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after being subsequently betrayed and abandoned by her lover. Suanggi, a malevolent spirit in the folklore of the Maluku Islands, Indonesia Sundel bolong...

(exorkismós) 'binding by oath') is the religious or spiritual practice of evicting demons, jinns, or other malevolent spiritual entities from a person, or an area, that...

(also known as astral travel, soul journey, soul wandering, spiritual journey, spiritual travel) is a term used in esotericism to describe an intentional...

belief-systems the term is often used to distinguish benevolent from malevolent intermediary beings. Emphasizing the distance between God and mankind...

characterised as a "disease-spirit". A number of charms imply the belief that malevolent "disease-spirits" were causing sickness by inhabiting a person's blood...

considered evil and diseased. Traditional beliefs about cen, a kind of malevolent spiritual force or vengeful ghost, contributes to villagers perceiving former...

used to describe malevolent spiritual entities in the Aboriginal cosmos. Aboriginal people recounted that there was a prime malevolent spirit called rageowrapper...

angel, they are more often associated with malevolent spirits tempting into sin. The idea of a spiritual double accompany humans might be a remnant of...

Rajasthanis are seen as good and beneficial, while others are seen as malevolent. The good spirits are said to include murdered royalty, the underworld...

of the spiritual world, as the true, good God. In the Archontic, Sethian, and Ophite systems, Yaldabaoth (Yahweh) is regarded as the malevolent Demiurge...

romanized: Ialdabaóth; Latin: Ialdabaoth; Coptic: ⲒⲀⲖⲦⲀⲂⲀⲰⲐ Ialtabaôth), is a malevolent God and demiurge (creator of the material world) according to various...

Cherokee spiritual beliefs are held in common among the Cherokee people – Native American peoples who are Indigenous to the Southeastern Woodlands, and...

Shamanism is a spiritual practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such...

that fell from grace, malevolent genii or familiars, such as receive a cult (e.g., ancestor worship), ghosts or other malevolent revenants. Excluded are...

This is a list of spiritual entities in Islam. Islamic traditions and mythologies branching of from the Quran state more precisely, about the nature of...

powers." The question remains, however, as to whether these spirits are malevolent. Psalm 82 speaks of "elohim" who are "sons of the most High" and are assigned...

undefined form[s]". When they served witches, they were often thought to be malevolent, but when working for cunning folk, they were often considered benevolent...

ghost (shadow) Naǧila — Spirit-like Šičúŋ — spiritual potency (intellect) The Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka Šíča are Malevolent (or indifferent) spirits, and follow in rough...

purposes of spiritual protection, purification, and preparation for deeper magical workings, aiming to facilitate a connection with higher spiritual forces...

A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in folklore, mythology, religion, and literature;...