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A.A. Barb connected Abyzou and similar female demons to the story of the primeval sea, Abzu, in ancient Mesopotamian religion.Barb argued that although the name "Abyzou" appears to be a corrupted form of the Greek ἄβυσσος ábyssos ' abyss ', [3] the Greek itself was borrowed from Akkadian Apsu or Sumerian Abzu.
Female evil spirits or malicious monsters in folklore, legends, and mythology. These monstrous women are often portrayed as predatory creatures, who are usually seen seducing male humans or snatching young children in order to kill, eat, or otherwise harm them.
A strzyga is a usually female demon similar to vampire in Slavic (and especially Polish) folklore. People who were born with two hearts and two souls, and two sets of teeth (the second one barely visible) were believed to be strzygi. [6] [2] Somnambulics or people without armpit hair could also be seen as ones. [9]
Akhkhazu, also known as Ahhazu, is a female demon of jaundice from the Akkadic mythology that was later adopted by Babylonian mythology. Her Sumerian name is Dimme-kur. She is also called "the seizer". She brings fever and plagues and is a member of a trio of female demons (Labasu, Labartu, Akhkhazu). [1]
Druj, meaning “demoness,” [2] is commonly used as a prefix for Nasu and other female daevas. Druj is a feminine Avestan language word meaning “falsehood,” the opposition of asha, or “truth.” [3] Druj is the root for the adjective drəguuaṇt, meaning “owner of falsehood,” which “[designates] all beings who choose druj over asha."
In these Aramaic examples, the demon bears the name Sdrws (or Sideros, which in Greek would mean "iron"), and the female victim whose twelve sons are taken is called Smamit ("lizard" or "spider"). [ 87 ] [ 90 ] This reading is considered to be corroborated by the name of the female demon in the Ethiopian version, Werzelya, which also means ...
Si'lah: a female demon who seduces men. Amir: spirits dwelling in houses. Ghul: generally evil, lives in the desert. Qarînah: name for a specific demon or doppelgänger, a type of spirit that follows every human. Hatif: a mysterious phenomenon, which can only be heard but never seen.
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