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In Arabic folklore, a '''Marid''' (Arabic: مارد‎) is a jinn associated with open waters of the seas and oceans ...against every rebellious devil (Marid).'', as well as pre-Islamic Arabian mythology and throughout Asia.

[[Category: Arabic mythology]]

Aziza is also an Arabic name that is the female form of Aziz. [[Category:Dahomey mythology]]

...'''Hadhayosh''' (or '''Sarsaok''') is a land creature from ancient Persian mythology that is often likened to the Behemoth of modern and Hebrew culture. . ...adhayosh. By this time, Zoroastrianism had been influenced by Hellenic and Arabic culture.

'''Qareens''' (Arabic: قرين‎) qarīn), according to Islamic literature, are spirits permane [[Category:Islamic mythology]]

'''Kuyūthāʼ''' ([[Arabic]] كيوثاء), also known as '''Kujata''' or '''Kjata''' is the bull whic [[Category:Middle Eastern mythology]]

...c النداهة‎ translated ''the caller''. Also called ''ginneyya'' in Egyptian Arabic. [[Category:Egyptian mythology]]

...] in [[:Category:Christian mythology|Christianity]] and [[:Category:Hebrew mythology|Judaism]]. The Islamic view of Satan, has both commonalities and differenc As per the Qur'an, before the creation of Man, God (Arabic: Allah) created the [[Angel]]s (which were made from light) — which had n

'''Iblīs''' (Arabic إبليس), is the primary [[devil]] in Islam. ...d his personality is similar to that of the devil in [[:Category:Christian mythology|Christianity]].

The term kapre comes from the Arabic "kaffir" meaning a non-believer in Islam. The early Arabs and the Moors use [[Category:Philippine mythology]]

'''Al-Burāq''' (Arabic: البُراق‎ al-Burāq "lightning") is a creature from the heavens wh [[Category:Islamic mythology]]

'''Ifrit''', also spelled efreet, also ifreet, afrit (Arabic: ʻAfrīt: عفريت, pl ʻAfārīt: عفاريت), are a kind of [[Genie| ==Ifrit in contemporary popular mythology==

...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 ...word ''génie'' as a translation of ''jinni'' because it was similar to the Arabic word both in sound and in meaning; this meaning was also picked up in Engli

...d to the Arabic-speaking world, where the concept was conflated with other Arabic mythical birds such as the Ghoghnus and developed as the Rukh (the origin o [[Category:Persian mythology]]

[[Norse mythology]] also contains examples of necromancy (Ruickbie, 2004:48), such as the sce ...ould have became a way for idle literate Europeans to integrate Hebrew and Arabic legend and language into forbidden manuals of sorcery.

...y. Crowley identified Baphomet with [[Harpocrates]] (the [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek]] version of the child-form of the Egyptian god [[Horus]]) and also w ...panish similar to bufihamat). The word means 'father of understanding'. In Arabic, 'father' is taken to mean 'source, chief seat of,' and so on." - Idries Sh

Lovecraft originally titled the book ''Al Azif'' (from Arabic, meaning the sound of cicadas and other nocturnal insects which [[folklore] ...th century) translated it into Latin and indicated in the preface that the Arabic original was lost. This translation was printed twice: in the fifteenth cen

...nfortunate creature to crash to its death on the rocks below. According to Arabic tradition, the Roc never lands on earth, only on the mountain Qaf, the cent [[Category:Persian mythology]]

...ṭān''; Koine Greek:Σατανάς, ''Satanás''; Aramaic language Aramaic: Śaṭanâ; Arabic language|Arab: شيطان,''Shaitan'' is a Abrahamic term which is traditio In Islam, Iblīs (Arabic إبليس), is the primary devil. He is commonly referred to in the Qur'an

...to evil devil-like beings). According to the Qur'an, God (called Allah in Arabic) created the Devil out of "smokeless fire", while He created man out of cla ...erent species like siddha, gandharva, yaksha etc. are defined in the Hindu mythology which may not fall directly into mankind but treated as slightly superior t

...ngs, derived from one of the most famed example: the ''gigantes'' of Greek mythology. * Djinn/Jin/Jinn (Arabic)

...hayosh, as the Leviathan is with the Kar and the Ziz with the Simurgh. The Arabic behemoth is known by the name Bahamut. [[Category:Biblical mythology]]

...e source of all the fables of the dog-headed barbarians, whether European, Arabic, or Chinese, can be found in the Alexander Romance. [[Category:Chinese mythology]]

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

Azazel is also known as '''Azazil''' in Arabic. He became known as [[Iblis]] (meaning "despair" or "the despaired"), the ' [[Category:Jewish mythology]]

Bernard Heuvelmans thinks that duba originates from either the Arabic word for bear (dubb) or their word for hyena (dubbah). [[Category: African mythology]]

...ated to the Middle Hebrew and Jewish Aramaic word dgnʾ 'be cut open' or to Arabic dagn 'rain-(cloud). The Phoenician author Sanchuniathon also says Dagon mea ...ppearance of Phoenician literary texts, Dagon has practically no surviving mythology.

...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

===Norse/Germanic mythology=== In [[:Category:Norse mythology|Norse mythology]], '''Svartálfar''' ("Swartelves" or "[[black elves]]"), sometimes conside

The word “mummy” comes from the Arabic word ''mummia'', which means bitumen. Bitumen is a naturally-occurring tar [[Category:Egyptian mythology]]

...chemists to borrow the terms and symbols of [[Bible|biblical]] and pagan [[mythology]], [[astrology]], [[kabbalah]], and other mystic and esoteric fields; so th The word ''alchemy'' comes from the Arabic {{Unicode|''al-kīmiyaˀ'' or ''al-khīmiyaˀ''}} (الكيمياء or ال

...'' is derived from medieval Latin ''mumia'', a borrowing of the Persian or Arabic word ''mūmiyyah'' (مومية), which means "bitumen". Because of the blac *In the Middle Ages, based on a mis-translation from Arabic it became common practice to grind mummies preserved in bitumen into a powd

...vented by the Egyptians of the Old Kingdom, before being imported in Greek mythology. ...t". This may be her proper name, but ''The Penugin Dictionary of Classical Mythology'' states that her given name was '''Φιξ — Phix'''.

...xotic beliefs to Europeans at this time. [[Hinduism|Hindu]] and [[Egyptian mythology]] frequently feature in nineteenth century magical texts. The late [[19th c ..., the seasons, and the practitioner's relationship with the Earth, [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]], or the [[Goddess]] have derived at least in part from these magica

...al wolf that could devour the sun and moon (similar to [[Fenris]] in Norse mythology), and later became connected with werewolves rather than vampires. The pers *In Aztec mythology, the [[Civatateo]] was a sort of vampire, created when a noblewoman died in

...Ameshaspentas ([[Amesha Spenta]]), or seven great spirits of the [[Persian mythology]]. ...gods, such as [[Eos]], [[Eros (mythology)|Eros]], [[Thanatos]] and [[Nike (mythology)|Nike]].

...ibals'. {{citation needed}} Prepared to meet the Great Khan, he had aboard Arabic and Hebrew speakers to translate. Then thinking he heard Caniba or Canima, The opening of [[Hell]], the Zoroastrian contribution to Western mythology, is a mouth. According to [Catholic dogma, bread and wine are transubstanti