...hisophilus''') is a name given to one of the chief [[demon]]s of Christian mythology that figure in European literary traditions.
...ebrew word "''Tophel''" which means liar. Also, Bachtold-Stäubli has other Hebrew explanations yet for the name.
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From the Hebrew 'rachav' lit. ''broad, large''. Rahab is mentioned in the Talmud and the Ol
[[Category:Jewish mythology]]
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...of these demon brothers are comparable to the [[Gog]]and [[Magog]] of the Hebrew bible and Christian Lore and the Ya'jooj Wa Ma'jooj (يأجوج و مأجو
[[Category:Hindu mythology]]
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Nisroch is connected with the Hebrew word Nesher and means "the great eagle" .
[[Category: Assyrian mythology]]
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'''Sathariel''' (Hebrew סתריאל) which represents the Concealment of God, which hides the face
[[Category: Jewish mythology]]
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...fore Satan and twenty-two demons which correspond to the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
[[Category: Jewish mythology]]
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"This name is half Hebrew and half Latin. Asmodeus is often mentioned in the literature of demonology
[[Category: Jewish mythology]]
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==Comparative mythology==
...n Yam and Baal (the Storm God) resembles the battle in Hurrian and Hittite mythology between the sky God Teshub (or Tarhunt) with the serpent Illuyanka.
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The Hebrew word ''abaddon'' means "place of destruction" Job 26:8 and Psalms 88:11.
Abaddon has also been considered the Hebrew name for the Greek god [[Apollyon]].
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'''Satyrs''' in [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]] are woodland creatures depicted as having the pointed ears, legs, and sho
===Greek mythology and art===
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...they were the spirits of persons who have died and escaped from Gehenna, a Hebrew term very loosely translated as "hell." The dybbuk may be the soul of a sin
The word "dybbuk" is the Hebrew word for "cleaving" or "clinging
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...ks'', which literally translates to "thirty-sixers". The word contains the Hebrew letters ''lamed'' and ''vuv'', whose numerical value when combined is thirt
[[Category: Jewish mythology]]
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In Akkadian mythology '''Rabisu''' ("the vagabond") or possibly '''Rabasa''' is an evil vampiric
The New American Bible among others believes that ''Demon lurking'' which in Hebrew means ''the croucher'' is similar to the word ''Rabisu''.
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...ngs, derived from one of the most famed example: the ''gigantes'' of Greek mythology.
* Anakim (Hebrew)
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...ever, as a single entity. It may be an example of pluralis excellentiae, a Hebrew method of expressing greatness by pluralizing a noun; it thus indicates tha
The Hebrew behemoth is sometimes equated with the Persian Hadhayosh, as the Leviathan
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...adad, perhaps representing a cultic and religious differences reflected in Hebrew tradition also, in which Yahweh in the Tanach is firmly identified with El
...us, it seemed possible they could be equated. More often a connection with Hebrew/Phoenician ?amman 'brazier' has been proposed. Frank Moore Cross argued for
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In the study of [[mythology]] and religion, the '''underworld''' is a generic term approximately equiva
===[[Akkadian mythology]]===
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...harvite colonists into Samaria. The "melech" from his name means "King" in Hebrew. There was also a god called '''Baal Adramelch''' his name ''Baal'' means "
In Assyrian mythology the title Baal was a title for many gods and he is described as a son of Se
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'''Estries''' are female vampires of Hebrew mythology.
...st have its mouth packed with earth,[5] or be decapitated or burned. Later mythology attributed to estries the same vulnerabilities as are associated with other
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...] in [[:Category:Christian mythology|Christianity]] and [[:Category:Hebrew mythology|Judaism]]. The Islamic view of Satan, has both commonalities and differenc
[[Category:Islamic mythology]]
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