According to the Bible, '''Nisroch''' is the Assyrian god of agriculture but was later identified
===In the Bible===
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[[Image:Biblejohn.jpg|frame|Police artist's reconstruction of ''Bible John'']]
'''Bible John''' is the nickname of an unidentified [[serial killer]] who is thought
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...e demon brothers are comparable to the [[Gog]] and [[Magog]] of the Hebrew bible and Christian Lore and the Ya'jooj Wa Ma'jooj (يأجوج و مأجوج) of
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*Rosner, Fred. ''Encyclopedia of Medicine in the Bible and the Talmud''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2000, p. 96 [http://books.google.co
*Stol, Marten. ''Birth in Babylonia and the Bible: Its Mediterranean Setting''. Brill, 2000, p. 167 [http://books.google.com/
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In the Hebrew Bible, the '''Witch of Endor''' of the First book of Samuel, chapter 28:4–2
...the theological issues raised by this text, however. If one interprets the Bible literally, it would appear to affirm that it is or was possible for humans
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...and leave changelings in their stead, the remedy against which is to lay a bible under the child’s pillow; they lend and borrow pots, plates, and such lik
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The beast is mentioned nine times in the Bible (Job 39:9,10, Deuteronomy 33:17, Numbers 23:22 and 24:8; Psalm 22:21, 29:6
Translated to [[unicorn]] in the King James version of the Bible, it is translated as "wild ox" in the NASB. Also speculated to refer to the
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...ile no theology of demonic territoriality can be clearly identified in the Bible, proponents will point out that their experience of the phenomenon is not r
...cal witness. This particular argument - whether Christians should view the Bible as the sole authority (opponents to this teaching) or as one authority amon
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...d") is a Seraph in the Sepher Raziel and in Milton's Paradise Lost. In the Bible, Abdiel is the father of Ahi, a clan leader of the tribe of Gad (1 Chronicl
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...or of demons in the form of serpents, as Satan is alluded to in the Hebrew Bible's serpent at Genesis.
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...se demon brothers are comparable to the [[Gog]]and [[Magog]] of the Hebrew bible and Christian Lore and the Ya'jooj Wa Ma'jooj (يأجوج و مأجوج) of
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...me are likely to have known the word from Greek translations of the Hebrew Bible and the Gospels. Muslim scholars, on the other hand, are more inclined to d
...html#038.076 (38-76)] - and not as a ''fallen angel'' as mentioned in the Bible.
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The '''Fiery Flying Serpent''' is a creature or entity mentioned in the Bible. (Book of Isaiah 30:6).
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...w text of [[Genesis]] and occurs frequently throughout the [[Tanakh|Hebrew Bible]]. Its exact significance is often disputed.
...ular deity) is traditionally understood. Thus the very first words of the Bible are ''breshit bara Elohim'', where ''bara'' ברא is a verb inflected as t
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Nelson often studied his worn Bible, using it to keep his victims at ease and off-guard around him. Once he gai
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...e demon''', or translated as '''Lots''', is a demon found in the Christian Bible in Mark 5:9 and Luke 8:30.
In some versions of the Bible, the quotation is different:
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The name Naamah appears in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Lamech, sister of Tubal-Cain and half-sister of Jubal. (
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* The sequel to the infamous hentai anime series Bible Black is called Shin Bible Black Lanze de Longinus.
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.... This translation was later appropriated in the King James Version of the Bible.
===The Bible===
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* Familiar spirits are referenced in the Bible: "A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, sha
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...emon|demons]] from a Christian point of view. It is primarily based on the Bible (Old Testament and New Testament), the exegesis of these scriptures, the sc
...i' thing they are is malevolent; it is deducible from some passages of the Bible that they are not omnipresent.
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...and deities. Early demonologists, unaware of Hadad or that "Ba`al" in the Bible referred to any number of local spirits, came to regard the term as referri
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...ncludes Bartlett's sketch, he wrote "I, Bill Bartlett, swear on a stack of Bible's [sic] that I saw this creature".
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...ough the Prophets and Holy Writings (the two latter portions of the Hebrew Bible) are allusions to ancient myths whose origins may well be outside of the Ju
The word "Leviathan" appears five times in the Bible:
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...the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul..." Later in the Bible, in the Book of Kings, the prophet Elijah is possessed by the spirit of a d
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The New American Bible among others believes that ''Demon lurking'' which in Hebrew means ''the cr
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[[Image:Goliath Bible.jpg|right|frame|David and Goliath by Gustave Dore]]
==Giants of the Bible==
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In the Bible, Mammon is personified in Luke 16:13, and Matthew 6:24, the latter verse re
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...ronymus of Cardia; and as ''screech owl'' in the King James Version of the Bible.
