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01

Pazuzu

Pazuzu

Discover Pazuzu, the demon-king of the wind in Assyrian and Babylonian belief — a fearsome monster of the destroying wind who was yet invoked as a

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 13 August 2026

02

Jahi

Jahi

Jahi (Jeh), the arch-demoness of Zoroastrianism — the female fiend of debauchery and defilement, the “Primal Whore” who roused the despairing Angra Mainyu

Persian & Zoroastrian · 13 August 2026

03

Druj

Druj

Druj (Drug, the Lie), the great principle and demoness of falsehood, deceit, and disorder in Zoroastrianism — the cosmic Lie opposed to asha (truth), the

Persian & Zoroastrian · 12 August 2026

04

Az

Az (Āz), the demon of greed, lust, and avarice in Zoroastrianism — the insatiable fiend of concupiscence and gluttony who devours and is never satisfied,

Persian & Zoroastrian · 12 August 2026

05

Aeshma

Aeshma

Aeshma (Eshm), one of the chief demons of Zoroastrianism — the bloody-clubbed fiend of wrath, rage, and violence who incites discord and assails the good

Persian & Zoroastrian · 12 August 2026

06

Ugallu

Ugallu

Discover Ugallu, the lion-headed storm-demon of Akkadian and Babylonian myth — a man-bodied, talon-footed monster turned apotropaic guardian, set at

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 09 August 2026

07

Lilu

Lilu

Discover Lilû, the male Akkadian night-demon — a wind-borne phantom who preys on sleeping women, member of the lilu-demon triad and an ancient forerunner

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 08 August 2026

08

Gallu

Gallu

Meet the Gallu, the merciless underworld demons of Akkadian and Babylonian myth — faceless seizers who drag the doomed to the land of no return and

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 08 August 2026

09

Ardat-Lili

Ardat-Lili

Discover Ardat-Lili, the Akkadian night-demon — the unwed maiden who seduces sleeping men and menaces childbirth, one of the lilu-demon trinity and an

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern · 08 August 2026

10

Mara

Mara

Mara, the great tempter and adversary of Buddhism — the demon-lord of death, desire and delusion who embodies all that binds beings to suffering, who

Buddhist Mythology · 16 July 2026

11

Namuci

Namuci

Namuci, an ancient demon of drought, death and obstruction inherited by Buddhism — “he who does not let go”, who withheld the waters of life and was

Buddhist Mythology · 16 July 2026

12

Brahmarakshasa

Brahmarakshasa

The brahmarakshasa — the wrathful ghost of a learned brahmin who misused sacred knowledge, blending demon cruelty with scholarly power, feared above all

Hindu Mythology · 10 July 2026

13

Vritra

Vritra

The myth of Vritra: the great serpent-demon of drought in Hindu myth, the cosmic dragon who imprisoned the world's waters, coiling around the mountains to

Hindu Mythology · 09 July 2026

14

Tarakasura

Tarakasura

Tarakasura wrung from Brahma a boon that only a son of Shiva could kill him — forcing the gods to engineer the birth of the war-god Kartikeya, his

Hindu Mythology · 09 July 2026

15

Banasura

Banasura

Banasura, the thousand-armed asura king and ardent devotee of Shiva, warred with Krishna over his daughter's love — and was spared when Shiva himself

Hindu Mythology · 09 July 2026

16

Hidimba

Hidimba

Hidimba, a man-eating rakshasa of the Mahabharata, died wrestling Bhima — and his sister's love for Bhima produced the heroic half-rakshasa giant

Hindu Mythology · 09 July 2026

17

Rakshasa

Rakshasa

The rakshasa — Hindu shape-shifting, flesh-eating night-demons and masters of illusion. From the cannibal Hidimba to the righteous Vibhishana, a full

Hindu Mythology · 09 July 2026

18

Pishacha

Pishacha

The pishacha — lowest of Hindu flesh-eating spirits, the gibbering corpse-eater of cremation grounds blamed for disease, madness, and possession.

