[[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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