398 documented Christian supernatural beings from the Evil Eye grimoire, including 166 lesser and 78 ancient in power tier.
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Berchta (also Perchta/Percht) is an Alpine and Upper Germanic female supernatural figure tied to midwinter/Christmastide customs. In surviving folkloric and folkloristic sources she appears as a polyvalent mother-earth/seasonal figure who rewards industrious household behavior and punishes neglect, and who is associated with wintertime movements and textile work (spinning/distaff).
A personal name attested across heterogeneous historical, hagiographic, civic, and folkloric sources rather than a single, consistently defined supernatural being. The supplied materials record Bertha as (separately) a historical queen (Bertha of Kent), a late/local Rheims saint (Ste. Berthe of Avenay), a named processional giant (Anderlecht), and a German‑language folk‑literary figure (Bertha die Spinnerin).
Berthold of Moosburg (fl. 1316–1361) was a 14th‑century German Dominican theologian and scholastic commentator best known for his Expositio super Elementationem theologicam Procli, a lengthy commentary that seeks to reconcile Proclean Neoplatonism with Christian theological categories within Dominican scholasticism.
Bes is an ancient Egyptian household protective deity, commonly kept close to domestic life to guard mothers, children, and childbirth; he also defends households against snakes and malevolent spirits and is associated with music, dance, and sexual vitality.
A group of distinguished foreign visitors described in the Gospel of Matthew who come from the East to pay homage to the newborn Jesus, following a star and presenting gifts. Later Christian tradition expanded their identity (number, names, royal status) and made them central to Epiphany liturgy and nativity imagery.
Bies (Slavic: Polish Bies; Russian бес [ˈbʲɛs]; Slovene/Montenegrin bes; Bosnian/Croatian bijes) is a term from Slavic linguistic and mythic contexts for an evil spirit that, especially after Christianization, was commonly equated with the Christian devil or demons. The lexical field of the word also survives in several South and West Slavic languages with the meaning 'rage' or 'fury', reflecting a conceptual overlap between malign spirit agency and overwhelming affective states.
Bigthan and Teresh are named human court officials—described as eunuchs or chamberlains—in the Book of Esther (Esther 2:21–23). They conspired to assassinate King Ahasuerus; Mordecai exposed the plot, the conspirators were apprehended and executed, and the incident becomes a pivotal narrative device in Esther's account and later commentary.
Bishop Karas (born Sorial Ayad Sorial, 1955–2002) was a Coptic Orthodox monk, abbot, and the first bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United States to head its first monastery outside Egypt. He is documented as a historical ecclesiastical figure known for monastic leadership, pastoral care, and ascetic practice.
The bishop-fish (also called the sea bishop) is a legendary marine prodigy recorded in 16th-century European accounts and natural histories. Reported incidents include specimens exhibited to rulers and clerics — one taken to the King of Poland and another shown to Catholic bishops, which allegedly made the sign of the cross and returned to the sea — and a 1531 capture near Germany of a specimen that refused food and died in captivity.
Black Annis is a Leicestershire bogeywoman in English folklore: a blue-faced, clawed hag said to haunt Dane Hills and a cave called Black Anny's Bower Close. Traditionally portrayed as a nocturnal predator of children and lambs who tans victims' skins to wear, she inspired local customs including an Easter Monday drag-hunt.
Blud is a Slavic concept that functions both as a supernatural agent said to cause physical disorientation—leading people to wander "aimlessly around and round"—and as a lexical term in church discourse denoting illicit sexual desire or moral deviation, which clerics attributed to the Devil.
Bonadona i Altemir are a pair of processional giants (gegants) associated with the town of Premià de Dalt in Catalonia. They function as civic effigies carried in public processions and local festivals, part of the municipality's intangible cultural traditions.
Bonaventure (Giovanni di Fidanza, 1221–1274) is a historical 13th‑century Italian Franciscan theologian, Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, cardinal, canonized saint (1482) and Doctor of the Church. Sources treat him as a major medieval ecclesiastical and intellectual figure rather than a folkloric supernatural being; later uses of the name appear as toponyms and institutional names.
Bonconte da Montefeltro (d. 1289) was a late‑13th century Italian nobleman and condottiero associated with the Montefeltro family and the Ghibelline forces at the Battle of Campaldino. In Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy (Purgatorio, Canto 5) he appears as a speaking soul who recounts the circumstances of his death and reports that he died invoking Mary.
Bors is the name of two related knights in medieval Arthurian literature (father and son), introduced in the 13th‑century Lancelot‑Grail prose cycle and preserved in later retellings such as Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. The younger Bors de Ganis is notable as one of the three questing knights (with Galahad and Perceval) who achieve the vision of the Holy Grail and as a model of Christian chivalric virtue; the name also appears in modern datasets as a toponym for a commune in Charente, France.