Hindu Mythology · 09 July 2026

19

Hiranyakashipu

Hiranyakashipu

The myth of Hiranyakashipu: a great demon-king of Hindu myth, the tyrant asura who, made nearly invincible by a cunningly-worded boon, conquered the

Hindu Mythology · 08 July 2026

20

Hiranyaksha

Hiranyaksha

The myth of Hiranyaksha: a great demon of Hindu myth, the mighty golden-eyed asura who dragged the earth-goddess Bhumi down into the cosmic ocean,

Hindu Mythology · 08 July 2026

21

Ravana

Ravana

The myth of Ravana: the great demon-king of the Ramayana, the ten-headed rakshasa lord of Lanka, the immensely powerful, learned and proud antagonist

Hindu Mythology · 08 July 2026

22

Mahishasura

Mahishasura

The myth of Mahishasura: the great buffalo-demon of Hindu myth, the shape-shifting asura who, made invincible against all males by a boon, conquered the

Hindu Mythology · 08 July 2026

23

Incubus

Incubus

The Incubus, the male sex-demon of medieval European demonology — a fiend that comes to women in the night, lying upon and pressing the sleeper, draining

Arthurian & Medieval European · 02 July 2026

24

Succubus

Succubus

The Succubus, the female sex-demon of medieval European demonology — a fiend in the form of a beautiful woman that seduces men in their dreams and drains

Arthurian & Medieval European · 02 July 2026

25

Abaddon

Abaddon

Abaddon in Hebrew tradition — “Destruction” both as the bottomless abyss of the dead and as the angel-king who rules it, called Apollyon the Destroyer,

Jewish & Hebrew · 28 June 2026

26

Naamah

Naamah

Naamah, “the Pleasant One” — a demoness of Jewish lore and Kabbalah, a seductive spirit and one of the four great queens of the demons, companion of

Jewish & Hebrew · 26 June 2026

27

Mastema

Mastema

Mastema, “Hostility” — a demon and accusing-angel of Jewish lore prominent in the Book of Jubilees, the prince of the evil spirits and the great accuser

Jewish & Hebrew · 26 June 2026

28

Lilin

Lilin

The Lilin, the night-demons of Jewish lore — a host of malevolent spirits, the demonic offspring of Lilith, who haunt the darkness and prey especially

Jewish & Hebrew · 26 June 2026

29

Shedim

Shedim

The Shedim, the demons of Jewish tradition — the general class of malevolent spirits that dwell in deserts, ruins, and lonely places alongside humankind,

Jewish & Hebrew · 26 June 2026

30

Lilith

Lilith

Lilith, the great female demon of Jewish folklore and mysticism — the night-demoness and first wife of Adam who fled Eden as his equal, the slayer of

Jewish & Hebrew · 24 June 2026

31

Sammael

Sammael

Sammael (Samael), “the Venom of God” — one of the most ambivalent dark angels in Jewish lore, at once accuser, destroyer, angel of death, and chief of the

Jewish & Hebrew · 24 June 2026

32

Asmodeus

Asmodeus

Asmodeus (Ashmedai), the king of demons in Jewish lore — a powerful, cunning demon-king of lust, wrath, and trickery, famous from the Book of Tobit where

Jewish & Hebrew · 24 June 2026

33

Azazel

Azazel

Azazel, a great fallen angel and demon of Jewish lore — the leader of the fallen Watchers who taught humankind the forbidden arts of war, and the dread

Jewish & Hebrew · 24 June 2026

34

Belial

Belial

Belial, “Worthlessness” — a great demon and personification of wickedness, lawlessness, and rebellion in Jewish lore, the Prince of Darkness of the Dead

Jewish & Hebrew · 24 June 2026

35

Iblis

Iblis

Iblis (al-Shayṭán), the chief of the devils in Islamic tradition — the jinn who refused God’s command to bow before Adam out of pride, was cursed and cast

Arabian & Islamic · 22 June 2026

36

Yaldabaoth

Yaldabaoth

Discover Yaldabaoth, the Gnostic demiurge — the blind, lion-faced serpent-god (Saklas, Samael) born of the fallen Sophia, who created the material world

Occult & Demonology · 21 June 2026

37

Bathin

Bathin

Bathin (Mathim) — the eighteenth demon of the Ars Goetia, a mighty duke with thirty legions appearing as a serpent-tailed man on a pale horse, who knows

Occult & Demonology · 31 May 2026

38

Mahasona

Mahasona

Mahasona, Sri Lanka's bear-headed graveyard demon — the slain warrior Jayasena reborn, the sickness carried in his shadow, and the all-night rite that drives him out.

Sri Lankan Folklore · 22 May 2026