12 documented Ethiopian supernatural beings from the Evil Eye grimoire, including 4 greater and 3 ancient in power tier.
Adbar is an Ethiopian belief concerning spirit possession that is discussed in scholarship and contemporary art alongside the wider regional phenomenon known as zār. These spirits are held to possess individuals (reported mostly among women), causing discomfort or illness; ritual practice aims to reconcile the spirit and the person rather than to eliminate the spirit.
Almaqah was the principal national deity of the ancient Sabaean kingdom (Saba') in southwestern Arabia, venerated as a celestial tutelary god with strong dynastic, oracular, and vegetative associations. His main cultic center was the Awwam Temple near Marib; his worship extended into the northern Horn of Africa (Dʿmt, Aksum). Scholarly treatments debate whether his primary identification is lunar, solar, or syncretic.
Ananiel (Heb. עננאל; Greek Ανανιας) is a named angelic figure attested in the Book of Enoch tradition as one of the 20 leaders of the 200 Watchers, entrusted with aspects of vegetation and atmospheric phenomena; in later reception (notably a Coptic Orthodox tradition) he appears alternatively as one of seven holy archangels.
Ashenafi is attested in the supplied sources only as an Amharic personal name (Amharic: አሸናፊ). The provided materials contain no evidence that 'Ashenafi' functions as a folk demon, evil spirit, or other supernatural entity in Ethiopian tradition.
In Ethiopian and Eritrean popular religion, buda (Ge'ez: ቡዳ) is a socially-located hostile power associated with the evil eye and the ability of its bearer to change into a hyena. It is attributed to particular social groups (for example Beta Israel and metalworking castes) and is countered by amulets, debtera-made protections, and Christian exorcism.
An eschatological human figure named in Islamic hadith literature, described as an Abyssinian man with 'two thin legs' who will dismantle the Kaʿba and remove its treasure as a sign of the Last Days.
A class of invisible supernatural beings known across Arabic/Islamic traditions, described as moral agents who coexist with humans and may influence, possess, or be summoned by people. The provided corpus is primarily Islamic/Arabic in scope with only fragmentary references to Coptic or regional tale reception.
A symbolic and emblematic figure originating in biblical and related traditions that names the tribe/line of Judah, royal legitimacy (notably Ethiopian Solomonic claims), and a messianic title in Christian scripture; later adopted as an emblem of Haile Selassie I and of Rastafari identity. It functions as a cultural-religious emblem rather than a literal supernatural creature in the provided sources.
Legendary first Emperor of Ethiopia and ancestral founder of the Solomonic dynasty who, in Ethiopian tradition, links Ethiopian monarchy to the biblical House of David through descent from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Central to his narrative is the transfer or removal of the Ark of the Covenant to Ethiopia and the establishment of a sacred custodial tradition around it.
Tartaruchi (singular tartaruchus) are a class of custodial agents in early Christian apocryphal visionary literature who are set over Tartarus (the place of torment) and charged with receiving, restraining, escorting, and torturing condemned souls. A named figure among them, Temeluchus, appears in the Apocalypse/Vision of Paul and related apocryphal texts.
Uriel is an archangel figure in Jewish and Christian apocryphal, liturgical, and popular traditions, variously described as an interpreter of prophecy, guardian of cosmological thresholds (Gate of Eden, Tartarus/pit), regent of light or the sun, and a guide or agent in salvation narratives. His prominence and specific functions vary by tradition (Second Book of Esdras, Ethiopian homily, apocryphal gospels, patristic and later angelologies).
No reliable evidence in the provided sources identifies a spirit called Wak, Waq, or Waqa as an Ethiopian 'spirit of the sky.' The materials reviewed contain only unrelated uses of the string 'Wak' (disambiguation entries, archival captions, and institutional data).