A symbolic figure associated with the themes of New Year, spring, and youth in Slavic paganism. (Note: 1. Power tier: Incorrectly classified as Lesser Spirit; based on its association with renewal and spring, it should be at least Ancient. 2. Origin story: The source material does not mention an origin)
A theological and biblical metaphor in Christianity describing the church or collective community of believers as the espoused partner of Jesus Christ, emphasizing covenantal intimacy, sanctification, and eschatological union rather than an independent supernatural being.
Brigid (Brigit, Bríg, Bríd) is an Irish divine figure of the Tuatha Dé Danann associated with poetry/prophecy, healing, smithcraft and protection of livestock and households; medieval Christian tradition and later scholarship record significant syncretism between this goddess and Saint Brigid of Kildare.
Brigit (Brigid, Bríg; Latin Brigantia) is a prominent Irish figure whose identity spans pre‑Christian myth as a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann and early medieval Christian hagiography as St. Brigit of Kildare. Sources show continuity of name, cultic markers (notably a sacred flame), and overlapping attributes across pagan and Christian contexts.
Briseis is a mortal woman in the Homeric epic tradition, captured at Lyrnessus and attached to Achilles as a war prize; her transfer between leaders (Achilles and Agamemnon) functions as a key social and moral symbol in the Iliad and later literary traditions.
Bukki (Hebrew: בֻּקִּי, Buqqī) is attested in biblical and related traditions as a personal name borne by at least two distinct human figures: a Danite prince named in Numbers 34:22 and a member of the Aaronid priestly genealogy recorded in 1 Chronicles (and echoed in Ezra-related lists). The name appears in variant forms across textual traditions (e.g., Boccas, Borith) and in modern secular usages unrelated to the ancient individuals.
A theophanic phenomenon in Judaeo‑Christian‑Islamic scriptural tradition in which a bramble (Hebrew seneh) appears aflame yet unconsumed and functions as the locus of divine speech that commissions Moses. Later devotional practice localizes and commemorates the site at Sinai/Horeb, especially at Saint Catherine's Monastery where a living bramble is venerated.
Buzi (Hebrew: בּוּזִי, Būzī) is attested in Hebrew sources as the father of the prophet Ezekiel and identified as a priest of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 1:3). The name derives from the Hebrew Buz (בּוּז), which can mean 'despise' or indicate descent from Buz son of Nahor; later traditions sometimes read the name thematically rather than ascribing further biographical detail.
In Cantabrian tradition the Caballucos del Diablu are supernatural horses—described as the damned souls of sinners—that are said to appear on the night of St John (June 23). They form part of a regional bestiary of fantastic beings and are linked to Christian notions of sin, punishment, and the annual bonfire rites.
A historically attested medieval Florentine ancestor whom Dante depicts in the Paradiso (Cantos XV–XVII) as a beatified soul in the Heaven of Mars; he functions as a paternal interlocutor who confirms Dante's lineage and imparts moral counsel and prophetic admonitions.
Cadoc (Medieval Latin: Cadocus; Welsh: Cadog or Catwg) is represented in medieval Welsh sources as a late 5th–6th century Christian saint, monastic founder and teacher centered on Llancarfan. His Vita records portents at his birth, miraculous signs (a holy well, a vanishing boar) and numerous foundations and dedications across Wales, Cornwall, Brittany and Scotland; his life-functions in the sources are hagiographical: miracle-worker, educator and local patron invoked for cures in some Breton sites.
Cagnazzo is a named member of Dante Alighieri's Malebranche, the infernal squad of demons encountered in Cantos XXI–XXIII of the Inferno. His name (Italian for "nasty dog") and Dante's single verbal reference to a "muzzle" suggest canine implications in the poem, while modern media later reuse the name for various antagonists and guardians.
Caiaphas (Joseph ben Caiaphas) is attested in New Testament and later Jewish sources as the Jewish High Priest in Jerusalem in the early first century CE. He functions in the Gospel narratives and Acts as a senior temple official and a leading member of the council of chief priests who weigh political and cultic interests and who are portrayed as instrumental in the arrest and trial of Jesus.
Biblical figure and symbol of sin and violence, human being with no supernatural abilities. (Note: 1. Power tier: Change to "Human" is correct. 2. Abilities: Specify that the abilities mentioned are a result of Cain's actions and decisions, not supernatural powers. 3. Weaknesses: Mention God's curs)
Cain and Abel are the first two sons of Adam and Eve in the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament. The Genesis narrative presents them as the initial exemplars of human occupation (farmer vs. shepherd), sacrificial practice, and the first recorded instance of fratricide, followed by divine judgment and protection placed upon Cain.
A legendary Irish king of Tara associated with the Laigin (Leinster) kin‑group in medieval saga and pseudo‑historical texts. In Ulster Cycle narratives he fights Conchobar and is slain by the hero Cúchulainn at the Battle of Rosnaree (Cath Ruis na Ríg); medieval compilations place him variably in different synchronistic chronologies.