...fluenced by the "screech owl" translation of the King James Version of the Bible. A very similar relief dating to roughly the same period is preserved in th
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...ospels and this substitution was repeated in the King James Version of the Bible, the result of which is the form ''Beelzebul'' was mostly unknown to wester
...=1157007711/ref=pd_bbs_3/102-2305931-9420165?ie=UTF8&s=books ''The Access Bible'']
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*Petronix., "The Sociopathic Bible". E-Book, Sociopathic.net 1-26, 2005.
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The Book of Enoch (an apocryphal book of the Bible whose complete version has only recently been discovered as a part of the D
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...ring the Renaissance; the name Mephistopheles makes no appearance in the [[Bible]].
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...ey]], who founded the “Church of Satan” in 1966. LaVey wrote ''The Satanic Bible'' (1969) and other works which remain highly influential (though controvers
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...y to escape one is to quote a passage from the Bible. Quotations from the Bible cause this faery intense pain making it flee.
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...dyree is in fact the term used for 'satyr' in the 1819 Manx version of the Bible (Isaiah 34:14).
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== In the Hebrew Bible ==
The Hebrew "Satan" is used in the Hebrew Bible with the general connotation of "adversary," being applied to:
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...th with a baseball bat. He was to claim that the victim was Jonah from the Bible, and that he had sent Mullin a telepathic message saying, "Pick me up and t
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...st' (related to the English word ghost) or the French, 'l'espirit'. In the Bible, the word "ruach" (רוח; "wind") is most commonly translated as the spiri
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...popularity amongst magi and [[Thelema|Thelemites]]. The 'Wise Men' in the bible who visited the Infant Jesus are said to have been [[Magi]] of the Kabbalah
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The Watchers story in Enoch is derived from ''[[Genesis (Hebrew Bible)|Genesis]]'' chapter 6. Verses 1-4 describe the "Origin of the Nephilim" an
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...loosely translated as ''giants'' or ''titans'' in some translations of the Bible, and is left as ''nephilim'' in others.
...however, there is some controversy on this point (Targum Yonathan) [http://bible.ort.org/books/pentd2.asp?ACTION=displaypage&BOOK=1&CHAPTER=6#C64]. Some com
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*Palmer, Abram Smythe .Babylonian influence on the Bible and popular beliefs : "Tĕhôm and Tiâmat", "Hades and Satan" : a comparat
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...er=602&version=kjv] is the last canonical book of the New Testament in the Bible. It is the only biblical book that is wholly composed of apocalyptic litera
...ic" and stated that "Christ is neither taught nor known in it" [http://www.bible-researcher.com/antilegomena.html].
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...udy of demons from a Christian point of view. It is primarily based on the Bible (Old Testament and New Testament), the exegesis of these scriptures, the sc
...i' thing they are is malevolent; it is deducible from some passages of the Bible that they are not omnipresent.
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In the King James Version of the Bible, Isaiah 13:21 and 34:14, the English word "satyr" is used to represent the
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...emies of the Ancient Israelites lead to Dagon's demonization in the Hebrew Bible.
...of the Dagon-worship among the inhabitants of Palestine. We learn from the Bible that the deity had temples at Gaza (Judges 16:21, 23) and Azotus (1 Samuel
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"In the days leading up to the date of execution, Lee read the Bible prodigiously and proclaimed his innocence.
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There are also many references to necromancy in the Bible. The Book of Deuteronomy (XVIII 9–12) explicitly warns the Israelites
...states that the art of necromancy exists, although it is prohibited by the bible. Within the Rawlinson necromantic manuscript, a fable is presented as a wa
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...xt of modern Luciferianism, a belief system that venerates Lucifer. In The Bible of the Adversary by Michael Ford, she is invoked as a “storm demoness”
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...ef=sr_11_1/102-0241129-9749767?ie=UTF8 LaVey, Anton Szandor: ''The Satanic Bible'', Avon, 1969]
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...rchetypal monster, present both in eastern and western mythology. In the [[Bible]], [[God]] is said to have the strength of a unicorn. [Num 23:22 & 24:8]; T
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Scholars of religion hold that people in the time of the [[Hebrew Bible]] had beliefs and superstitions analogous to those found among their contem
...ew source for everything-- From the Bible. We have but to look through the Bible to see for ourselves."
