289 documented Jewish supernatural beings from the Evil Eye grimoire, including 93 lesser and 71 ancient in power tier.
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Hod (Hebrew הוֹד, Hōḏ) is the eighth sephira on the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, traditionally rendered as 'majesty, splendour, glory'. In classical and later Kabbalistic schemata it functions as an abstract divine emanation or attribute concerned with form, order, and the structuring of intellect; later occult writers add correspondences such as Mercury and tarot links.
A class of heavenly attendants appearing in Jewish and Christian throne-vision literature (notably Ezekiel and Revelation) who perpetually worship and stand before the divine presence; later traditions (merkabah, Zohar, patristic exegesis) adapt and symbolically associate them with four archetypal forms.
In mainstream Trinitarian Christianity the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost) is the third Person of the Trinity, the distinct divine Person who is the Lord and Giver of Life, present at creation, active in prophecy and inspiration, and pouring out divine presence on the Church (e.g., Pentecost). Broader Abrahamic language (Hebrew ruach, Greek pneuma) underlies Christian pneumatology and informs liturgical invocation (baptismal formula, prayer, benediction).
Holy Wisdom (Greek Ἁγία Σοφία, Latin Sancta Sapientia) is a theological personification of divine Wisdom in Jewish and Christian scripture and later patristic and liturgical tradition. Treated as an active, quasi-personal attribute of God, Wisdom is invoked in liturgy, celebrated in church dedications, and identified variously with the Logos (dominant patristic view), the Holy Spirit (minor patristic view), or — in later Russian Sophiology — a feminine principle associated with the Theotokos.
A male demon that preys on female humans in their dreams, seducing them and leading to physical interactions. (Note: 1. Power tier should be Primordial (cosmic) is too high; a more fitting power tier would be Greater (deity-level), given its ability to manipulate humans' dreams and lead to physical interactions. 2. )
Ishim is attested in the supplied sources solely as a label for a rank or class of angels within Jewish angelic hierarchies. The provided material contains no theological, narrative, descriptive, or ritual detail about this rank beyond that classificatory identification.
Ishmael (Heb. Yishmaʿeʾl) is a human patriarch in the Hebrew Bible, described as Abraham's firstborn son by Hagar; in later reception (notably Islamic tradition) he is also regarded as a prophetic ancestor of certain Arab lineages. The biblical narrative situates him as the progenitor of twelve sons who become tribal chiefs and as a figure who lives and survives in the wilderness.
Ishmael ben Fabus (also rendered Ishmael ben Phabi / Phiabi) was a historical High Priest (Kohen Gadol) of Jerusalem in the early 1st century CE. He is attested in rabbinic sources for officiating at rare Temple rites (notably the red heifer) and appears in scholarly lists and histories as holding office during a period of Roman intervention in high-priestly appointments (commonly dated c. 15–16 CE).
A liminal canid figure in multiple cultural traditions, the jackal functions as a symbol and occasional ritual embodiment connected to desolation, funerary contexts, cunning wisdom, and in some tantric contexts a manifestation of the goddess Kali. Sources treat it primarily as an animal with layered symbolic and mythic uses rather than a consistently personified independent supernatural agent.
Jacob (Hebrew: יעקב, Yaʿaqōv) is a central human figure in the Book of Genesis, portrayed as the third Hebrew patriarch and the progenitor of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The supplied sources treat him as a legendary/historical ancestor within the Abrahamic family line rather than as a supernatural being.
Jaddua is presented in post‑exilic Jewish sources as a human high priest (kohen gadol) of Jerusalem who exercised top priestly authority, adjudicated priestly discipline, and—according to later historiographical traditions—received a divine dream that shaped a communal ritual response at the approach of Alexander the Great.
Jah or Yah (Hebrew: יָהּ, Yāh) is the short form of the Tetragrammaton (יהוה, YHWH), the personal name of the God of Israel (commonly vocalized as Yahweh). It functions as an abbreviated theonym appearing in Hebrew scripture and liturgical formulas (notably hallelujah) and is used in prayer, praise, and religious study rather than as an independent folkloric being.
Jehoiada (Hebrew: יְהוֹיָדָע, Yəhōyāḏā‘, "Yahweh knows") is presented in the Hebrew Bible and later commentaries as a prominent priest in the kingdom of Judah who protected the Davidic heir Joash, led a coup that overthrew Athaliah, and enacted temple reforms to restore exclusive worship of Yahweh.
Jehoiarib (Hebrew: יְהוֹיָרִיב, Yehōyārîḇ, 'Yahweh contends') is the eponymous head of one of the twenty-four priestly divisions instituted under King David. In later Jewish tradition the name denotes that priestly course and its descendants, remembered especially as the course on duty at the destruction of the Second Temple.