Camael is presented in mainstream Christian angelology as an archangel associated with love, peace, and harmony. Separately, an archival excerpt uses the same name for a spirit described as a 'demon' who appears in dreams and to those who summon him and who instructs humans in violent and sexualized acts; these are distinct, conflicting portrayals in the supplied sources.
A cambion is a hybrid offspring associated with demonic or fiendish parentage and, in earlier usage, with the changeling concept of an exchanged infant. The term covers a range of overlapping ideas from medieval demonological debate about incubus/succubus issues to modern fantasy and role‑playing depictions of half‑demon characters.
Capaneus (Ancient Greek Καπανεύς) is a mortal warrior of the generation known as the Seven against Thebes, famed in Greek and Roman literary tradition for exceptional size and strength and for extreme pride; his taunt that even Zeus could not stop him results in divine execution by a thunderbolt as he scales the walls of Thebes. Later authors (Statius, Dante) reuse him as a figure illustrating hubris and blasphemy.
Casella is a historical musician and the friend of Dante who appears as a soul in the early cantos of Purgatorio in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. In the poem he is encountered on the Mount of Purgatory and noted chiefly for singing, which underscores themes of friendship and the moral/aesthetic role of music in the afterlife.
Caspar is the traditional Western Christian personal name assigned to one of the Magi (the 'wise men' or 'Three Kings') who visit the infant Jesus in the Nativity/Epiphany narrative. The canonical Gospel (Matthew 2:1–9) does not name the visitors; the identification of one as 'Caspar' (with many orthographic variants) is a product of post-biblical Western tradition attested from the early medieval period onward.
Catalina Lercaro is the legendary specter associated with a 16th‑century member of the Genoese Lercaro family who allegedly died by suicide in the family mansion (Casa Lercaro) in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife. Tradition holds her ghost walks through the rooms of the mansion (now the Museum of History and Anthropology of Tenerife) and she is widely regarded in local lore as the Canary Islands' most famous ghost.
Catellus (Welsh: Kadell map Geraint) is a legendary, pseudo‑historical king of the Britons attested in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae and in Welsh redactions (Brut y Brenhinedd). He functions as a dynastic/chronological figure used to order genealogies rather than as a supernatural being.
A Christian virgin-martyr venerated in Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican and other Western traditions. Presented in hagiography as a learned princess of Alexandria who debated pagan philosophers, suffered miraculous events during imprisonment and execution, and became the focus of a widespread cult centered on Saint Catherine's Monastery at Sinai and numerous liturgical commemorations and artistic depictions.
A legendary Greco‑Roman monstrous beast reported from Ethiopia: a mid‑sized, sluggish quadruped with a heavy head habitually pointed toward the ground and described in sources as possessing lethal properties expressed either as a deadly gaze or poisonous breath.
A historical Florentine nobleman depicted by Dante in Inferno Canto X as a damned soul among the heretics in the sixth circle of Hell; in the poem he briefly speaks to the pilgrim, expressing concern for his son Guido. His placement and condition are literary devices within Dante's moral-theological topography rather than folkloric hauntings.
Cenodoxus is the central dramatic figure of a Jesuit miracle play by Jacob Bidermann (early 17th century). The play stages a didactic, theatrical account in which a man famed for public virtue is revealed—through staged supernaturalized events within the drama—to have been inwardly culpable of pride (vainglory); the corpse’s vocal interruptions of liturgy and the personified Seven Deadly Sins are theatrical devices used to dramatize divine judgment and the necessity of interior humility.
Cephalion is attested in classical and late-antique sources as a human name appearing in two distinct registers: (1) an authorial/historian or rhetorician cited by later chroniclers (placed by one source in the time of Hadrian and by another as author of a multi-volume history beginning with Assyria), and (2) a mytho‑genealogical figure named as the son of Amphithemis and the nymph Tritonis. The supplied materials present these as separate, unreconciled references rather than as a single supernatural entity.
Ceroessa (Ancient Greek Κερόεσσα, Keróessa) is a legendary human heroine in the foundation-myth cycle of Byzantium. Daughter of Io and Zeus and mother of Byzas by Poseidon, she functions etiologically as the ancestress who links divine genealogy to the founding and toponymy of the Golden Horn.
Cessair (Modern Irish: Ceasair, glossed 'sorrow, affliction') is a mytho-historical founding figure in medieval Irish tradition, presented in the Lebor Gabála Érenn as the leader of the first company to settle Ireland prior to the Biblical Flood. Medieval compilers portray her as a human progenitor placed into a Christianized genealogy; later authors sometimes reinterpret her as a founding goddess archetype.
