Baʿal Berith (“Lord of the Covenant”) and El Berith (“God of the Covenant”) are two gods, or one god, worshiped in Shechem, in ancient Israel. The term “covenant” (Hebrew Berith) appears also in Ugaritic texts…
Read More Baal BerithTag: demon
Bael (demon)
Bael is a demon described in demonological grimoires such as the Lesser Key of Solomon and the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (where he is the first spirit mentioned) and also described in the Dictionnaire Infernal. He is…
Read More Bael (demon)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 Demonic…
Read More Amy (demon)Hades
Hades (/ˈheɪdiːz/; Greek: ᾍδης Hádēs; Ἅιδης Háidēs), in the ancient Greek religion and myth, is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous. Hades was the…
Read More HadesErlik
Erlik, Erlig, or Erlik Khan, (in Hungarian mythology equivalent to Ördög ) is the god of death and Tamag (hell) in Turco-Mongol mythology.
Read More ErlikAzazel
Azazel (/əˈzeɪzəl, ˈæzəˌzɛl/; Hebrew: עֲזָאֵל, עֻזׇאֵל, עוזיאל; Arabic: عزازيل, romanized: ʿAzāzīl) is, according to the Book of Enoch, a fallen Angel. In the Bible, the name Azazel appears in association with the scapegoat rite; the…
Read More AzazelLucifer
Lucifer (UK: /ˈluːsɪfər/ LOO-si-fər; US: /-sə-/; ‘light-bringer’, corresponding to the Greek name Ἑωσφόρος, ‘dawn-bringer’, for the same planet) is a Latin name for the planet Venus in its morning appearances and is often used for…
Read More LuciferShedim
Shedim (Hebrew: שֵׁדִים) are spirits or demons in Jewish mythology. However, they are not necessarily equivalent to the modern connotation of demons as evil entities. Evil spirits were thought as the cause of maladies; conceptual…
Read More ShedimDaimonic
The idea of the daimonic typically means quite a few things: from befitting a demon and fiendish, to be motivated by a spiritual force or genius and inspired. As a psychological term, it has come…
Read More DaimonicAlal
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 means…
Read More Alal