Fire Demons
Fire Demons are a broad demonological class associated with flame, smoke, scorching wind, furnaces, destructive heat and the theological image…
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Culture or Region: Jewish and Christian demonology
Gello / Gyllou
Gello or Gyllou is a female demon of Greek, Byzantine and eastern Mediterranean tradition associated with the death of infants,…
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The incubus is a male night demon in medieval and early modern European demonology, associated with sexual assault, oppressive sleep…
Read entryLilin
Lilin are night demons in Jewish folklore and demonology, often connected with Lilith, sexual dreams, infant danger and spirits that…
Read entryLucifugous Spirits
Lucifugous Spirits are a demonological category defined by avoidance of light, daylight, sacred radiance or public visibility.
Read entryMazzikim
Mazzikim are harmful or damaging spirits in Jewish tradition, named from a root connected with injury and used across rabbinic,…
Read entrySe’irim
Se'irim are hairy or goatlike beings named in biblical and later Jewish interpretation, associated with wilderness, ruins, foreign worship and…
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Shedim are demons or spirits in Jewish biblical, rabbinic, medieval and folkloric traditions, portrayed as beings sharing qualities with both…
Read entrySubterranean Demons
Subterranean Demons are a broad demonological class associated with caverns, mines, buried chambers, graves and the hostile regions believed to…
Read entrySuccubus
The Succubus is the female-coded night demon of medieval and early modern Christian demonology, associated with erotic dreams, bodily exhaustion,…
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