'''Exorcism''' (from Late Latin ''exorcismus'', from Greek ''exorkizein'' - to adjure) is the practice of e
In kabbalah and European Jewish folklore (which does not believed in possession by demons), possession takes on a di
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''Lucifer'' was originally a Latin word meaning "light-bearer" (from ''lux'', "light", and ''ferre'', "to bear
...''[[Paradise Lost]]'', led to the common idea in Christian mythology and [[folklore]] that Lucifer was a poetic appellation of [[Satan]].
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A '''werewolf''' (Or '''Lycanthrope''') in [[folklore]] and [[mythology]] is a person who [[Therianthropy|shapeshifts]] into a wo
...meaning ''man'' (male ''man'' rather than gender-neutral) or possibly the Latin ''vir,'' also meaning man, masculine. It has cognates in several Germanic l
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...(Ph.D. University of Glasgow). pp. 56-57.</ref><ref>IE root ''*albh-'', in American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language 2000. [http://www.bartleby.com/
...earance of beings etymologically related to ''álfar'' in earlier and later folklore strongly suggests that the belief in elves was common among all the Germani
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...s, the demon-locusts from the Book of Revelation, impure spirits in Jewish folklore such as the dybbuk and of wicked humans that have become demons as well.[25
#. ^ Ghost, entry in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Copyright ©
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The concept of a '''homunculus''' (Latin for "little man", sometimes spelled "homonculus," plural "homunculi") usual
The concept of a homunculus (Latin for “little man,” sometimes spelled “homonculus”) is often used to
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