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Demon

A demon is an evil or malevolent supernatural entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in folklore, mythology, religion, occultism, and literature; these beliefs are reflected in media including fiction, comics, film, television, and video games.

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related to New Testament · 26
Demon → Alexandria, As, Because, Beelzebub, Christians, Clement, Demons, Devil, English Bible, Intertestamental, Irenaeus, Jesus, Justin Martyr, King James Version, Lactantius, Many, Nephilim, New Testament, Possession, Satan
related to Pseudepigrapha and deuterocanonical books · 26
Demon → Abraham, Abraham's, All, And, Bible, Book, Demons, Egypt, Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Exodus, Genesis, God, In, In Genesis, In Jubilees, Job, Jubilees, Lord, Mastema, Mastema's
related to Etymology · 25
Demon → By, Byzantine, Christian, Christians, Daimōn, Far, Greco-Roman, Greek, Hebrew Bible, It, Koine, Latin, Like, New Testament, Pagans, Plato, Roman Empire, Satan, Semitic, Septuagint
related to Zoroastrianism · 25
Demon → Abrahamic, After, Ahriman, Ahura Mazda, As, At, Bundahishn, By, Chinvat Bridge, Christianity, Daeva, Devil, Emphasizing, Evil, God, However, Humankind, In, Islam, Mazdaism
related to Medieval Christian Europe · 22
Demon → Although, Christian, Christian Europe, Church, Devil, God, In, In Medieval Christianity, Irish, Jesus Christ, John Cassian, Lucifer, Magical, Many, Morally, Protestant, Satan, Scandinavian, The, They
related to Chinese folklore · 20
Demon → Belief, Buddhism, Chimei, China, Chinese, Classical, English, Epilepsy, Examples, Fenyang, In, Indian, Muling, People, These, Wangliang, Wangxiang, Warring-States, Xia, Zhou
related to Old Testament · 20
Demon → Although, Both, First, God's, God-head, Greek, Greek Daimon, Hebrew Bible, However, Israelites, Old Testamental, Tanakh, The, The Greek Daimons, The Jewish, The Septuagint, Their, This, Though, YHWH
related to Talmudic tradition and Midrashim · 20
Demon → Abraham, As, Babylonian Talmud, Babylonian Talmudists, Despite, Ezra, God, He, However, Ibn Zarza, In, It, Jerusalem Talmud, Jewish, Maimonides, Rabbis, Saadia Gaon, The, Their, They
related to Islamic culture in the Middle Ages · 19
Demon → Abu Ali Bal'ami's, An Uighur Manichaean, Arabian, God, In Islamic, Islam, Islamic, Like, Magnificent, Nonetheless, Once, Silk Road, Suleiman, Süleymanname, Tabari, Tarikh, The, Therefore, Within
related to Islamic world · 19
Demon → Al-Jāḥiẓ, Al-Masʿūdī, Alleged, Arabic, Hayawān, He, In, Jahmītes, Jāḥiẓ, Kitāb, Masʿūdī, Medieval Age, Muslim, Muʿtazila, Sina, Some, Such, This, When

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Demonis aevil or malevolent supernatural entity0.90text
Demonis asame as a devil0.90text
Asaginstance ofThe mythical mace Sharur had the power to slay demons0.80text
a legendary gallu or edimmu of hideous strength.Talmudic traditioninstance ofThe mythical mace Sharur had the power to slay demons0.80text
MidrashimIn the Jerusalem Talmudinstance ofThe mythical mace Sharur had the power to slay demons0.80text
notions of shediminstance ofThe mythical mace Sharur had the power to slay demons0.80text
a legendary gallu or edimmu of hideous strengthinstance ofThe mythical mace Sharur had the power to slay demons0.80text
King James Version do not have the word demon in their vocabularyinstance ofSome old English Bible translations0.80text
translate it as 'devilinstance ofSome old English Bible translations0.80text
rakshasasinstance ofwhile the Earth is plagued by lower demonic beings0.80text
bhutasinstance ofwhile the Earth is plagued by lower demonic beings0.80text
pretasinstance ofwhile the Earth is plagued by lower demonic beings0.80text

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