[[Category: Hebrew mythology]]
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'''Shedim''' is a generic word for spirits or demons in Babylonian and Jewish mythology.
==Babylonian mythology==
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...the cosmic ocean of the creation is often known as a great stream. In the Hebrew dialect of the Old Testament, he is referred to as [[Leviathan]].
[[Category: Biblical mythology]]
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'''Tannin''' is the name of a demon or dragon in Jewish mythology.
The name developed in modern Hebrew ''tannin'' (תנין) literally means crocodile or alligator, from ''tan''
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...of these 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 مأجو
[[Category:Hindu mythology]]
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...ient Persian mythology that is often likened to the Behemoth of modern and Hebrew culture. .
[[Category:Persian mythology]]
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The '''ziz''' (Hebrew: זיז) is a giant bird in Jewish mythology.
[[Category: Jewish mythology]]
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...judgment day, when they will be admitted to a higher state of being (Welsh mythology.)
Ellyllon , is also doubtless allied with the Hebrew Elilim, having with it an identity both of origin and meaning. [Pughe's 'We
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''Naamah'' (Hebrew: נעמה) means ''pleasant''; it refers either to her virtuous nature (
The name Naamah appears in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Lamech, sister of Tubal-Cain and half-sister of Ju
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...od or idol of the Ammonites, otherwise called Moloch, and Melech: which in Hebrew signifies a king, and Melchom signifies their unearthly king. Their king re
[[Category: Jewish mythology]]
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...hisophilus''') is a name given to one of the chief [[demon]]s of Christian mythology that figure in European literary traditions.
...ebrew word "''Tophel''" which means liar. Also, Bachtold-Stäubli has other Hebrew explanations yet for the name.
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From the Hebrew 'rachav' lit. ''broad, large''. Rahab is mentioned in the Talmud and the Ol
[[Category:Jewish mythology]]
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...of these 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 مأجو
[[Category:Hindu mythology]]
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Nisroch is connected with the Hebrew word Nesher and means "the great eagle" .
[[Category: Assyrian mythology]]
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'''Sathariel''' (Hebrew סתריאל) which represents the Concealment of God, which hides the face
[[Category: Jewish mythology]]
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...fore Satan and twenty-two demons which correspond to the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
[[Category: Jewish mythology]]
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"This name is half Hebrew and half Latin. Asmodeus is often mentioned in the literature of demonology
[[Category: Jewish mythology]]
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==Comparative mythology==
...n Yam and Baal (the Storm God) resembles the battle in Hurrian and Hittite mythology between the sky God Teshub (or Tarhunt) with the serpent Illuyanka.
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The Hebrew word ''abaddon'' means "place of destruction" Job 26:8 and Psalms 88:11.
Abaddon has also been considered the Hebrew name for the Greek god [[Apollyon]].
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'''Satyrs''' in [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]] are woodland creatures depicted as having the pointed ears, legs, and sho
===Greek mythology and art===
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...they were the spirits of persons who have died and escaped from Gehenna, a Hebrew term very loosely translated as "hell." The dybbuk may be the soul of a sin
The word "dybbuk" is the Hebrew word for "cleaving" or "clinging
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...ks'', which literally translates to "thirty-sixers". The word contains the Hebrew letters ''lamed'' and ''vuv'', whose numerical value when combined is thirt
[[Category: Jewish mythology]]
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In Akkadian mythology '''Rabisu''' ("the vagabond") or possibly '''Rabasa''' is an evil vampiric
The New American Bible among others believes that ''Demon lurking'' which in Hebrew means ''the croucher'' is similar to the word ''Rabisu''.
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...ngs, derived from one of the most famed example: the ''gigantes'' of Greek mythology.
* Anakim (Hebrew)
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...ever, as a single entity. It may be an example of pluralis excellentiae, a Hebrew method of expressing greatness by pluralizing a noun; it thus indicates tha
The Hebrew behemoth is sometimes equated with the Persian Hadhayosh, as the Leviathan
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...adad, perhaps representing a cultic and religious differences reflected in Hebrew tradition also, in which Yahweh in the Tanach is firmly identified with El
...us, it seemed possible they could be equated. More often a connection with Hebrew/Phoenician ?amman 'brazier' has been proposed. Frank Moore Cross argued for
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In the study of [[mythology]] and religion, the '''underworld''' is a generic term approximately equiva
===[[Akkadian mythology]]===
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...harvite colonists into Samaria. The "melech" from his name means "King" in Hebrew. There was also a god called '''Baal Adramelch''' his name ''Baal'' means "
In Assyrian mythology the title Baal was a title for many gods and he is described as a son of Se
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'''Estries''' are female vampires of Hebrew mythology.
...st have its mouth packed with earth,[5] or be decapitated or burned. Later mythology attributed to estries the same vulnerabilities as are associated with other
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...] in [[:Category:Christian mythology|Christianity]] and [[:Category:Hebrew mythology|Judaism]]. The Islamic view of Satan, has both commonalities and differenc
[[Category:Islamic mythology]]
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...the enemies of the Ancient Israelites lead to Dagon's demonization in the Hebrew Bible.
The name appears in Hebrew as דגון (in modern transcription Dagon, Tiberian Hebrew Dāḡôn), in Ugaritic as dgn (probably vocalized as Dagnu), and in Akkadi
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[[Norse mythology]] also contains examples of necromancy (Ruickbie, 2004:48), such as the sce
...ecromancy could have became a way for idle literate Europeans to integrate Hebrew and Arabic legend and language into forbidden manuals of sorcery.
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...Tiberian Hebrew '''Liwyāṯān''') was a [[:Category:Biblical mythology|Biblical]] [[sea monster]] referred to in the Old Testament (Psalms 74:13-1
...than'' has become synonymous with any large monster or creature. In Modern Hebrew, it simply means "whale".
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...eral non-canonical Jewish and early Christian writings, '''nephilim''' (in Hebrew '''הנּפלים''' means ''those causing others to fall'') are a people
...ingle character is out of place in a parchment translation of the original Hebrew Torah, the entire parchment must be destroyed and replaced anew.
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...(also '''centicore''', Latin 'eale') is a mythical beast found in European mythology.
The name might be derived from Hebrew "yael", meaning "mountain goat". A Yale is sometimes referred to as a Shong
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...och (in the Septuagint Greek translation of the Old Testament), or Molech (Hebrew), is the word Melech or Hadad, the King, transformed by interposing the vow
*Moloch appears in the Hebrew of 1 Kings 11.7 (on Solomon's religious failings):
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...word ''mastemah'' meaning ''hatred, hostility, enmity or persecution'' in Hebrew is probable derived from ''Mastim'', the Hiphil participle of ''Satam'', wh
[[Category: Jewish mythology]]
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...d his personality is similar to that of the devil in [[:Category:Christian mythology|Christianity]].
...ad's time 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 incline
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....mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt1034.htm 34:14], Lilith ('''לִּילִית''', Standard Hebrew '''Lilit''') is a kind of night-demon or animal, translated as ''onokentaur
Hebrew לילית ''lilith'', Akkadian ''līlītu'' are female Nisba adjectives f
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'''Jewish mythology''' is a body of stories that explains or symbolizes Jewish beliefs. ''Jewis
Scholars of religion hold that people in the time of the [[Hebrew Bible]] had beliefs and superstitions analogous to those found among their
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...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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