Jehoshaphat (Hebrew: יְהוֹשָׁפָט, Yəhōšāpāṭ, "Yahweh has judged") is presented in the biblical tradition as a historical king of Judah—son of Asa—known for judicial and religious reforms, organizing priests and Levites, and appearing in genealogical lists. Some textual traditions also preserve the name in priestly genealogies, producing scholarly disputes about whether a High Priest by this name appears in some lists.
Jehovah is the Latinized/Anglicized form of the Tetragrammaton (יהוה, YHWH), the personal name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament. The form 'Jehovah' arose when the consonants YHWH were combined with the vowel points of the substitute word Adonai in medieval/early modern transliteration; scholarly consensus favors 'Yahweh' as the likely historical vocalization.
Jerahmeel (Hebrew Yəraḥməʾēl) is a theophoric Hebrew personal name meaning roughly 'May God have mercy' that, in later apocryphal/deuterocanonical and devotional materials, appears also as the name of a heavenly being rendered Jeremiel/Eremiel/Remiel and sometimes listed among named archangels in varying traditions.
Jesus son of Damneus (Greek: Ἰησοῦς του Δαμναίου; Hebrew: ישוע בן דמנאי, Yeshua ben Damnai) is attested in Josephus as a Herodian-era High Priest of Judaea in Jerusalem who was appointed after the removal of Ananus son of Ananus and was deposed in less than a year. Sources treat him as a historical officeholder within the first-century Judean priestly and political framework rather than a supernatural being.
Jesus, son of Fabus (also rendered Jesus son of Phabet, Jesus son of Phiabi, Joshua ben Fabus) is attested in secondary summaries and priestly lists as a historical holder of the Jewish high priesthood in late Second Temple Judea. Sources present him as a human officeholder whose tenure and removal occurred within the political influence of Herodian and Roman authorities; precise dates and family relations are inconsistent across sources.
A collection of mythological beings from Jewish mythology, including angels, demons, and divine entities. (Note: 1. Power tier is not supported by source material (no description of entities with cosmic powers). 2. No mention of "primordial" or specific power levels. 3. Sensory cues, wards, and weaknesses are al)
Jibril (Arabic جبريل) is the Arabic form of the angel Gabriel as referenced in Abrahamic scriptures. In the provided sources Jibril/Gabriel is described primarily as an archangel whose function is to announce God's will to humankind and is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Quran. The token Jibril also exists widely as an Arabic male given name borne by many modern persons and cultural items in the supplied material.
Joash (Hebrew Yəhōʾāš; Yoas, Jehoash) is a biblical/historical figure attested in Israelite tradition primarily as a king of Judah (often called Jehoash) who was hidden and raised in the Temple and as a name attested in priestly lists as a possible High Priest. Sources present him as a human royal and/or priestly officeholder active in the monarchic period and closely associated with the Temple and the priest Jehoiada.
Joazar ben Boethus was a member of the priestly Boethus family who served as High Priest in the late Second Temple period (late 1st century BCE / early 1st century CE). He is presented in the sources as a historical, institutional figure involved in priestly succession and Roman-era politics rather than a supernatural being.
Jobar (Arabic: جَوْبَر, romanized Jawbar) is primarily a historic village/neighbourhood on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, noted for its long-standing Jewish synagogue and gardens; in a few modern, derivative contexts the name has been applied to fictional or rhetorical 'monster' figures, but those uses are uncorroborated in the supplied sources.
The supplied sources do not document a supernatural or priestly entity named Johanan; instead they treat Yohanan/Johanan as a Hebrew male given name (יוֹחָנָן / יְהוֹחָנָן) meaning "YHWH is gracious." Modern media references to individuals named Johanan (e.g., Johanan Diaz) appear in archive listings but do not present the name as a mythic being.
John Hyrcanus (Yoḥānān Hurqanos) was a historical Jewish high priest and Hasmonean ruler of Judea (born c.164 BCE; reigned 134–104 BCE) who combined religious and secular authority, expanded Hasmonean territory, and negotiated with Hellenistic powers. He is presented in the sources as a human political and cultic leader rather than a supernatural being.
An archangel in Jewish and Christian angelology, Jophiel is depicted in mystical, liturgical, and occult sources as a high-ranking celestial guardian associated with wisdom, Torah-reading, beauty, and certain Kabbalistic/ceremonial correspondences. Sources place Jophiel among the highest heavens and in roles supervising scripture, teaching languages, and serving in angelic command.
Judah (Hebrew: Yehuda) is a biblical patriarch—the son of Jacob—whose name became the eponym of the Tribe of Judah and of multiple historical and geographic entities (Kingdom of Judah, Judea/Yehud, later provincial and modern toponyms). The supplied sources treat Judah as a human ancestor and an ethnic/political designation rather than a supernatural being.
