34:14 see below), and in later Jewish demonology. Lilitu, the Mesopotamian succubus, is mentioned once in the Bible as Lilith (Isa. Like many other demons, she is depicted as a composite monster. Sickness may be thought of as caused by demonic possession, and some demons have the name of the specific disease they bring, thus "Headache," or "Fever." Lamashtu is the hag who kills children in the womb and newborn babies. They live in deserts and near graves, and many of them are ghosts, spirits of the dead, especially of those who died by violence or were not properly buried. Demons are messengers of the lord of the underworld, and march before him. Incantations often list four, or even seven, classes of demons. There is no qualitative difference between great gods and demons one name for demon is "an evil god." Demons, however, have less power, though occasionally myths depict them as rebelling against the great gods, with some success. Demonology in the Ancient Near Eastĭefense against evil spirits was a concern in Mesopotamia from earliest times, beginning with the Sumerians, to whom much of the terminology and praxis connected with demons may be traced. Whereas the great gods are accorded regular public worship, demons are not they are dealt with in magic rites in individual cases of human suffering, which is their particular sphere. Moreover, in none of the languages of the ancient Near East, including Hebrew, is there any one general term equivalent to English "demon." In general, the notion of a demon in the ancient Near East was of a being less powerful than a god and less endowed with individuality. In monotheistic systems, evil spirits may be accepted as servants of the one God, so that demonology is bound up with angelology and theology proper, or they may be elevated to the rank of opponents of God, in which case their status as diabolic powers differs from that of the demons in polytheism. In polytheistic religions the line between gods and demons is a shifting one: there are both good demons and gods who do evil. This definition is, however, only approximate. Targeting media in Sanju won't clean up Sanjay Dutt's image.A demon is an evil spirit, or devil, in the ordinary English usage of the term.11 Characters From Sanjay Dutt's Biopic And Who Is Playing.Sanitized "Sanju" Does Little Justice To Sanjay Dutt's Real Story.Here's everything you need to know about Sanjay Dutt's life.Things that left us wondering whether they.The actor had to cross several hurdles before Rajkumar Hirani took it When Rajkumar Hirani Exposed Sanjay Dutt's Secret Of
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