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Notocrypta curvifascia, the restricted demon, [1] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. N. curvifascia is commonly found in many regions of temperate and tropical East Asia, Indonesia, and the Indian subcontinent. [1] [2] Among butterflies, it is relatively small, at approximately 4 cm long (adult).
The adult lamprey is characterized by a toothed, funnel-like sucking mouth. The common name "lamprey" is probably derived from Latin lampetra, which may mean "stone licker" ( lambere "to lick" + petra "stone"), though the etymology is uncertain. [ 3] Lamprey is sometimes seen for the plural form. [ 4]
The Testament of Solomon is a pseudepigraphical work, purportedly written by King Solomon, in which the author mostly describes particular demons who he enslaved to help build the temple, the questions he put to them about their deeds and how they could be thwarted, and their answers, which provide a kind of self-help manual against demonic activity.
Decline. v. t. e. The lemures / ˈlɛmjəriːz / were shades or spirits of the restless or malignant dead in Roman religion, [ 1] and are probably cognate with an extended sense of larvae / ˈlɑːrviː / (from Latin larva, 'mask') as disturbing or frightening. [citation needed] [clarification needed] Lemures is the more common literary term ...
Almost always Lawful Evil. In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, illithids (commonly known as mind flayers) are monstrous humanoid aberrations with psionic powers. In a typical Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting, they live in the moist caverns and cities of the enormous Underdark.
This is a list of demons that appear in religion, theology, demonology, mythology, and folklore. It is not a list of names of demons, although some are listed by more than one name. The list of demons in fiction includes those from literary fiction with theological aspirations, such as Dante's Inferno.
Malleus Maleficarum. The Malleus Maleficarum, [ a] usually translated as the Hammer of Witches, [ 3][ b] is the best known treatise purporting to be about witchcraft. [ 6][ 7] It was written by the German Catholic clergyman Heinrich Kramer (under his Latinized name Henricus Institor) and first published in the German city of Speyer in 1486.
Daubentonia psilodactylus Schreber, 1800. The aye-aye ( Daubentonia madagascariensis) is a long-fingered lemur, a strepsirrhine primate native to Madagascar with rodent -like teeth that perpetually grow [ 3] and a special thin middle finger that they can use to catch grubs and larvae out of tree trunks. It is the world's largest nocturnal ...