1137:Talmudic tradition and Midrashim 737: 582: 454:. 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Routledge. 6743: 6738: 6734: 6730: 6726: 6722: 6718: 6714: 6709: 6705: 6701: 6696: 6685: 6681: 6680: 6675: 6671: 6670:Scott, Robert 6667: 6663: 6659: 6653: 6649: 6644: 6640: 6634: 6630: 6625: 6621: 6615: 6611: 6606: 6602: 6598: 6594: 6589: 6578: 6574: 6570: 6565: 6561: 6556: 6552: 6546: 6542: 6537: 6533: 6527: 6523: 6519: 6514: 6510: 6504: 6500: 6495: 6491: 6485: 6481: 6476: 6472: 6466: 6462: 6461: 6456: 6452: 6448: 6443: 6439: 6433: 6429: 6424: 6420: 6414: 6410: 6405: 6401: 6395: 6391: 6386: 6382: 6376: 6372: 6367: 6363: 6358: 6354: 6348: 6344: 6339: 6335: 6329: 6325: 6320: 6316: 6310: 6305: 6300: 6296: 6292: 6288: 6284: 6279: 6278: 6270: 6267: 6259: 6249: 6243: 6242: 6238: 6233:This article 6231: 6222: 6221: 6207: 6203: 6200: 6195: 6189: 6185: 6182: 6178: 6174: 6171: 6166: 6158: 6156:9780743254670 6152: 6147: 6146: 6140: 6134: 6126: 6124:9780671454920 6120: 6115: 6114: 6108: 6102: 6096: 6091: 6084: 6079: 6070: 6061: 6053: 6049: 6045: 6041: 6034: 6026: 6020: 6016: 6009: 6007: 6005: 6003: 5995: 5991: 5986: 5977: 5968: 5960: 5954: 5950: 5943: 5936: 5935:9789004181304 5932: 5928: 5924: 5918: 5911: 5907: 5903: 5893: 5886: 5880: 5871: 5856: 5852: 5848: 5844: 5840: 5833: 5824: 5818: 5812: 5804: 5798: 5794: 5790: 5783: 5781: 5779: 5769: 5767: 5765: 5755: 5753: 5744: 5738: 5734: 5727: 5718: 5709: 5707: 5697: 5689: 5685: 5679: 5671: 5665: 5661: 5654: 5646: 5640: 5636: 5629: 5622: 5618: 5612: 5606:. p. 249 5605: 5601: 5597: 5591: 5585: 5579: 5564: 5560: 5558:9783849687090 5554: 5550: 5549: 5548:Pistis Sophia 5544: 5538: 5523: 5519: 5515: 5514: 5509: 5505: 5499: 5490: 5483: 5478: 5476: 5466: 5464: 5455: 5448: 5446: 5430: 5426: 5425: 5417: 5415: 5405: 5397: 5393: 5386: 5378: 5374: 5370: 5363: 5356: 5351: 5344: 5338: 5331: 5327: 5323: 5317: 5310: 5309:9780801494130 5306: 5302: 5296: 5290: 5289:1-880033-24-0 5286: 5282: 5276: 5269: 5263: 5256: 5252: 5248: 5245: 5240: 5232: 5230:9781438455846 5226: 5222: 5215: 5208: 5202: 5195: 5191: 5187: 5183: 5179: 5175: 5170: 5163: 5162:9789004041738 5159: 5155: 5149: 5142: 5137: 5135: 5127: 5123: 5119: 5113: 5106: 5101: 5094: 5093:9781592445318 5090: 5086: 5080: 5073: 5068: 5066: 5058: 5053: 5046: 5041: 5034: 5029: 5022: 5018: 5014: 5008: 5006: 4998: 4993: 4984: 4975: 4966: 4957: 4948: 4940: 4934: 4925: 4916: 4908: 4904: 4900: 4896: 4892: 4888: 4881: 4879: 4869: 4863: 4862:9781501354205 4859: 4854: 4848: 4844: 4837: 4835: 4826: 4819: 4811: 4807: 4803: 4801:9780313049477 4797: 4793: 4789: 4785: 4778: 4769: 4767:9786055618032 4763: 