...the enemies of the Ancient Israelites lead to Dagon's demonization in the Hebrew Bible.
The name appears in Hebrew as דגון (in modern transcription Dagon, Tiberian Hebrew Dāḡôn), in Ugaritic as dgn (probably vocalized as Dagnu), and in Akkadi
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[[Norse mythology]] also contains examples of necromancy (Ruickbie, 2004:48), such as the sce
...ecromancy could have became a way for idle literate Europeans to integrate Hebrew and Arabic legend and language into forbidden manuals of sorcery.
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...Tiberian Hebrew '''Liwyāṯān''') was a [[:Category:Biblical mythology|Biblical]] [[sea monster]] referred to in the Old Testament (Psalms 74:13-1
...than'' has become synonymous with any large monster or creature. In Modern Hebrew, it simply means "whale".
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...eral non-canonical Jewish and early Christian writings, '''nephilim''' (in Hebrew '''הנּפלים''' means ''those causing others to fall'') are a people
...ingle character is out of place in a parchment translation of the original Hebrew Torah, the entire parchment must be destroyed and replaced anew.
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...(also '''centicore''', Latin 'eale') is a mythical beast found in European mythology.
The name might be derived from Hebrew "yael", meaning "mountain goat". A Yale is sometimes referred to as a Shong
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...och (in the Septuagint Greek translation of the Old Testament), or Molech (Hebrew), is the word Melech or Hadad, the King, transformed by interposing the vow
*Moloch appears in the Hebrew of 1 Kings 11.7 (on Solomon's religious failings):
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...word ''mastemah'' meaning ''hatred, hostility, enmity or persecution'' in Hebrew is probable derived from ''Mastim'', the Hiphil participle of ''Satam'', wh
[[Category: Jewish mythology]]
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...d his personality is similar to that of the devil in [[:Category:Christian mythology|Christianity]].
...ad's time are likely to have known the word from Greek translations of the Hebrew Bible and the Gospels. Muslim scholars, on the other hand, are more incline
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....mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt1034.htm 34:14], Lilith ('''לִּילִית''', Standard Hebrew '''Lilit''') is a kind of night-demon or animal, translated as ''onokentaur
Hebrew לילית ''lilith'', Akkadian ''līlītu'' are female Nisba adjectives f
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'''Jewish mythology''' is a body of stories that explains or symbolizes Jewish beliefs. ''Jewis
Scholars of religion hold that people in the time of the [[Hebrew Bible]] had beliefs and superstitions analogous to those found among their
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...as ''Lamashtu'' or ''Dimme'') was a demon goddess in Sumerian and Akkadian mythology.
In Mesopotamian mythology '''Lamashtu''' was a female [[demon]] that menaced women during childbirth
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'''Satan''' [Standard Hebrew: שָׂטָן, ''Satan'' Tiberian Hebrew ''Śāṭān''; Koine Greek:Σατανάς, ''Satanás''; Aramaic language
== In the Hebrew Bible ==
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...revealed as male in the Hebrew Scriptures and Christian New Testament, the Hebrew Scriptures and their Greek translation - the Septuagint - contain feminine
[[Category:Christian mythology]][[Category:Demons]]
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...) is an animated being which is crafted from inanimate material. In modern Hebrew the word ''golem'' denotes "fool", "silly", or even "stupid", "clue-less",
...ses the word "<b>g</b>a<b>l</b>'<b>m</b>i", meaning "my unshaped form" (in Hebrew, root words are defined by sequences of consonants, ie. <b>glm</b>). The [[
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...of Abyzou appear frequently in charms in languages such as ancient Greek, Hebrew, and Romanian.
[[Category:Jewish mythology]]
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In Hebrew, the biblical word ''ha-satan'' means ''adversary'' or ''obstacle'', or eve
The Hebrew word for evil used above is usually translated as 'calamity', 'disaster' or
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'''Asmodai''' or '''Asmodeus''' is a demon in Jewish mythology.
...ling variations deriving from Asmodai/Asmodeus include Ashmadia, Ashmedai (Hebrew), Asmodaios-?sµ?da??? (Greek), Asmoday, Asmodée (French), Asmodee, Asmode
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...y. Crowley identified Baphomet with [[Harpocrates]] (the [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek]] version of the child-form of the Egyptian god [[Horus]]) and also w
...he last, the second for the second last, and so on. "Baphomet" rendered in Hebrew becomes בפומת; interpreted using Atbash, it becomes שופיא, which
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...d John Milton's ''[[Paradise Lost]]'', led to the common idea in Christian mythology and [[folklore]] that Lucifer was a poetic appellation of [[Satan]].
...though still this is a poetical personification of the Light-Bearer, not a mythology:
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...that has generally been described as a malevolent [[spirit]], or [[Daemon (mythology)|daemon]] and [[Jinn]]. A demon is frequently depicted as a force that may
...'' that passed into Christian culture are discussed in the entry [[Daemon (mythology)|daemon]].The Hellenistic "Demon" eventually came to include many Semitic a
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