Kerubiel is named in modern summaries of the apocryphal Book of Enoch tradition as a highly exalted throne-attendant angel who is described as the principal regent over the Cherubim and as one of the most exalted princes of heaven, associated with divine light, fire, and the Shekinah.
Keter (Hebrew: כֶּתֶר, "crown") is the highest of the ten sefirot in Jewish Kabbalistic cosmology, the first emanation from the Ein Sof that functions as the primal divine will or initial impulse toward creation. It is described as utterly concealed — "the most hidden of all hidden things" — and as the origin point from which subsequent sefirot emerge.
Kokabiel is a named Watcher in the Enochic tradition, whose name means roughly "star of God" and who is associated with astral knowledge. In the Book of Enoch he is listed among the two hundred angels who descended on Mount Hermon and bound themselves by oath, an act that led to the transmission of forbidden knowledge and human corruption.
Kushiel is an angel in Judeo-Christian folkloric and Hebrew‑writing contexts described as a punitive agent of divine justice. He is named among a group of seven angels associated with punishment and is variously described as operating from a heavenly layer and as linked to infernal punishment.
Lailah is a post-biblical angelic figure in Jewish rabbinic interpretation identified with the word for "night" and associated in later summaries with conception, pregnancy, and nocturnal guardianship. The principal attestation in the provided materials is a Talmudic exegetical remark that personifies the biblical term "night" as an angelic agent.
In the provided sources, 'Legion' is the collective name applied to multiple demons identified in the New Testament gospel account of the Gerasene demoniac. The usage denotes a plurality of spirit-beings speaking through or attached to a single afflicted person in that gospel narrative; the supplied material does not develop further theology, appearance, or ritual prescriptions.
Leraie (also spelled Leraje, Leraye, Leriac, Loray, Oray, Zoray) is a named high-ranking spirit in the Western Goetic/grimoire tradition, described as a 'Great Marquis' who appears as a green-clad archer and is held responsible for causing battles, putrefying arrow-wounds, influencing lovers, and commanding numerous legions of subordinate spirits.
A giant sea serpent in Jewish mythology, embodying chaos and serving as a metaphor for a powerful enemy. (Note: - Power tier should be Ancient (Leviathan's abilities are often described as deity-level, such as threatening the damned after their lives are over and being annihilated) - Appearance is not mentioned)
Lilin are a class of nocturnal spirit-beings in Jewish and Near Eastern magic and mythic literature, linked etymologically and functionally to Mesopotamian lilû/lilītu traditions and associated with Lilith. They appear in ritual texts and incantation bowls as hostile night spirits that sexually interact with humans, cause terror or affliction, and are subject to binding, sealing, or legal-style annulment rites.
Lilith is a feminine night‑spirit in Jewish mythic, magical, and folkloric traditions associated with harmful nocturnal activity, especially threats to sleeping people and infants. The figure appears both as a class of night‑spirits (lilit/lilītu) in Near Eastern demonologies and as an individualized dangerous woman in later medieval Jewish narratives and amulets.
Lilitu (Mesopotamian) and later Lilith (Hebrew/Jewish folklore) are feminine night-associated supernatural figures whose identity shifts between goddess, underworld queen, and demoness across sources. In Mesopotamian iconography (e.g., the Burney Relief) the figure combines divine regalia with nocturnal and avian features; in medieval Jewish folklore a fuller character, Lilith, develops from the Hebrew term lilit attested in Isaiah 34:14.
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.
A class of heavenly beings in Judaeo‑Christian scripture portrayed in prophetic throne‑visions; they appear in Ezekiel's chariot (merkavah) vision and in Revelation's throne scenes, where they function as attendant beings associated with divine presence and worship. In the supplied sources they are described in visionary language and in some treatments portrayed with mixed human and animal imagery.
Mahalath is a named woman in the Hebrew Bible, identified in Genesis as a daughter of Ishmael and a wife of Esau; her significance in the supplied sources is genealogical and social rather than supernatural. Biblical passages and scholarly summaries note variant naming schemes for Esau's wives across Genesis, and some scholars attempt (with dispute) to equate Mahalath with other names appearing in different chapters.
Malkuth is the tenth sefirah on the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, the lowest sphere representing the manifest world or 'Kingdom'. It functions as the receiving endpoint of the divine emanations, the realm of material existence (the World of Assiah), and a symbolic locus for humility, embodied action, and the Shekhinah in Zoharic material.
Maximón is a syncretic Maya folk deity and folk saint venerated in the Guatemalan Highlands (notably Santiago Atitlán and Zunil). He is an ambivalent, worldly figure—commonly represented by household or community effigies—that receives offerings (cigars, liquor, flowers, bread) and serves as a local mediator for petitions and favors. His identity and stories vary by town and combine pre-Hispanic Maya elements with Christian saint imagery, sometimes including associations with Judas Iscariot or Saint Simon.
