10. Abyzou
Source: Jewish mythology
Also known as: Abizou, Obizu, Obizuth, Obyzouth and Byzou
It was believed that this female demon was responsible for miscarriages, nati-dead, and infant mortality. The "Abyzou" were taken as infertile, and envy, sought to provoke such acts. She is often represented by serpents and even as being water.
9. Agar
Source: Christian demonology
Also known as: Agreas
It is given to this demon "masculine" the gift of paralysis, which in the case of a leak (of a tsunami or an aggressor) is extremely harmful. It is also said to be one of earthquakes controllers demons. Agar has the field of languages, focusing on profanity and ethnic slurs.
To him is also credited to be ruler of the eastern part of Hell, and he is said to have 31 legions of demons under his command. Is this list one of (if not the most) bizarre in appearance: often portrayed as a pale old man riding on a crocodile, with a hawk tied to their wrists.
8. Aka Manah
Source: Zoroastrian mythology
Also known as: Akem Manah, Akoman, Akvan
His name means "manah hurt" in this case, the word "manah" is "the mind". Many refer to it as the demon of "bad intentions", "evil mind", "the purpose of evil" or "bad thoughts". Your job: Prevent people fulfill their moral obligations (ie :. Being a good father, save a life, honesty, etc.)
7. Ala
Source: pre-Slavic mythology, Slavic and Christian demonology
Also known as: plural: Ale
Ale are some of the few demons in this list that not only do evil, but can be persuaded to do good deeds, or even help someone. Are linked to weather conditions (most common are hail and thunderstorms) on farms, orchards and vineyards, to destroy crops (some "theologians" of neo-Pentecostal churches associate these with the locusts mentioned in the book of the prophet Joel. Food -If children is another assignment to them. it was believed that the Ale when really hungry, they were able to eat some of the light of the moon, or the sun, creating eclipses. Taken as a major threat to the state "physical and mental, being able to incorporate mediums. However, if you approach a wing with trust and respect, this and other Ale will be able to save your life, when necessary, and even make you rich! if you do not want a lot of friends with Ale, know that they have eagles fear People who could see them report various forms (?);. some say look like crows, others, like clouds or dark winds, many report resemblance to snakes or female dragons. it is believed that live in lakes, springs, clouds, inaccessible mountains, forests, huge caves or trees.
6. Asag
Source: Sumerian mythology
Asag is one of the many demons causing disease. "So what?" You say, "which differs from other demons that cause disease?". Well, according to mythology, he had sex with all the mountains of the world, thus having litters of "hell-rock", offspring created to defend it in any battle. He is credited with an incredibly deep ugliness, which is capable of boiling seas and rivers, only to see him from a distance.
5. Belphegor
Source: Christian demonology and Kabbalistic mythology
Belphegor is absolutely unbelievable: He began his career in Assyria for millennia. Was known to Baal-peor, and was associated with orgies, and other perversions. The Israelites worshiped as an idol phallic (penis-shaped). Later, in Kabbalistic mythology, was taken for making people paranoid, or even using the native greed in humans seduced them with money and property wealth. Hard to say which is hard to find material to invoke Baal-peor, since it requires human excrement as a gift (maybe there arises the belief that dream of feces means money)! In the 16th century, it changed its name to Belphegor, and changed - slightly - its strategy. He abandoned the idea of cause mutual distrust in people, and instead concentrated on inventions. He "suggest" to inventors absurd creations (although plausible), and then use its ability to stimulate the greed to its ability to generate the lust for success.
According to legend, Belphegor was sent from Hell to spread justifications against and deny rumors that the marriage could result in happiness, showing no conditions to be happy in a marriage. That's when he decided to stay on Earth. His most bizarre attributes: Account to be physically, mentally and strategically stronger in April, and hell is Satan's ambassador to France. Belphegor also played a role in the book of Milton, "Paradise Lost."
It is commonly portrayed as a being of hideous beard with horns and claws, or belajovem.
4. jikininki
Source: Buddhist Japanese mythology
Jikininki are spirits of selfish people, greedy or evil, now deceased. It is said they are cursed to practice necrophagy (feeding on human corpses). It is also said that lead the corpses valuables in order to bribe guards or local officials, not to be bothered. Unlike most demons, they really hate what became, and are in a constant state of self-rejection and self-loathing. Some reports claim that they are so terrifying, and that those who see them, paralyzed with fear. Other indicate that jikininki may take the form of normal human beings, and even lead to an apparently normal daily life. They are remarkable in that, unlike other gaki or Rakshasa ("hungry ghosts"), and the ghosts in general, they are a rare species, if one can use that term in this context.
3. Pontianak
Source: Indonesian mythology
Also known as: Kuntilanak, Matianak, or Boentianak
The Pontianak are women of spirits who died during childbirth, becoming undead. Pontianak seek scare people (mainly men), and then start your internal organs for food with their claws. For men that Pontianak discover that when they were sexually abused alive or betrayed their spouses, remove the man's genitals with his bare hands. Are much like vampires, however, act more by revenge rather than need or support.
It is also difficult to judge how far are as a loud cry means that the Pontianak is far, while a soft cry means that the Pontianak is nearby. It is also said that a light floral fragrance is detected at first glance, however, the smell of rotten something changes to change after a short period of time. It is believed that live in banana plants.
2. Lady noon.
Source: Slavic mythology
Also known as: Pscipolnista, Poludnica, Polednice
"Lady noon" is certainly an exclusively female demon. With complicated questions, made with far-fetched vocabulary, looking for workers in the fields and deserted places and open, usually on hot summer days, at noon, the hottest time of day. Any incorrect response resulted in summary execution by decapitation, either with a sickle, or a pair of scissors. The "Lady" is also the embodiment of heat stroke, and crazy people like the heat, instead of beheading. His description is from a girl of 12 years old, an old woman, or a beautiful woman in general.
1. Lamashtu
Source: Sumerian and Mesopotamian mythology
Also known as: Dimme
Lamashtu is a hideous and terrifying demon. It is said that threatens women during and after pregnancy. Child kidnapping threats while they are breastfeeding, to drink his blood, and chew your bones.
Add to that the fact that his hobbies include: infest rivers and lakes, killing plants and other life forms, sucking the blood of men, creating sleep disorders, spreading diseases and illnesses, and causing nightmares.
Unlike most demons from Mesopotamian mythology, she does not obey hierarchies, or any god or man, or even any of the celestial hierarchy. So Lamashtu was the personification of evil, making pregnant women and their loved ones routinely invoked another demon, Pazuzu, to protect them. For the uninitiated, Pazuzu was the devil made famous by the movie "The Exorcist". It is said that Pazuzu and Lamashtu were fierce rivals, who systematically attack at the first opportunity. Even Pazuzu is known for bringing famines and droughts in pregnant were so afraid of Lamashtu, who preferred to take the risk! This means that, yes, the performance Linda Blair in "The Exorcist" was nothing compared to the wrath of Lamashtu! Lamashtu is usually described as a "mythological hybrid", with the head of a lioness, teeth and ears of a donkey, on foot of a bird (complete with sharp claws) and a furry body and long, sharp fingers and nails. It is usually represented by a combination of a dog and a pig holding snakes, standing or kneeling on a donkey; sutil.
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