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This is a list of spiritual entities in Islam. Islamic traditions and mythologies branching of from the Quran state more precisely, about the nature of different spiritual or supernatural creatures.
A succubus (pl.: succubi) is a female demon or supernatural entity in folklores who appears in dreams to seduce men, mostly through sexual activity. According to some folklore, a succubus needs semen to survive; repeated sexual activity with a succubus will result in a bond being formed between the succubus and the person; and a succubus will ...
Asmodai/Asmodeus (Jewish folklore, Christian mythology, Islamic folklore) Aswang (Philippine folklore) Astaroth (Christian demonology) Asura (Hindu mythology, Buddhism, Shinto) Azazel/Azaz'el (Jewish mythology, Islamic folklore) Azi Dahaka/Dahak (Zoroastrianism)
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Illustration of a Sila seducing a man from a Persian miniature. Sila (Arabic: سعلى أو سعلا أو سعلاة alternatively spelled Si'la or called Si'lat literally: "Hag" or "treacherous spirits of invariable form" pl. Sa'aali adj: سعلوة su'luwwa) is a jinn from Arabian folklore. [1]
Belief in the supernatural creatures such as Jinn are both an integral part of Islamic belief, [5] and a common explanations in society "for evil, illness, health, wealth, and position in society as well as all mundane and inexplicable phenomena in between". Given the moral ambivalence ascribed to supernatural agents in Islamic tradition ...
In Islamic folklore, the afarit became a class of chthonic spirits, inhabiting the layers of the seven earths, [16] [17] generally ruthless and wicked, formed out of smoke and fire. [ b ] [ 18 ] Despite their negative depictions and affiliation to the nether regions, afarit are not fundamentally evil on a moral plane; they might even carry out ...
Incubus, 1879. An incubus (pl.: incubi) is a male demon in human form in folklore that seeks to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women; the corresponding spirit in female form is called a succubus.