In Jewish mythology, mazzikin are described as invisible demons that can cause harm or danger to individuals. (Note: - Power tier: change to Lesser (mazzikin cause "minor annoyances") - Weaknesses & Wards: list should be more specific, e.g., "Incantation bowls made by Aramaic-speaking inhabitants of Mesopotamia and )
A brief biblical royal‑priest figure described in Genesis as 'king of Salem' and 'priest of El Elyon' (the Most High). He blesses Abraham, brings out bread and wine, and is later invoked in Jewish and Christian traditions as a typological precedent for legitimate priesthood and tithing.
Melchom (also attested as Milcom, Moloch, Melech) is named in Judeo-Christian prophetic literature as the Ammonite idolic 'king' associated with possession of the Israelite tract of Gad; later Christian demonological tradition (via works such as Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal as summarized in modern reference sources) recasts Melchom as a lesser infernal spirit with a bureaucratic office in Hell.
A religiously defined human office or figure in Abrahamic religions, understood as an anointed leader designated to bring restoration, justice, or final consummation. Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions share the concept but differ on the figure's ontological status and the specific tasks he will perform.
A named Jewish eschatological figure (Mashiach ben Yosef / Mashiach ben Ephraim) portrayed as a divinely-ordained human scion of Joseph/Ephraim who functions as a precursor and complementary agent in end-time events — a craftsman who helps rebuild the Temple, a warrior who may die in battle, and a participant in a multi-figure messianic schema that culminates in the reign of Messiah ben David.
An exalted heavenly figure in postbiblical Jewish literature, often identified with the transformed patriarch Enoch in later mystical texts and portrayed as a celestial scribe and high court official in merkabah and Kabbalistic writings.
Mordecai is a central human figure in the Book of Esther (Hebrew Bible), portrayed as an exilic Judean courtier in Susa who acts as guardian to Esther, exposes a plot against King Ahasuerus, refuses to bow to the official Haman, and whose actions precipitate the events commemorated by the festival of Purim.
Naamah is a name attested in the Hebrew Bible for several mortal women and later reworked in Jewish mystical and folkloric literature as a feminine supernatural figure associated in Zoharic material with the archangel Samael and with erotic/nocturnal motifs; in some later traditions she is linked with unions to angelic or fallen figures that produce classes of spirits (shedim/sedim).
Enigmatic figures from the Hebrew Bible and later Jewish and Christian writings, the Nephilim are described in brief, ambiguous passages as ancient, exceptional beings associated with the antediluvian world and with later memory of formidable inhabitants; traditions variously render them as 'giants,' 'fallen ones,' or legendary elite warriors.
Netzach (Hebrew: נֶצַח, Nēṣaḥ) is the seventh sephirah on the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, representing endurance, victory, perpetuity and the sustained force that brings vision into realized action. It is a metaphysical attribute/emanation rather than an independently personified spirit, employed as a conceptual node in Kabbalistic, pedagogical, and later syncretic occult mappings.
Biblical figure and human king who defied God's authority, described as 'mighty' and rebellious. (Note: - Power tier should be Primordial, not Ancient, as it is unclear if he had supernatural or deity-level abilities. - Weaknesses should include 'hubris' or 'arrogance', which contributed to his downfall)
Nisroch is a theonym attested in the Hebrew Bible as a god of Assyria whose temple is the scene of King Sennacherib's assassination (2 Kings 19:37; Isaiah 37:38). Modern scholarship finds no Mesopotamian deity securely attested under this name and generally treats the biblical reading as likely corrupt; post-biblical traditions recast Nisroch variously as a wooden idol (Talmudic legend), a named demon in early-modern demonologies, and a Victorian-era label misapplied to excavated eagle-headed protective figures.
Noah is the tenth antediluvian patriarch in Abrahamic traditions who, at God's command, builds an ark to preserve his family and representatives of land animals from a divinely sent Flood. After the waters recede he offers burnt offerings, receives a covenant from God (with the rainbow as its pledge), and becomes the progenitor of post‑diluvian humanity.
Ohr (Hebrew: אור, ʾor, 'Light') is a central technical term in Kabbalah denoting divine light or emanation. It functions as a metaphysical model for how divine influence flows into and relates to the created world, rather than a personified being.
Ophanim are a class of heavenly, wheel-like beings described in Ezekiel's merkabah vision and later Jewish apocalyptic literature. They are depicted as many-eyed wheels that move with and attend the divine throne, serving as perceptive, praise-offering throne-guardians rather than hostile spirits.
A supernatural entity mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, described as an 'arrow snake' or 'owl', but its nature and classification are uncertain. (Note: 1. Power tier should be Undetermined/Lesser, as it's associated with desolation and ruined cities in Edom, which suggests a local spirit or entity, but its nature is still uncertain. 2. Add sensory cu)