Solomon Dedicates the Temple at Jerusalem – James Tissot Lix Tetrax is the demon of the wind in the Testament of Solomon. The term Lix is a Greek term…
Lilith
Sumerian Lilith, terra-cotta relief, ca 2000 BCE Lilith is thought be the demon of waste places who originally lived in the garden of the Sumerian goddess, Innana, queen of heaven….
Leviathan
The Destruction of Leviathan – Gustave Dore Historical Info The Apocryphal Book of Enoch gives the following description of this monster’s origins: ‘And that day will two monsters be parted,…
Leraje
Goetia – S. L. MacGregor Mathers (1904) (quoted) Leraje’s Goetic Seal The Fourteenth Spirit is called Leraje (or Leraie). He is a Marquis Great in Power, showing himself in the…
Leonard
It may be possible that this goat figure, Leonard, is related to the ritual described in Leviticus 16:8 concerning Azazel, or to the alleged deity of the Templars, the Baphomet/Goat of…
Lechies
Leshy (aka Lesiy, Lesiye, Lyeshe, Lyeshy, Lesovik, Miehts-Hozjin) is a Slavic forest faun/satyr, similar in nature to the Polevik sprites. He protects the birds & animals of the forest, &…
Lamia
Lamia (lamiai) were harmful spirits who killed infants and seduced sleeping men. One myth tells that the original Lamia was a beautiful queen of Libya, daughter of Belus and Libya,…
Kappas
Drawing of Kappa (1836) – Artist Unknown The Kappas are water demons in Japanese mythology. They are monkey-like creatures with saucer-shaped heads, yellowish-green skin, and long noses. Their main weakness is…
Jormungand
Thor battering the Midgard Serpent – Johann Heinrich Fussli The serpent, Jormungand was the middle child of Lokiand the giantess, Angrboda. He had 2 siblings, Hel, and the wolf, Fenrir. Alarmed…
Jinn
Funeral Symphony (V) – Mikalojus Ciurlionis The Jinn are spirits that were created by God out of fire, and are roughly equivalent to the daimonesor daimonia of Greco-Roman mythology. The jinn spirits…
Izanami
Izanagi and Izanami – Kobayashi Eitaku Izanagi and Izanami were the two young gods chosen to bring order to the world of chaos in Japanese mythology. Izanagi was a…
Ishtar/Inanna
Ishtar Vase – early 2nd millenniu BC Ishtar/Inanna is the sister ofEreshkigal, who rules the dead. In Babylonian tradition, Ishtar, the daughter of Sin and sister of Shamash, was…