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  2. Marchosias - Wikipedia

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    In demonology, Marchosias is a great and mighty Marquis of Hell, commanding thirty legions of demons. In the Ars Goetia, the first book of The Lesser Key of Solomon (17th century), he is depicted as a wolf with griffin wings and a serpent's tail, spewing fire from his mouth.

  3. Leviathan - Wikipedia

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    The Leviathan (/ l ɪ ˈ v aɪ. ə θ ən / liv-EYE-ə-thən; Hebrew: לִוְיָתָן, romanized: Līvyāṯān; Greek: Λεβιάθαν) is a sea serpent demon noted in theology and mythology. It is referenced in several books of the Hebrew Bible , including Psalms , the Book of Job , the Book of Isaiah , and the pseudepigraphical Book of ...

  4. Yaldabaoth - Wikipedia

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    Yaldabaoth, otherwise known as Jaldabaoth or Ialdabaoth [a] (/ ˌ j ɑː l d ə ˈ b eɪ ɒ θ /; Koinē Greek: Ιαλδαβαώθ, romanized: Ialdabaóth; Latin: Ialdabaoth; [1] Coptic: ⲒⲀⲖⲦⲀⲂⲀⲰⲐ Ialtabaôth), is a malevolent God and demiurge (creator of the material world) according to various Gnostic sects, represented sometimes as a theriomorphic, lion-headed serpent.

  5. Typhon - Wikipedia

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    Aeschylus calls Typhon "fire-breathing". [20] For Nicander (2nd century BC), Typhon was a monster of enormous strength, and strange appearance, with many heads, hands, and wings, and with huge snake coils coming from his thighs. [21] Illustration of Typhon from Athanasius Kircher's Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 1652

  6. Fiery serpents - Wikipedia

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    The wealth-bringing demon can be bred from an egg of a chicken (sometimes rooster, cf. below) aged 3, 5, 7, or 9, according to Slavic legend. In Russian, this demon is referred to as either ognennyi zmei ("fiery serpent") or chobanets (Хованец [b]) [28] or perhaps just a serpent or "flying serpent". [30]

  7. Serpents in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Adam, Eve, and a female serpent at the entrance to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France.The portrayal of the image of the serpent as a mirror of Eve was common in earlier Christian iconography as a result of the identification of women as the ones responsible for the fall of man and source of the original sin.

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  9. Kulshedra - Wikipedia

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    According to folk belief, a snake after living a certain number of years will metamorphosize into a bolla and eventually become the monstrous kulshedra. [20] [17] The belief that an ancient snake becomes a dragon is not unique to Albanian culture, and similar beliefs can be found for example in Hungary and Romania, as pointed out by Robert Elsie.