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Axehandle hound – a dog-like beast that reputedly subsists on axe-handles left unattended (United States & Canada) Black dog, also known as Barghest, Black Shuck, or Grim – associated with the Devil, Hellhound (Britain) Beast of Gévaudan – man-eating wolf, terrorized the province of Gévaudan (France)
A typical depiction of the Devil in Christian art. The goat, ram, dog and pig are consistently associated with the Devil. Detail of a 16th-century painting by Jacob de Backer in the National Museum, Warsaw. Daeva (Zoroastrianism) Dagon (Semitic mythology) Dajjal (Islamic eschatology) Dantalion (Christian demonology) Danjal (Jewish mythology)
The Beast (Over The Garden Wall) Behemoth (Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita) Demon Behemoth (Timm Thaler) Be'lakor the Dark Master and other Daemons (Rick Priestley, Warhammer tabletop games) Beelzeboss (Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny) Beelzebub (Demon Lord Dante) Beelzebub ; Beelzebub (Obey Me) Beelzebub (Umineko no Naku Koro Ni)
Batr, a devil making people appreciate slapping and screaming. (Devil) Bilquis, queen of Sheba, considered only partly human. (Human and Genie or Human and Fairy) Binn, predecessor of the jinn. Often paired with hinn. Extinct. (Demon) Bīwarāsp the Wise, jinn-king in the epistle The Case of the Animals versus Man, written by the Brethren of ...
A cart-like demon that descends from the sky, or a cat-like demon, which carries away the corpses of evildoers. Katawaguruma A type of wanyūdō, with an anguished woman instead of a monk's head in a burning wheel. Kawaakago A river spirit that pretends to be a crying baby to lure people in for pranks that sometimes prove fatal to the victim.
A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...
Illustration of the Devil on Codex Gigas, early thirteenth century. Satan, [a] also known as the Devil, [b] is an entity in Abrahamic religions who seduces humans into sin (or falsehood). In Judaism, Satan is seen as an agent subservient to God, typically regarded as a metaphor for the yetzer hara, or 'evil inclination'.
In Germany and the Czech lands it was said that the devil would appear in the form of a large black dog. [100] [101] According to Catholic legend, a black dog attempted to steal Italian mystic Benedetta Carlini when she was a child in the 17th century, but her screams frightened him away. By the time her mother arrived, the dog had disappeared ...