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Poets such as Geoffrey Chaucer associated the color green with the Devil, although in modern times the color is red. [18] Henry Boguet and some English demonologists of the same epoch asserted that witches and warlocks confessed (under torture) that demons' bodies were icy. [19] During the 17th century, this belief prevailed.
The use of horns as a symbol for power dates back to the ancient world. From ancient Egypt and the Ba'al worshipping Cannanites, to the Greeks, Romans, Celts, and various other cultures. [49] Horns have ever been present in religious imagery as symbols of fertility and power.
Phanaeus demon can reach a length of about 10–21 millimetres (0.39–0.83 in). It is a highly variable species. These beetles show an erect horn recurved towards the tip. The females are smaller than the males. Dorsum is highly shining.
The oni remains a very popular motif in Japanese popular culture. Their varied modern depiction sometimes relies on just one or two distinctive features which mark a character as an oni, such as horns or a distinctive skin colour, although the character may otherwise appear human, lacking the oni's traditionally fearsome or grotesque features.
This is a list of demons that appear in religion, theology, demonology, mythology, and folklore. It is not a list of names of demons, although some are listed by more than one name.
Unicorn – horse-like creature with a single horn, often symbolizing purity (Worldwide) Winged unicorn; Water Horse – General name for mythical water dwelling horses of many cultures Ceffyl Dŵr – water horse; Each-uisge – Malevolent shapeshifting oceanic water horse
Alpha Centauri, a green hermaphrodite hexapod with one huge eye; Doctor Who character first seen in The Curse of Peladon; Cylon Centurions in sci-fi franchise Battlestar Galactica; The Cyclops (1957), a science fiction horror film about a creature created via radiation exposure; Dalek Sec, a monster that became a one-eyed Dalek-human hybrid in ...
Marchosias appears as a fire-spitting chimeric wolf with the wings of a griffon and the tail of a serpent.. In demonology, Marchosias is a great and mighty Marquis of Hell, commanding thirty legions of demons.