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An International Selection of Devils and Demons

There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of significant evil creatures in world religions and mythology. Here are 52 selected examples, 2 for each letter of the alphabet.

A
evil and with some control over other evil spirits among the Samoyeda of Siberia.
Azidahaka
Iranian 3-headed god of witchcraft and 'horrible sins.'
Batin
on of the 4 chiefs of the world of demons of the Sakai of the Malay Peninsula.
Beng
as oBeng (The Devil) the Satan of the Romanian gypsies and the Kalderash gypsies.
Chemosit
evil spirit 'half man, half bird' of the Nandi of Kenya.
Chu Kwalshen Chun
malevolent 'creator of freaks' in Chinese belief.
Dogai
frustrator of human enterprise, can be male or female, from Melanesia.
Durissa
omnipresent creator of demonic possession among the Darassa of Ethiopia.
Elel
chief of the evil spirits among the Puelche of Argentina.
Er Mo
King of Demons in Szechuan, China.
Falekaho Atua
evil god who kills at Makefu, Niue Islands, Polynesia.
Freftar
deceiver who seduces mankind. Iran.
Gaunab
supreme god of evil among what used to be called Hottentots of South Africa.
Guaricana
devil honored by flogging young men until the blood flows, among the Yurimagua of Brazil.
Herensugue
serpent (sometimes with 7 heads), an evil spirit in the Basque country of Spain and France.
Huecuvoe
chief evil spirit of the Auraucanians of Chile.
Ingrath Bat Mahalath
early Hebrew goddess of evil.
Irvene
demon in the form of a dog from Las Palmas, Canary Islands.
Jahi
female demon of debauchery in Persian tradition.
Juripari
evil spirit of the pampas near Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Kahu
the Satan of the Cunuana of Venezuela.
Keron-Kenken
Patagonian evil spirit who eats newborn babies and drinks the tears of their mothers.
Lha-Mo
evil (and only) goddess of the Dharmapalas of Tibet and Mongolia.
Logon
evil god to whom the Dusans of Borneo make sacrifices to propitiate him.
Moko-Nui
evil spirits of the Maoris.
Muto
cruel and evil god of Japan.
Nefas
nefarious evil god of the Romans.
Ngyan Spar Ba Dung Mgo Gyu'i Thor Tshugs Can
Tibetan evil deity.
Olethros
Greek personification of destructive forces.
Orusula
evil spirit in the form of a giant pig whose 'foam gives people a rash that kills them' in Costa Rica.
Pairimaiti
(Crooked Mindedness), female demon who denies religion in Persia.
Pomsa
with evil brother Apom lives in rubber trees and must be propitiated in time of sickness. India and Tibet.
Qanel
among the Chimalteco of Guatemala a deity of the 17th day of the calendar, which is good only for praying for sheep.
Quej
the strongest and most prominent of the Yearbearers of the Mayans; in his years expect 'business losses and many illnesses.'
Rageorapper
sets trees on fire and enforces tabu against those (for example) touching wood from a tree blasted by lightning or imperfectly burned funeral-pyre bones.
Rota
the source of all evil in the lives of the Lapps.
Satanael
whom the Bogomils believed was God's first-born, elder brother of Jesus.
Sutekh
god of evil identified with the Egyptian Set.
Ta Hsien Fu Shen & Ta Hsien Fu Jen
male and female Great (Fox) Fairy, evil spirits that must be propitiated. China.
Tando
chief (evil) deity of the Ashanti, demanding human sacrifice, 7 men and 7 women at a time.
Uddagubba
the messenger ('vengeance and destruction') of Enlil to the Sumerians.
Uli
Hawaiian goddess of sorcery and 'praying to death' for evil purposes.
Vatipa
god of evil, immediate minister of the Great Spirit, worshiped by the Aricoris of Guyana.
Vereno
Zoroastrian demon of lust. Persia.
Watamaraka
goddess of evil and 'mother of all demons.' South Africa.
Wele Gumali
(The Black God), evil presence among some of the Bantu of Kenya.
Xic
a god of the underworld bringing sudden death to men, the Quiché of Guatemala.
Xotsadam
female demon (formerly wife of the sky god) of the Yet of Siberia.
Yetaita
chief of evil spirits of the Yaghan of Tierra del Fuego.
Yush
the evil power defeated by any Kafir wearing the national weapon. Afghanistan and Kafiristan.
Zam'bi-a-n'bi
the Satan of the good god Zambi among the Bafioti of Gabon.
Alydni
(Bad Luck), personification of ill fortune of the Doljas of Russia.

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