Al Ana – Demon
Al Ana (Turkish and Azerbaijanese: Al Ana) is a female fatal spirit or demon in Turkish folklore. Al Ana was said to live in thickets near rivers, streams and lakes. 9653
Al-Masih ad-Dajjal (Demon)
Dajjal (Arabic: المسيح الدجّال Dajjāl, “the false messiah, liar, the deceiver”; Syriac: ܡܫܝܚܐ ܕܓܠܐ Mšiha Daggala) is an evil figure in Islamic eschatology. He is said to have come from several different locations, but…
Alal
In Mesopotamian myths, the alal’ was a kind of demon that, to tempt men, came out of the Underworld and took various forms, temptations that the inhabitants of Babylonia were able to reject by…
Amafufunyana
Amafufunyana is an unspecified “culture-bound” syndrome named by the traditional healers of the Xhosa people that relates to claims of demonic possession due to members of the Xhosa people exhibiting aberrant behavior and psychological…
Amaymon
In demonology, Amaymon (also Amaimon, or Amoymon) is a Prince of Hell, and, according to some Grimoires, the only one who has power over Asmodai. 9655
Ammit
Ammit (/ˈæmɪt/; Ancient Egyptian: ꜥm-mwt, “devourer of the dead”; also rendered Ammut or Ahemait) was a demoness and goddess in ancient Egyptian religion with a body that was part lion, hippopotamus, and crocodile—the three…
Amy (demon)
Amy or Amii (also Auns, Hanar, Hanni) is a demon described in demonological grimoires such as the Lesser Key of Solomon, (including Thomas Rudd’s version, the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, and in the Munich Manual of…
Andhaka
In Hindu mythology, Andhaka (Sanskrit: अन्धक, IAST: Andhaka; lit. “He who darkens”) is a Puranic war-title that often refers to a malevolent Asura named Jaladharāsura who is killed by Shiva for trying to abduct…
Angel hair
Angel hair or siliceous cotton is a sticky, fibrous substance reported in connection with UFO sightings, or manifestations of the Virgin Mary. It has been described as being like a cobweb or a jelly.…
Anqa
Anqa (Arabic: عَنْقَاء, romanized: ʿanqāʾ), also spelled ‘Anqa’, Angha (Persian: عنقا) or Anka, or Anqa Mughrib or Anqa al-Mughrib (Arabic: العَنْقَاء المُغْرِب) is a large mysterious or fabulous female bird in Arabian mythology. She…
Anzû
Anzû, also known as dZû and Imdugud (Sumerian: ??? AN.IM.DUGUDMUŠEN), is a lesser divinity or monster in several Mesopotamian religions. He was conceived by the pure waters of the Apsu and the wide Earth,…
Apaosha
Apaosha (Apaoša, Apauša) is the Avestan language name of Zoroastrianism’s demon of drought. He is the epitomized antithesis of Tishtrya, divinity of the star Sirius and guardian of rainfall. In Zoroastrian tradition, Apaosha appears…
Apep
Apep (/ˈæpɛp/ or /ˈɑːpɛp/; also spelled Apepi or Aapep) or Apophis (/ˈæpəfɪs/; Ancient Greek: Ἄποφις) was the ancient Egyptian deity who embodied chaos (ı͗zft in Egyptian) and was thus the opponent of light and…
Archon (Gnosticism)
Archons are, in Gnosticism and religions closely related to it, demonic entities subordinate to the embodiment of evil in the corresponding belief-system. Among the Archontics, Ophites, Sethians and in the writings of Nag Hammadi…