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Curated catalog of supernatural beings in 10 languages. Mythology, demonology, cryptozoology and folklore documented with relationships, taxonomies and sources.
Ghaddฤr
Yemeni jinn who tortures desert travelers
Ghaddฤr ambushes lone travelers in the deserts of Yemen and the Hejaz, captures, tortures and leaves them to die; cousin of the ghลซl and siสฟlฤ.
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Qarinah
Qarina, the female double born with every man
Female double born with every man, bringing jealousy and barrenness, and prowling by night as a cat.
Helel Ben Shahar
The morning star of Isaiah 14
Venus before dawn and the prophet's taunt against the king of Babylon; the Vulgate called it "lucifer".
Lilith
Lilith, the first rebellious woman and queen of demons
First woman according to the Alphabet of Ben Sira; she refused to submit to Adam and mothers the lilim.
Upyr
Upyr, the Slavic vampire that rises from the grave to drink blood with a kiss
The upyr is the Slavic vampire that emerges from the grave to feed on living blood through a kiss.
Lilitu
Lilitu, the Mesopotamian succubus spirit that drains vitality in dreams
Lilitu is the Mesopotamian female demon that seduces men in dreams to feed on their vital energy.
Baal-Hadad
Canaanite god of storm and rain
Lord of the rain and vanquisher of the sea-chaos: he dies with the drought and rises with the rains.
Azazel
Azazel, the Watcher who swore on Mount Hermon
Tenth chief of the Watchers who came down on Mount Hermon in the days of Jared.
Bael
The first spirit of the Goetia
A hoarse-voiced king who grants invisibility and heads the list of Solomon's seventy-two spirits.
Lamashtu
Lamashtu, Mesopotamian demoness, daughter of Anu
Mesopotamian demoness who attacked pregnant women and newborns; she was repelled with amulets of Pazuzu.
Metatron
Metatron, the Prince of the Presence
The heavenly scribe who says "I am Enoch": seventy names and a throne at the seventh palace's door.
Satan
Satan, the Adversary
In Hebrew "satan" is an office, not a name: the prosecutor of the divine council who tests Job.
Moloch
Moloch, biblical fire god and prince of Hell
Biblical figure of sacrifice by fire, turned by Christian demonology into a prince of Hell.
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