Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia - Demon
In religion, folklore, and mythology a demon or demoness is a supernatural being that has generally been described as a malevolent spirit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - Etymology
The idea of demons is as old as religion itself, and the word "demon" seems to have ancient origins. The Merriam-Webster dictionary gives...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - Etymology
The idea of demons is as old as religion itself, and the word "demon" seems to have ancient origins. The Merriam-Webster dictionary gives...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baphomet: Encyclopedia - Baphomet
Baphomet is an idol or image of a being typically described as demonic. The name first came to public consciousness as a part of the supp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lilith: Encyclopedia - Lilith
Lilith is a female Mesopotamian night demon believed to harm male children. In Isaiah 34:14, Lilith is a kind of night-demon or animal, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Damnation: Encyclopedia - Damnation
In some forms of Western Christian belief, damnation to hell is the punishment of God for persons with unredeemed sin. Damnation can be a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deva Hinduism: Encyclopedia - Deva Hinduism
Deva (देव in Devanagari script, pronounced as "dévə") is the Sanskrit word for "god, deity". It can be variously interpreted as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fairy: Encyclopedia - Fairy
A fairy is a spirit (supernatural being) found in the legends, folklore, and mythology of many cultures. They are generally humanoid in f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vampire: Encyclopedia - Vampire
For treatments of the vampire legend in fiction, see Vampire fiction. Vampires are mythical or folkloric creatures, typically held to be ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia - Religion
Religion (see etymology below) —sometimes used interchangeably with faith or belief system—is commonly defined as belief concerning t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lilin: Encyclopedia - Lilin
According to The Alphabet of Ben-Sira, the lilin or lilim (singular lili) are the daughters of Lilith and Asmodai, engendered while Lilit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daemon Computer Software: Encyclopedia - Daemon Computer Software
In Unix and other computer multitasking operating systems, a daemon is a computer program that runs in the background, rather than under ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vârcolac: Encyclopedia - Vârcolac
A vârcolac in Romanian folklore may refer to several different figures. In some versions, a vârcolac is a wolf demon. Like the Norse Fe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mephistopheles: Encyclopedia - Mephistopheles
Mephistopheles (also Mephisto, Mephistophilus, Mephist and Mephistophilis as referred to in the original text) is a name given to one of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wraith: Encyclopedia - Wraith
Wraith - Etymology and meaning. The word 'wraith,' marked by the OED as being 'of obscure origin,' is first attested in 1513, with the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belial: Encyclopedia - Belial
Belial (also Belhor, Baalial, Beliar, Beliall, Beliel) is the name for a demon in the Old Testament. He has been identified with Satan, b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baphomet: Encyclopedia Ii - Baphomet - Baphomet As A Demon
Baphomet, as Lévi's illustration suggests, has occasionally been portrayed as a synonym of Satan or a demon, a member of the hierarchy o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baphomet: Encyclopedia Ii - Baphomet - In The Templar Confessions
During the judicial proceedings and inquisitions of the Knights Templar, assertions were made that the knights engaged in pagan idolatry....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baphomet: Encyclopedia Ii - Baphomet - Eliphas Levi And Baphomet
A much more recent and well known depiction shows Baphomet in the form of a winged humanoid goat with a pair of breasts and a torch on hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fairy: Encyclopedia Ii - Fairy - Etymology
The words fae and faerie came to English from French and, ultimately, Latin. An interesting correlation is the word "fey," which may be d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Æsir: Encyclopedia Ii - Æsir - Etymology
The word áss, Proto-Germanic *ansuz is believed to be derived from Proto-Indo-European *ansu- 'breath, god' related to Sanskrit asura an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Æsir: Encyclopedia Ii - Æsir - Etymology
The word áss, Proto-Germanic *ansuz is believed to be derived from Proto-Indo-European *ansu- 'breath, god' related to Sanskrit asura an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lilith: Encyclopedia Ii - Lilith - Akkadian Mythology
Lilith - Kiskil-lilla. Lilith has been identified with ki-sikil-lil-la-ke4, a female demon in the Sumerian prologue to the Gilgamesh ep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Walkeshwar Temple: Encyclopedia Ii - Walkeshwar Temple - Legend
Legend has it that Hindu god, Ram paused at that spot on his way from Ayodhya to Lanka in pursuit of the demon, Ravana who had kidnapped ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pneumatology: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pneumatology
Pneumatology The study of gases; the study of beings intermediate between God or other divinity and man, including in the lower ranges...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ephialtes: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ephialtes
Ephialtes (Greek) In Greek mythology a titan, son of Poseidon, who with his brother Otus makes war on Olympus and puts Ares in chains ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Asura: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Asura
