Jewish demonology
While Zoroaster and his Mazdaist followers are the first to have embodied the principle of evil within one personality, the concept of the Devil is of definite Hebrew origin. Early
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Zoroastrianism
In many ways one of the most remarkable demonologies is that presented in the Avesta (q.v.), the sacred book of the Mazdean religion of Zoroaster. Zoroastrianism is the doctrine or
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Sumerian mythology
The culture of the Mesopotamian valley was particularly rich in demon lore as Mesopotamians viewed themselves as under constant attack from evil on all sides. Demons were usually the spirits
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Assyrian demonology
From certain cuneiform texts, which are more especially described as “religious”, it appears that besides the public and official cult of the “twelve great gods” and their subordinate divinities, the
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Familiar names
Satan = The accuser The Devil = The slanderer Belial = The wicked one Beelzebub = Lord of flies Apollyon & Abaddon = Destroyer Mephistopheles Lucifer = Son of the
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The Lucifer Principle
The Lucifer Principle is a 1995 book by American author Howard Bloom, in which he argues that social groups, not individuals, are the primary “unit of selection” on genes and
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