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The following is a list of supernatural beings in Chinese folklore and fiction originating from traditional folk culture and contemporary literature.. The list includes creatures from ancient classics (such as the Discourses of the States, Classic of Mountains and Seas, and In Search of the Supernatural) literature from the Gods and Demons genre of fiction, (for example, the Journey to the ...
The Assumption of the Virgin by Francesco Botticini (1475–75) at the National Gallery London, shows three hierarchies and nine orders of angels, each with different characteristics.
Chinese Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 CE) tomb guardian figure identified as a Fangxiangshi. The fangxiangshi (Chinese: 方相氏) was a Chinese ritual exorcist, the meaning of whose name is obscure but has been translated as "one who sees in all (four) directions", "he who scrutinizes for evil in many directions", and "one who orients unwanted spirits in the direction to which they belong".
The Black Wind Demon (黑風怪) is a black bear yaoguai based in the Black Wind Cave (黑風洞) on Black Wind Mountain (黑風山). Appearing as a dark-complexioned man armed with a spear with a black tassel, he steals Tang Sanzang's cassock during the fire at a nearby monastery.
However, Arclight survived, and made it back to the laboratory to absorb the Second's corpse to become incredibly powerful. From there, Arclight rose through the ranks of Simeon and took over interests in the Black Spot, building the Simeon Tower while using the Needless Hunt to find a means to cure his continued mutation. His fragment ...
The Testament of Solomon is a pseudepigraphical work, purportedly written by King Solomon, in which the author mostly describes particular demons who he enslaved to help build the temple, the questions he put to them about their deeds and how they could be thwarted, and their answers, which provide a kind of self-help manual against demonic activity.
The demon Naberius (also Naberus, Nebiros and Cerberus, Cerbere) was first mentioned by Johann Weyer in 1583. [17] He is supposedly the most valiant Marquis of Hell, and has nineteen legions of demons under his command. He makes men cunning in all arts, but especially in rhetoric, speaking with a hoarse voice. He also restores lost dignities ...
He is a demon based in a cave on Black Wind Mountain (黑風山). His true form is a black bear, thus the demon is also known as the Black Bear Monster (Chinese: 黑熊精), [1] [2] but he appears as a dark-complexioned man armed with a Black Tassel Spear. [3] [4] He steals Tang Sanzang's cassock during a fire.