Chazaqiel is named in modern summaries of the Book of Enoch tradition as one of the leaders among the two hundred Watchers who 'fell'; he is repeatedly glossed in the supplied sources as the teacher of knowledge about clouds or meteorology and is etymologically linked to clouds or sky phenomena.
In Abrahamic religious literatures a cherub (Hebrew kərūḇ, pl. kərūḇīm; English cherub/cherubim) is a class of exalted celestial being associated with the divine presence, guardianship of sacred space, and service near God. Descriptions range from the composite, winged hybrid creatures of prophetic visions and Near Eastern art to later Western artistic renderings as chubby winged putti; their rank and appearance vary across Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
Cherubim are a class of non-human, winged supernatural beings in the Abrahamic religious corpus and related traditions. They function primarily as guardians and attendants of a divine presence—appearing around thrones, the Ark, sacred trees, and in liturgical representation—and the term has been adopted in various devotional and modern cultural contexts.
Chiaffredo is a locally venerated Christian saint in Piedmont, Italy, regarded as patron of Saluzzo. The cult centers on a discovered skeleton/relics near Crissolo and functions within Catholic devotional practice (pilgrimage, indulgences, relic translation), with later legendary association to the Theban Legion and disputed historicity.
A group of four human children—Fionnuala and her three brothers Aodh, Fiacra (Fiachra) and Conn—of the Irish story Oidheadh chloinne Lir who are transformed into swans and condemned to live for centuries in enchanted form, retaining speech and singing plaintive songs. The tale is set at the close of the Tuatha Dé Danann's dominion and functions as a fate‑centred lament in medieval Irish literature.
Chnuphis (Egyptian Kneph or Kmeph) is an ancient Egyptian motif of divinity attested in religious art and later reused in Greco‑Roman Late Antique magical and gnostic contexts. In Egyptian iconography it appears as a winged egg, a globe encircled by serpents, or the serpent form of Amun (Kematef); in Late Antiquity the Greek theonym Chnuphis commonly denotes a lion‑headed serpent figure on magical artifacts.
A chort is an anthropomorphic malign spirit figure in Slavic folk tradition that occupies a liminal space between older Slavic demonology and Christian notions of the devil. Depending on region and narrative function it appears as numerous lesser malignant spirits, a trickster antagonist who tempts or is tricked by humans, or as a cover-term for 'unclean forces' credited with various negative creations in the world.
The Christ Child (also Baby Jesus, Infant Jesus, Divine Child) is the figure of Jesus Christ in his infancy and childhood (up to about age 12). In Christian textual and devotional traditions he is not a separate being but the incarnate Jesus during early life, the focus of nativity narratives, apocryphal infancy stories, liturgical feasts, and widespread devotional images.
Christ Pantocrator is an iconic Eastern Christian depiction of Jesus emphasizing his sovereignty, judgment, and sustaining rule. It is a visual-theological image used in liturgy and church architecture (domes, apses, iconostasis) rather than a folkloric autonomous being.
In Christian tradition, God is the single supreme divine reality believed to be eternal, the creator and preserver of all things, both transcendent over and immanent within creation; many Christians conceive this one God as three Persons (Father, Son, Holy Spirit). Christian sources also teach that the Son assumed human nature in the Incarnation.
The Christkind is a Central European cultural personification of the Christ Child who functions as the traditional bringer of Christmas gifts in many domestic and civic seasonal practices. Originating in Reformation-era promotion of the infant Jesus as focus of Christmas giving, it persists in diverse regional forms (e.g., Ježíšek, Jézuska) and in civic pageantry such as the Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt.
A late 16th-century German pamphlet figure presented as an extraordinarily prolific outlaw and murderer whose lurid deeds (mass killings, infanticide, cannibalism) are recorded in a 1582 pamphlet by Caspar Herber and later popular summaries; modern scholars treat his historicity as uncertain and view the story as part of a cycle of sensational bandit narratives in early modern German print.
A culturally variable class of midwinter personae across Europe (and diasporic regions) who deliver gifts to children or the poor during seasonal celebrations (Saints' feast days, Christmas Eve, Epiphany, Yule). Treated variously as saintly figures, household spirits, childlike or old-person figures, or secularized modern personae, they function in ritual exchange and moral pedagogy rather than as a single, uniform supernatural being.
Chrysanthus and Daria are venerated Christian martyrs of the early Church, remembered in liturgical calendars and by the cult of relics. Their legend places them in late third-century Rome, where they converted others and suffered martyrdom; their Acts survive in later Greek and Latin versions judged historically unreliable, while relics attributed to them were translated and enshrined in several medieval sites.
Ciacco is a named damned soul who appears in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy (Inferno, Canto VI) among the gluttonous; he converses with Dante and, within the poem, offers a prophetic speech about Florentine political strife. The figure is later reused in medieval and Renaissance literature (notably Boccaccio's Decameron) as a stock gluttonous character.