4755: 4751: 4750: 4742: 4733: 4724: 4722: 4720: 4710: 4701: 4692: 4683: 4681: 4673: 4669: 4665: 4664: 4660: 4657: 4650: 4643: 4637: 4622: 4618: 4612: 4610: 4608: 4606: 4604: 4602: 4600: 4598: 4596: 4594: 4586: 4582: 4578: 4572: 4556: 4552: 4551:"Manichaeism" 4546: 4539: 4533: 4526: 4522: 4518: 4512: 4504: 4498: 4494: 4493: 4485: 4478: 4472: 4470: 4460: 4451: 4449: 4441: 4436: 4429: 4424: 4417: 4412: 4403: 4396: 4391: 4382: 4375: 4370: 4363: 4358: 4351: 4346: 4339: 4334: 4327: 4322: 4315: 4310: 4301: 4292: 4283: 4276: 4271: 4264: 4259: 4252: 4247: 4238: 4231: 4226: 4219: 4215: 4210: 4203: 4198: 4191: 4186: 4179: 4174: 4168: 4164: 4159: 4152: 4147: 4140: 4135: 4133: 4131: 4129: 4127: 4125: 4123: 4115: 4110: 4103: 4098: 4096: 4094: 4086: 4081: 4074: 4069: 4067: 4065: 4057: 4052: 4050: 4048: 4046: 4038: 4033: 4026: 4021: 4019: 4017: 4015: 4013: 4011: 4009: 4007: 4000:, p. 86. 3999: 3994: 3992: 3990: 3982: 3977: 3975: 3968:, p. 85. 3967: 3962: 3960: 3952: 3947: 3945: 3943: 3934: 3927: 3919: 3912: 3910: 3901: 3894: 3886: 3879: 3871: 3864: 3856: 3849: 3841: 3834: 3826: 3819: 3811: 3804: 3796: 3789: 3781: 3774: 3772: 3763: 3756: 3749:. p. 42. 3748: 3741: 3734: 3729: 3722: 3717: 3715: 3708:, p. 55. 3707: 3702: 3695: 3690: 3688: 3680: 3676: 3671: 3669: 3661: 3656: 3654: 3652: 3641: 3632: 3626: 3622: 3619: 3616: 3612: 3606: 3600:, p. 37. 3599: 3594: 3592: 3584: 3583:Lane Fox 1988 3579: 3563: 3559: 3555: 3549: 3543:, p. 28. 3542: 3537: 3530: 3526: 3521: 3515: 3510: 3508: 3500: 3495: 3488: 3484: 3479: 3472: 3471:Angelini 2021 3467: 3460: 3455: 3453: 3451: 3449: 3444: 3430: 3427: 3419: 3416:December 2023 3409: 3405: 3399: 3398: 3393:This article 3391: 3382: 3381: 3370: 3367: 3365: 3362: 3360: 3357: 3355: 3352: 3350: 3347: 3345: 3342: 3340: 3337: 3335: 3332: 3330: 3327: 3325: 3322: 3320: 3317: 3315: 3312: 3310: 3307: 3305: 3302: 3300: 3297: 3295: 3292: 3290: 3287: 3285: 3282: 3280: 3277: 3275: 3272: 3270: 3267: 3265: 3262: 3260: 3256: 3253: 3251: 3248: 3246: 3243: 3241: 3238: 3236: 3233: 3232: 3225: 3223: 3219: 3215: 3209: 3207: 3203: 3199: 3195: 3191: 3187: 3183: 3179: 3175: 3171: 3170:M. 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Index

Demons
Demon (disambiguation)
Daimon
Evil Spirit (film)
Evil Spirits (album)

Assyro-Babylonian
Pazuzu
Louvre
supernatural
folklore
mythology
religion
literature
media
comics
fiction
film
television
video games
Paleolithic age
ancient Near Eastern religions
Abrahamic religions
early Judaism
Christian demonology
demonic possession
exorcism
Jewish demonology
Christianity
Islam

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