Asura (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root as to breathe)   A title frequently given to the hierarch or supreme spirit of our univers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Etymology
The origins of the word "religion" have been debated for centuries. Some explanations for the origin of the word are: re-reading--from L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Etymology
The origins of the word "religion" have been debated for centuries. Some explanations for the origin of the word are: re-reading--from L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Religion And Other Approaches To Forming Beliefs About The Nature Of The Universe
Humans have many different methods which attempt to answer fundamental questions about the nature of the universe and our place in it (co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Approaches To Relating To The Beliefs Of Others
Adherents of particular religions deal with the differing doctrines and practices espoused by other religions in a variety ways. All stra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Approaches To The Study Of Individual Religions
Religion - Methods of studying religion subjectively in relation to one's own beliefs. These include efforts to determine the meaning a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Development Of Religion
There are several models for understanding how religions develop. Models which view religion as untrue include: The "Dogma Selection Mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Damnation: Encyclopedia Ii - Damnation - Religious
In some forms of Western Christian belief, damnation to hell is the punishment of God for persons with unredeemed sin. Damnation can be a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warlock: Encyclopedia Ii - Warlock - Warlocks In Games
In the Shadowgate series, the Warlock Lord, Talimar, betrayed the Circle of Twelve and summoned the Behemoth, but was unable to control i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dasa: Encyclopedia Ii - Dasa - Symbolical And Spiritual Interpretations
Religious Hindu authors like Sri Aurobindo believe that words like Dasa are used in the Rig Veda symbolically and should be interpreted s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vampire: Encyclopedia Ii - Vampire - Vampires In Ancient Cultures
Tales of the dead craving blood are ancient in nearly every culture around the world. Vampire-like spirits called the Lilu are mentioned ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genie: Encyclopedia Ii - Genie - Jinn In The Occult
In sorcery books Jinn are classified into four races after the classical elements, Earth, Air, Fire (Ifrit) and Water (Marid) and presume...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ouija: Encyclopedia Ii - Ouija - Criticism Of Ouija Boards
Although Ouija boards are viewed by some as a positive spiritual device or a simple toy, there are people who believe they can be harmful...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vampire: Encyclopedia Ii - Vampire - Vampires In Ancient Cultures
Tales of the dead craving blood are ancient in nearly every culture around the world. Vampire-like spirits called the Lilu are mentioned ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Magic: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Magic
MAGIC From Latin magi, pl. (Greek magoi, pl. of magos, a Magian, one of the Median tribe; also an enchanter, properly a wise-man who i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Final Fantasy Bestiary A-e: Encyclopedia Ii - Final Fantasy Bestiary A-e - Demon's Gate
The Demon's Gate appears as a demonic being meshed within a wall. Demon's Gate has appeared in the following games: Final Fantasy IV as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abracadabra: Encyclopedia Ii - Abracadabra - Etymology
Theories about the source of the word are:- Abracadabra - I create as I speak. A possible source is Aramaic: אברא כדברא avra k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caim: Encyclopedia Ii - Caim - In Demonology
In demonology, Caim appears in Ars Goetia , the first part of Lesser Key of Solomon as a Great President of Hell, ruling over thirty legi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Damnation: Encyclopedia Ii - Damnation - Etymology
Its Indo-European origin is usually said to be a root dap-, which appears in Latin and Greek words meaning "feast" and "expense". (The co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Annwn: Encyclopedia Ii - Annwn - Etymology Of The Name
Entries in the University of Wales' reconstructed Proto-Celtic lexicon [1] suggest that the name is likely derived from the Proto-Celtic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitra: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitra - Etymology And Origins
The Indo-Persian word *mitra- could have two meanings: covenant, compact, oath, or treaty friend A general meaning of "alliance" might ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hobbit Word: Encyclopedia Ii - Hobbit Word - Proposed Etymology
The Middle English word hobbe has manifested in many creatures of folklore as the prefix hob- (which incidentally would be its modern spe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ouija: Encyclopedia Ii - Ouija - Etymology
The term "Ouija" is derived from the French "oui" (for "yes") and the German "ja" (for "yes"). An alternative story suggests the name was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genie: Encyclopedia Ii - Genie - Etymology
Genie is an Anglicization of the original Arabic term jinn. However, it may not have come directly into English language but rather throu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth: Encyclopedia Ii - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth - Etymology
