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Some demons listed do not appear in rabbinic works, but in heretical Jewish works; these are not accepted by Orthodox Judaism, Reform Judaism, and Conservative Judaism. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
Shedim (Hebrew: שֵׁדִים, romanized: šēḏim; singular: שֵׁד šēḏ) [3] are spirits or demons in the Tanakh and Jewish mythology.Shedim do not, however, correspond exactly to the modern conception of demons as evil entities as originated in Christianity. [4]
But in early Jewish thought, represented by targumim and possibly 3 Baruch, along with translations of the Hebrew Bible such as the Peshitta and Vulgate, the se’īrīm were understood as demons. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are considered to be the lowest of all created beings. [ 3 ]
Demonology is the study of demons within religious belief and myth. Depending on context, it can refer to studies within theology, religious doctrine, or occultism. In many faiths, it concerns the study of a hierarchy of demons. Demons may be nonhuman separable souls, or discarnate spirits which have
Rav Huna, another Amora, further explains that every person has thousands of demons on each side, one thousand to the left and ten thousand to the right (Berakhot 6a). [ 3 ] Certain Talmudic passages describe methods of detecting mazzikin, such as sifting fine ashes around one's bed to see their footprints, which resemble the feet of a rooster ...
In the Zohar, Lurianic Kabbalah, and Hermetic Qabalah, the qlippoth (Hebrew: קְלִיפּוֹת, romanized: qəlīppōṯ, originally Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: קְלִיפִּין, romanized: qəlīppīn, plural of קְלִפָּה qəlīppā; literally "peels", "shells", or "husks"), are the representation of evil or impure spiritual forces in Jewish mysticism, the opposites of the Sefirot.
Balaam and the Angel (1836) by Gustav Jäger.The angel in this incident is referred to as a "satan". [7]The Hebrew term śāṭān (Hebrew: שָׂטָן) is a generic noun meaning "accuser" or "adversary", [8] [9] and is derived from a verb meaning primarily "to obstruct, oppose". [10]
Abezethibou (Jewish demonology) Abraxas (Gnosticism) Abyzou (Jewish mythology) Achlys (Greek mythology) Adrammelech (Assyrian mythology, Christian demonology) Aeshma (Zoroastrianism) Agaliarept (Jewish mythology) Agrat bat Mahlat (Jewish demonology) Agares (Christian demonology) Agiel (Jewish mythology) Ahriman/Angra Mainyu (Zoroastrianism)