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In the Hebrew Bible the term appears in several places to indicate the wicked or worthless, suc
...sked by St. Paul as to how Christ and Belial can agree. The passage in the Bible NIV states:
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...within the conjure tradition, and the recitation of [[Psalms]] from the [[Bible]] is also considered magically effective in hoodoo. Due to hoodoo's great e
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===Hebrew Bible===
...not suffer to live" - A.V. "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live".) Many bible scholars have noted that in the original Hebrew the word "M'khasephah"(tran
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In the '''Vulgate''', an early-5th-century translation of the Bible into Latin by Jerome, ''Lucifer'' is a Latin word that appears in many tran
==Lucifer and the Satanic Bible==
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*This is also the Jedoui mentioned in the Christian Bible in the book of Leviticus (xix, 31). Called Jedua, this animal is human in a
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* In the [[Hebrew Bible]], [[Plagues of Egypt|plague]]s and other misfortunes are described as sign
...ng. (''Oxford Companion to the Bible'' (1992), entry for "Medicine and the Bible")
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===[[Hebrew Bible]]===
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===Hebrew Bible===
First accounts of the Mandrake date back to the Bible. In Genesis 30, Reuben, the eldest son of Jacob and Leah finds mandrakes in
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...to refigure the tales of pre-Christian Europe, or even such tales in the [[Bible]] as the Ascent of Elijah to heaven. [[Adrienne Mayor]], in introducing a b
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...so meaning "messenger". "Angel" is also used in the English version of the Bible for the following three Hebrew words:
...l (Israel)|Bethel]], Jacob sees the angels of God on the [[Jacob's Ladder (Bible)|ladder]] {{bibleverse||Genesis|28:12|JP}}, and later on they appear to him
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...arous. However, more recent translations such as the New American Standard Bible state "Behold now, his strength in his loins and his power in the muscles o
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...tales related of the saints in the ''Golden Legend''; in addition to the Bible, these sources include apocryphal texts such as the ''Gospel of Nicodemus''
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Influences include the [[Bible]], Milton's unorthodox religious perspective, Edmund Spenser, Homer, Ovid,
...ilarities in language in several points with the Authorised version of the Bible. Interestingly, Milton also read the Old Testament in its original Hebrew.
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...tions which are apparent in the [[Septuagint]] translation of the [[Hebrew Bible]] and in the Greek originals of the [[New Testament]]. The [[medieval]] and
==Demons in the Hebrew Bible==
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...procreation. She reserved time every afternoon to read to them from the [[Bible]], usually selecting graphic verses from the [[Old Testament]] dealing with
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...ter, who is thought to have influenced Judeo-Christian beliefs [http://www.bible-history.com/isbe/Z/ZOROASTRIANISM]. The best-known fallen angel is [[Satan]
The following comes from a series of ancient texts referenced in the Bible called "The Three Books of Enoch", a set of books found in the Pseudepigrap
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...ce of copyright and patent laws also form part of the public domain. The [[Bible]] and [[Qur'an]], the works of Homer and the inventions of Archimedes are i
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...when he heard of many of the deaths he had caused, he sought solace in the Bible but was not persuaded to stop or confess.
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*[[Bible John]] (UK)
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Like some other gods and demons found in the Bible, Moloch appears as part of medieval demonology, as a Prince of Hell. This M
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* Hone, William. ''The Lost Books of the Bible''. Bell Publishing Co., 1979.
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The metaphors in the Bible evoke images of conflict and spiritual struggle in the life of the Christia
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...(note that the name 'Azrael' does not appear in any versions of either the Bible or the Qu'ran).
In the Bible, death is viewed as an under form of an [[angel]] sent from God, a being de
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...riman can be considered to be the same spiritual being as the Satan of the Bible; he differentiated both of these from Lucifer, the tempter, and the demon M
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The word ''golem'' is used in the [[Bible]] to refer to an embryonic or incomplete substance: [[Psalms|Psalm]] 139:16
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...than was a large creature similar to a crocodile with fierce teeth; in the Bible, the leviathan can breathe fire. Over time, the term came to mean any large
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...ous conservatism|religious conservatives]] in America with text from the [[Bible]], notably referencing the many [[prophecy|prophecies]] in the Book of Dani
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...zoophilia, there is no explicit taboo of sadomasochistic behaviour in the Bible.
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...gel]] who rebelled against God, and has been condemned to [[Hell]]. In the Bible, he is identified with the serpent in the Garden of Eden, the Accuser of Jo
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*Some of Kali's older names found their way into the Bible. As Tara, the earth, she became Terah, mother of the Hebrew ancestral spiri
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..., since most imagery of hell depicts it as hot and fiery, such as in the [[Bible]] in [[Revelation]], where sinners are cast into a [[lake of fire]]. Theref
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* Fannon, Sean Patrick. ''The Fantasy Roleplaying Gamer's Bible, 2nd Edition''. Obsidian Studios, 2000.
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...ccans have been incorrectly associated with black magic and Satanism. The Bible (Leviticus 20:27 ''A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that
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...as a brewer, took up the practice of preaching at a fanatical pace. Daily Bible studies and private tutoring were mainstays in "Alick's" childhood; however
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...Records, 1995). Contains one disc of recitals by Manson of poetry and the Bible and one disc of Manson's opinions of actual events at the time of the relea
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...the need for secrecy, led alchemists to borrow the terms and symbols of [[Bible|biblical]] and pagan [[mythology]], [[astrology]], [[kabbalah]], and other
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