For Gandhi, Truth was the sovereign principle; inclusive of many other spiritual principles and schools of thought. "...it is not my purp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth: Encyclopedia Ii - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth - Etymology
For Gandhi, Truth was the sovereign principle; inclusive of many other spiritual principles and schools of thought. "...it is not my purp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cronus: Encyclopedia Ii - Cronus - Cronus In Neopaganism
Modern Neopagans have what may be perceived as a rather New Age view of Cronus, particularly Hellenistic Neopagan sects in the United Sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Final Fantasy Bestiary A-e: Encyclopedia Ii - Final Fantasy Bestiary A-e - Ahriman
The Ahriman traditionally appears as a floating creature with a predominant single eye. The appearance of the monster leads to alternati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cronus: Encyclopedia Ii - Cronus - In Neopaganism
Modern Neopagans have a rather New Age view of Cronus. In particular, Hellenistic Neopagan sects in the United States hold many metaphori...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lilith: Encyclopedia Ii - Lilith - Jewish Tradition
A Hebrew tradition exists in which an amulet is inscribed with the names of three angels and placed around the neck of newborn boys in or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mammon: Encyclopedia Ii - Mammon - Personifications
In the Bible, mammon is personified in Matthew, vi, 24, and Luke, xvi, 13, the latter verse repeating Matthew, vi, 24. In some translatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Necronomicon: Encyclopedia Ii - Necronomicon - Etymology Of The Title
Lovecraft wrote that the meaning of the title as translated from the Greek language: nekros (corpse), nomos (law), eikon (image) was: "An...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Necronomicon: Encyclopedia Ii - Necronomicon - Etymology Of The Title
Lovecraft wrote that the title, as translated from the Greek language, meant "An image of the law of the dead": nekros ("corpse"), nomos ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Final Fantasy Bestiary A-e: Encyclopedia Ii - Final Fantasy Bestiary A-e - Beastmen
The Beastmen are fictional humanoid races from the massively multiplayer online role-playing game Final Fantasy XI. The beastmen are a gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcohol: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcohol - Nomenclature
Alcohol - Systematic names. In the IUPAC system, the name of the alkane chain loses the terminal "e" and adds "ol", e.g. "methanol" and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Green Man: Encyclopedia Ii - Green Man - Related Characters
Parallels have been drawn between the Green Man and various deities and mythical figures such as Cernunnos, Sylvanus, Derg Corra, Green G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Information: Encyclopedia Ii - Etymology
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest historical meaning of the word information in English was the act of informing, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Centaur: Encyclopedia Ii - Centaur - Theories Of Origin
The armchair anthropologist and writer Robert Graves speculated that the Centaurs of Greek myth were a dimly-remembered, pre-Hellenic fra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Final Fantasy Bestiary A-e: Encyclopedia Ii - Final Fantasy Bestiary A-e - Cockatrice
The Cockatrice is a legendary creature about the size and shape of a dragon or wyvern, but in appearance resembling a giant rooster, with...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Information: Encyclopedia Ii - Information - Etymology
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest historical meaning of the word information in English was the act of informing, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dasa: Encyclopedia Ii - Dasa - Etymology Of Dasa And Related Terms
Dasa and related terms have been examined by Asko Parpola (1988), Mayrhofer (1986-1996), Benveniste (1973), Lecoq (1990), Windfuhr (1999)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Green Man: Encyclopedia Ii - Green Man - Types Of Green Man
Usually referred to in works on architecture as foliate heads or foliate masks, carvings of Green Men may take many forms, naturalistic o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hashshashin: Encyclopedia Ii - Hashshashin - Etymology Of The Word Assassin
The name "assassin" is commonly believed to be a mutation of the Arabic "haššāšīn" (حشّاشين, "hashish-eaters"). However, ther...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hashshashin: Encyclopedia Ii - Hashshashin - Etymology Of The Word Assassin
The name "assassin" is commonly believed to be a mutation of the Arabic "haššāšīn" (حشّاشين, "hashish-eaters"). However, ther...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Necromancy: Encyclopedia Ii - Necromancy - Necromancy In History
Necromancy may or may not have a relation to shamanism, which calls upon spirits (angles of the elements and such)or 'The Great Spirit/Cr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lilith: Encyclopedia Ii - Lilith - Lilith As Adam's First Wife
The passage in Genesis 1:27 — "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Green Man: Encyclopedia Ii - Green Man - Later Variations On The Green Man Theme
From the Renaissance onwards, elaborate variations on the Green Man theme, often with animal heads rather than human faces, appear in man...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lilith: Encyclopedia Ii - Lilith - Modern Magic
An 18th or 19th century Persian amulet, a protective charm for a newborn boy, kept in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, depicts Lilith in cha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Final Fantasy Bestiary A-e: Encyclopedia Ii - Final Fantasy Bestiary A-e - Coeurl
