Newsgroups: alt.mythology,talk.religion.misc,alt.pagan,alt.slack,alt.discordia
From: ADDRESS REMOVED FOR SPAM PURPOSES (Paul Harvey)
Subject: Re: Christian Daemons? [SPOOKY REALLY]
Date: 11 Mar 1993 04:35:36 UTC

Biblical demons? All right, you asked for it, but consider yourself
warned! As we can see, the Jews are not real big on demons, but the
Hellenistic Greeks [a spooky lot!] more than make up for it.

Hebrew:

'abaddown - angel of the bottomless (deepest) pit of sheol (abode of the dead)
'atsab - idol [SPOOKY ONE HERE EH?]
heylel ben shacher - morning or day star (Venus) son of Dawn, [Roman Lucifer?]
ra' ruwach - foul wind, evil spirit [flatulence?]
sa'iyr - satyr, goat-demon [I've seen these, basically possessed goats]
satan - the adversary  [or prosecuting attorney]
shed - malignant demon
sheqer ruwach - false spirit
tam'ah ruwach - unclean spirit

Greek:

alexandros - man-defender [OK]
apolluon - the destroyer [destroyer of what?, is this the Hindu God Shiva?]
archaios ophis - the primeval snake [hmm, phallos?]
archon exousia aer - chief of the air-force [now this is something to be
	concerned about!]
archon toutou kosmos - chief of this world
archon manaen - chief manaen? [Mandeans?]
aggelos abussos - angel of the abyss
aggelos hamartano - angels of sin, bad angels
aggelos phos - angel of light [hmm, sometimes light is good, and
	sometimes bad, hmm?, tie in to roman lucifer?]
aggelos satanas - angel of the accuser
akathartos pneuma - foul wind, evil spirit [greek flatulence?]
archon daimonion - chief demon-god
bathos satanas - mystery of the accuser [hmm, ok]
beelzeboul - dung-god, beelzebul, beelzebub
belial - worthless one [OK, a little attack on a Pagan God here?]
daimon - demon [possible good or bad?]
daimonion - demon-god
daimonizomai - demoniac
diabolos - false accuser, devil
drakon - dragon [Freudian]
exousia skotos - the dark force [shades of star wars]
gog - antichrist [and you thought those TV-ministers made this up?]
hepta daimonian - seven demon-gods [always with the sevens eh?]
humenaios - god of weddings [interesting eh?]
huios diabolos - son of the false accuser
huios poneros - son of the hurtful one
kosmokrator shotos toutou aion - world rulers of the era of
	darkness or shadiness
magog - nation of the antichrist
pater diabolos - father of the false accuser
peirazo - tempter, tester
planos pneuma - roving (tramp) spirit [Gypsies?]
pneuma puthon - spirit of divination [another attack of pagans or shamans?]
pneumatikos poneria epouranios - humanly spirits of
	depravity in the heavens? [OK, see if you can figure this out?]
poneros - hurtful one
poneros pneuma - hurtful spirit
poterion daimonion - cup (drink) of the demon-gods
pseudoprophetes - false prophet
pseustes pater - lying father
purrhos drakon - fire-like (red) dragon
santanas - the accuser
seleniazomai - moonstruck, lunatic [classic!]
sunagoge satanas - synagogue or church of the accuser
teknon diabolos - child of the false accuser
theos toutou aion - god of this era
therion - dangerous animal, beast
theristes aggelos - reaping angels [lovely, very graphic]
trapeza daimonion - table (food) of the demon-gods