REALMS archive of entities

demons

demonic underworld Multiple religions triangulated · 12

Malevolent spiritual beings often opposed to angels.

↻ synthesized from 12 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-1300 – 2020
Historical notes
Appears in a story taking place in the late 1500s.

Relationships

co occurs with
little people, dragon, Ala, jinn, Monkey King, Aswang, Banshee, Yaksha, Yaoguai, Tiyanak, Rakshasa, Lamia, Māui, Baba Yaga, Changeling, Doppelgänger, Empousa, Huay Chivo, Nahual, Kelpie, Moura Encantada, Mangkukulam, Nixie, Saci, Tengu, Verechelen, Yokai, Yogoe, shinjya, Lady Rokujō, giant snake, spinning woman of Adachigahara, noblewoman, Chaneques, Hecate, Diana, Triton, Thetis, Peleus, Bacchantes, Khonsu-Neferhotep, Khonsu of Thebes, Seraphim, Seth, Ḥayyot haq-Qodesh, Ophanim, gods
enemy of
Margaret of Antioch, Abe no Seimei, angels, Khonsu-Pairsekher, Adam, souls in purgatory, Xiaotian Quan, Erlang, jangseung
serves
Satan, Bannik
parent of
Manchachicoj
syncretized with
Supay, shedim

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Mentioned by

Sources

internet (1)
  1. Machine elf
wikipedia (8)
  1. Saint Margaret the Virgin
  2. List of shapeshifters
  3. Hannya
  4. Chaneque
  5. The Four Naked Women (Dürer)
  6. Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible
  7. Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo
  8. Bentresh stela
encyclopedia (3)
  1. All Souls' Day (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  2. Adam in Early Christian Liturgy and Literature (Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)) (1913)
    peer reviewed
  3. Alphonso de Spina (Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)) (1913)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“Strassman noted similarities between self-reports of his DMT study participants' encounters with these "entities", and mythological descriptions of figures such as Ḥayyot haq-Qodesh in ancient religions, including both angels and demons.”

#267 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6

“academic articles on the named gods, angels, and demons in the books of the Hebrew Bible, Septuagint and Apocrypha, as well as the New Testament and patristic literature”

#25674 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Cavalli's scenes of divine activity require elaborate theatrical staging, and his score calls for plentiful activity of both chorus (who portray such different characters as gods, Tritons, Bacchantes, and demons) and dancers.”

#38094 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“the hermit asserting that he had also heard the demons complaining of the efficacy of the prayers of the faithful, and especially of the monks of Cluny, in rescuing their victims.”

#43928 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free

“First hour: This is the hour in which the demons adore; and, so long as they are adoring, they cease to do harm to man, because the hidden power of the Creator restrains them.”

#44581 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free