The Coeurl is a fictional immortal alien predator which sustains itself by feeding upon the Id of other beings. Its resemblance is compar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Final Fantasy Bestiary A-e: Encyclopedia Ii - Final Fantasy Bestiary A-e - Death Machine/warmech
One of the deadliest enemies in the original Final Fantasy (called WarMech in the 1990 translation) this walking Robotech-like figure was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Final Fantasy Bestiary A-e: Encyclopedia Ii - Final Fantasy Bestiary A-e - Adamant
The Adamantoise resembles a large tortoise. Its shell provides it with a strong defense to its weak body. Its name is created from adama...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Final Fantasy Bestiary A-e: Encyclopedia Ii - Final Fantasy Bestiary A-e - Biblos
The Biblos is a large stereotypical looking monster with two protruding horns. It first appears in a library in Final Fantasy V, thus it ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Final Fantasy Bestiary A-e: Encyclopedia Ii - Final Fantasy Bestiary A-e - Bomb
The Bomb and its various counterparts such as Grenade are relative to the weaponry of the same names, bomb, grenade, etc... The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Final Fantasy Bestiary A-e: Encyclopedia Ii - Final Fantasy Bestiary A-e - Cactuar
The Cactuar is a creature resembling the cacti. In Final Fantasy VII, there is also a creature called the Cactuer which bears the same ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Perkūnas: Encyclopedia Ii - Perkūnas - Earliest Written Sources
The earliest attestation of Perkūnas seems to be in the Russian translation of the Chronicle of John Malala (1261) where it speaks about...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kvinneby Amulette: Encyclopedia Ii - Kvinneby Amulette - Ivar Lindquist 1987 A Posthumous Publication
Ivar Lindquist took some 30 years to ponder the amulet - and it shows. He offers a plethora of interpretations - all, however, within the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - Demons In The Hebrew Bible
Demons as described in the Tanakh are not the same as "demons" commonly known in popular or Christian culture. The demons mentioned in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - Demons In The Hebrew Bible
Demons as described in the Tanakh are not the same as "demons" commonly known in popular or Christian culture. The demons mentioned in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - Demons In Ancient Persia
During the time of Zarathustra the same word (Div) received the notion of demon in the Iranian tradition. In Zoroastrianism and the Avest...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - Demons In Other Cultures And Religions
Demons are found in many religions, and many cultures have developed a rich mythology of demons. The study of demons is called demonology...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - Demons In Hellenistic Neopaganism
In modern Hellenistic Neopaganism (particularly in self-described Hellenistic sects in the United States), a demon can be a variety of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - In Art Literature And Television
Many classic books and plays feature demons, such as the Divine Comedy, Paradise Lost and Faust. Anton Rubinstein's lushly chromatic oper...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - Demons In Hellenistic Neopaganism
In modern Hellenistic Neopaganism (particularly in self-described Hellenistic sects in the United States), a demon can be a variety of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - In Art Literature And Television
In Mikhail Lermontov's long poem (1840), the Demon makes love to the virgin Tamara in a scenic setting of the Causcaus mountains. Many cl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - In Art Literature And Television
In Mikhail Lermontov's long poem (1840), the Demon makes love to the virgin Tamara in a scenic setting of the Caucasus mountains. Many cl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - In The New Testament And Christianity
"Demon" has a number of meanings, all related to the idea of a spirit that inhabited a place, or that accompanied a person. Whether such ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - In Science
Scientists occasionally invent hypothetical entities with special abilities as part of a thought experiment. These "demons" have abilitie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - In Games
The earliest connection of the word with games is that the British call a form of solitaire "Demon", from at least the nineteenth century...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - In Jewish Rabbinic Literature
Rabbinical demonology has three classes of, demons, though they are scarcely separable one from another. There were the shedim, the mazzi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - In Islam
Islam recognized the existence of all the pagan demons, good and evil, protesting only against their being considered gods. Islam divides...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - In Christian Myth And Legend
Building upon the few references to daemons in the New Testament, especially the visionary poetry of the Apocalypse of John, Christian wr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - In Pre-islamic Arab Culture
Pre-Islamic mythology does not discriminate between gods and demons. The jinn are considered as divinities of inferior rank, having many ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - In Hinduism
There are three kinds of anthromorphic beings, the devas (demigods), the manushyas (human beings) and the asuras (demons). The asuras liv...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Vii - D
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VII - D . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article