Names Categorized "evil deities"
8 Names found
Angra Mainyu is the Avestan name of the destructive spirit in Zoroastrianism, the primary adversary of the supreme deity Ahura Mazda. The name means "evil spirit" in Avestan, deriving from angra ("evil, destructive") and...
Beelzebub is a name derived from the Philistine god Baʿal Zevuv, meaning “lord of flies,” as attested in the Hebrew Bible (2 Kings 1:2–3). The spelling “Beelzebub” comes from the Latin Vulgate translation of the Old Test...
Chernobog is a disputed deity from Slavic mythology. According to the 12th-century German monk Helmold, Chernobog was a god of misfortune worshipped by the Polabian tribes, particularly the Wagri and Obodrites. The name...
Cronus is the Latinized form of the Greek name Κρόνος (Kronos), derived from the Indo-European root *(s)ker- meaning "to cut." In ancient Greek mythology, Cronus was the youngest and most powerful of the Titans, the prim...
Cthulhu is a fictional cosmic entity created by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft, first introduced in his short story The Call of Cthulhu, published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928. A gigantic, monstrous d...
Kubera (Sanskrit: कुबेर, IAST: Kubera), also known as Kuvera, Kuber, and Kuberan, is a Hindu god of wealth and the king of the semi-divine yakshas. The name likely derives from the Sanskrit root kubh, meaning "to be defo...
Loki is a figure from Norse mythology, known as a trickster god associated with magic, shape-shifting, and chaos. The name's etymology is uncertain; it may derive from the Germanic root *luką meaning "lock", or perhaps f...
Lucifer is a masculine name drawn from Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition. In Latin, the name means "bringing light," from lux "light" and fero "to bring." Originally the Latin name for the morning star (Venus), it appear...