Such names include: Demon Names in the New Testament Other books from this period include the Testament of Solomon, which is often considered a source of demon names. The book was likely written prior to the Maccabean uprising in Israel (which was a revolt against Roman rule) and about 200 years prior to the life of Jesus Christ. Many names of demons have been cataloged in a book called the First Book of Enoch, also called the Ethiopic Book of Enoch. If you are looking for names of demons, you have to look outside the canon of the Bible into the Apocrypha, which includes books written during the inter-testament period (the period between the end of Babylonian rule over Israel and the life of Jesus Christ) and the period of early Christianity. He is Abbadon, also called Apollyon, and he is lord over an army of demon locusts. In the Biblical canon, only one pops up, and that does not occur until the book of Revelation. However, while Satan is called The Ruler of Demons, the Bible accounts for very few formal names of demons. The Bible does have proper and descriptive names of the devil, which include: In fact, practitioners of Pentecostal Christianity seem preoccupied with demons and, in some cases, their names.īut the Bible does not offer much in the way of demon names. This article begins with Christianity because it is probably the most familiar religion in Western civilization and the source of many popularly held beliefs and assumptions about demons. The History of Demon Names in Christianity The best way to absorb what is a large amount of information is first to take the history of demon names according to the demonology of different religions and beliefs. But it seems in some cases that the names of evil spirits provided in sacred texts are but a very small sampling compared to what has cropped up over time and is now available for the consideration of the common search engine user. In fact, it is fair to say that almost every religion or set of culturally rooted spiritual beliefs portrays demons in one form or another as trying to trip up the better intentions of the faithful.īut have names of demons always been a part of these traditions? To an extent, yes. Demons exist in other religions and beliefs, as well.
Mention of demons or evil spirits can be found in both testaments of the Bible, the Apocrypha, and both Judaic and Christian traditions.īut the idea of demons does not belong to these religions.
In Western civilization, we often associate demons with their Judeo-Christian context. 8 Demon True Name Folklore A Brief History of Demons in World Religions and Cultures
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