...as ''Lamashtu'' or ''Dimme'') was a demon goddess in Sumerian and Akkadian mythology.
In Mesopotamian mythology '''Lamashtu''' was a female [[demon]] that menaced women during childbirth
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'''Satan''' [Standard Hebrew: שָׂטָן, ''Satan'' Tiberian Hebrew ''Śāṭān''; Koine Greek:Σατανάς, ''Satanás''; Aramaic language
== In the Hebrew Bible ==
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...revealed as male in the Hebrew Scriptures and Christian New Testament, the Hebrew Scriptures and their Greek translation - the Septuagint - contain feminine
[[Category:Christian mythology]][[Category:Demons]]
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...) is an animated being which is crafted from inanimate material. In modern Hebrew the word ''golem'' denotes "fool", "silly", or even "stupid", "clue-less",
...ses the word "<b>g</b>a<b>l</b>'<b>m</b>i", meaning "my unshaped form" (in Hebrew, root words are defined by sequences of consonants, ie. <b>glm</b>). The [[
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...of Abyzou appear frequently in charms in languages such as ancient Greek, Hebrew, and Romanian.
[[Category:Jewish mythology]]
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In Hebrew, the biblical word ''ha-satan'' means ''adversary'' or ''obstacle'', or eve
The Hebrew word for evil used above is usually translated as 'calamity', 'disaster' or
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'''Asmodai''' or '''Asmodeus''' is a demon in Jewish mythology.
...ling variations deriving from Asmodai/Asmodeus include Ashmadia, Ashmedai (Hebrew), Asmodaios-?sµ?da??? (Greek), Asmoday, Asmodée (French), Asmodee, Asmode
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...y. Crowley identified Baphomet with [[Harpocrates]] (the [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek]] version of the child-form of the Egyptian god [[Horus]]) and also w
...he last, the second for the second last, and so on. "Baphomet" rendered in Hebrew becomes בפומת; interpreted using Atbash, it becomes שופיא, which
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...d John Milton's ''[[Paradise Lost]]'', led to the common idea in Christian mythology and [[folklore]] that Lucifer was a poetic appellation of [[Satan]].
...though still this is a poetical personification of the Light-Bearer, not a mythology:
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...that has generally been described as a malevolent [[spirit]], or [[Daemon (mythology)|daemon]] and [[Jinn]]. A demon is frequently depicted as a force that may
...'' that passed into Christian culture are discussed in the entry [[Daemon (mythology)|daemon]].The Hellenistic "Demon" eventually came to include many Semitic a
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===Hebrew Bible===
...fer a witch to live".) Many bible scholars have noted that in the original Hebrew the word "M'khasephah"(translated in the King James as "witch") means "some
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...nt or other reptile, with [[magic]]al or [[Spirit|spiritual]] qualities. [[Mythology|Mythological]] creatures possessing some or most of the characteristics typ
...rse exceptions to these rules). Malevolent dragons also occur in [[Persian mythology]] and other cultures.
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...Though some sources identify Gadreel as the angel that seduced Eve, other Hebrew scholars say that it was Samael who tempted Eve in the guise of the Serpent
[[Category: Jewish mythology]]
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[[Image:Hades (Greek Mythology).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Hades, Greek god of the underworld, enthroned, with
...although it has been ascribed to Greek "unseen", conceptual analogue, the Hebrew word for the abode of the dead, ''[[Sheol]]'', also literally meant "unseen
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...he English term for the Arabic '''جن''' (''jinn''). In pre-Islamic Arabian mythology and in Islam, a jinni (also "djinni" or "djini") is a member of the jinn (o
==Jinn in pre-Islamic mythology==
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..." is also used in the English version of the Bible for the following three Hebrew words:
...or Second Person of the Trinity, is not indicated by the references in the Hebrew scriptures; but the idea of a Being partly identified with God, and yet in
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In ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology, the '''phoenix''' is a mythical bird and associated with the Egyptian sun-
===Hebrew===
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...] - A three-headed dog known to guard the gates of the underworld in Greek mythology.
* [[Chimera (mythology)|The Chimera]] - Although it may have several different forms, the chimera
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In Modern Hebrew, "Azazel" has been improperly given the meaning of [[hell]] by imprecise sp
[[Category:Jewish mythology]]
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Hell appears in several [[mythology|mythologies]] and [[religion]]s in different guises, and is commonly inhabi
...ry:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]] and [[:Category:Roman mythology|Roman mythology]], but [[Hades]] also included [[Elysium]], a place for the reward for thos
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