demon A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology, and folklore; as well as in media such as comics, video games, movies, ani ...

is a malevolent supernatural being in religion, occultism, mythology, folklore, and fiction. Demon, daemon or dæmon may also refer to:

Entertainment

Fictional entities

* Daemon (G.I. Joe), a character in the G.I. Joe universe * Dæmon (''His Dark Materials''), the term for a manifestation of a person's soul in Philip Pullman's trilogy *

Daemon (Digimon) ''Digimon Adventure'', ''Digimon Adventure 02'', ''Digimon Adventure tri.'' and '' Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna'' anime series and films produced by Toei Animation for the ''Digimon'' franchise, are centered on the , a group of childre ...

(evil character from Digimon) * Demon (''Dungeons & Dragons''), the most widespread race of fiends * Demon (''Supernatural''), a fictional villains of series * Daemon, a character in the TV series ''ReBoot'' *

Daemon Blackfyre ''Tales of Dunk and Egg'' is a series of fantasy novellas by George R. R. Martin, set in the world of his ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' novels. They follow the adventures of "Dunk" (the future Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, Ser Duncan the Tall) ...

, a character in George R. R. Martin's ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' series * Demons (Shannara), characters in Shannara fantasy novels * Demon or Dimension traveler, a class of characters in the '' MythAdventures'' series * Characters in the '' Artemis Fowl'' series * Characters which appear in '' The Demonata'', by Darren Shan * Azazel (''Supernatural''), a character AKA "The Demon" * Etrigan the Demon, a DC comics character

Films

* ''The Demon'' (1918 film), an American silent comedy film * ''The Demon'' (1926 film), an American silent Western film * ''Demons'', a 1971 Japanese film directed by

Toshio Matsumoto (25 March 1932 – 12 April 2017) was a Japanese film director and video artist. Biography Matsumoto was born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan and graduated from Tokyo University in 1955. His first short was '' Ginrin'', which he made in 1 ...

* ''Demon'' (1976 film) or ''God Told Me To'', an American horror film * ''The Demon'' (1978 film), a Japanese drama film * ''The Demon'' (1979 film), a South African slasher film * ''Demons'' (1985 film), an Italian horror film * ''Daemon'' (film), a 1985 British horror film * ''Demon'' (2013 film), an American horror film * ''Demon'' (2015 film), a Polish drama film * ''Demons'' (2017 film), an American horror film

Publications

* ''Demon'' (comics), a comic by Jason Shiga * ''The Demon'', a DC Comics series starring Etrigan the Demon

Music

Albums

* ''Demon'' (album), a 2014 album by Gazpacho * ''Demons'' (Candlelight Red EP), 2012 * ''Demons'' (Cowboy Junkies album), 2011 * ''Demons'' (From Her Eyes EP), 2014 * ''Demons'' (Get Scared album), 2015 * ''Demons'' (Spiritual Beggars album), 2005 * ''Demon'', an album by Envelopes * ''Demons'', a 2020 album by Nathan Cavaleri * ''Daemon'' (Mayhem album), a 2019 album by Mayhem

Songs

* "Demon" (song) (2011), by Jay Park * "Demons" (Fatboy Slim song) * "Demons" (Guster song) * "Demons" (Imagine Dragons song) * "Demons" (Brian McFadden song) * "Demons" (James Morrison song) * "Demons" (The National song) * "Demons" (Sleigh Bells song) * "Demons" (Super Furry Animals song) * "Demon" (2003), by Trivium, bonus track on album '' Ember to Inferno'' * "Demon" (2008), by KYPCK, on album '' Cherno'' * "Demons" (2008), by Avenged Sevenfold, on album '' Diamonds in the Rough'' * "Demons" (2011), by Fenech-Soler * "Demons" (2013), by The Wanted, on album '' Word of Mouth'' * "Demons" (2018), by Lil Wayne, on album '' Tha Carter V'' * "Demons" (stylized in lowercase) (2019), by Kim Petras, on the album '' Turn Off the Light'' * "Demons" (2019), by Hayley Kiyoko, on album '' I'm Too Sensitive for This Shit'' * "Demons" (2020), by Drake, on album '' Dark Lane Demo Tapes''

Other uses in music

* Daemon (band), co-founded by Nicke Andersson of The Hellacopters * Demon (band), an English metal band formed in 1979 * Demons (band), a punk band from Sweden * Demon Kakka, formerly known as Demon Kogure, a Japanese musician * Demon FM, a community radio station in Leicestershire * Demon Music Group, a British record label * Daemon Records (2010), an independent record label

Books

* ''Daemon'' (novel series), a 2006 two-part novel by Daniel Suarez * ''Demon'' (comics), a comic by Jason Shiga * ''Demon'' (novel), by John Varley * ''Demons'' (Dostoevsky novel), by Fyodor Dostoevsky * ''Demons'' (''Star Trek'' novel), a 1986 ''Star Trek: The Original Series'' novel * ''The Demon'' (novel), by Hubert Selby, Jr.

Television

Programs

* ''Demons'' (TV series), a British TV series which aired in 2009 * ''

The Dæmons ''The Dæmons'' is the fifth and final serial of the eighth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in five weekly parts on BBC1 from 22 May to 19 June 1971. In the serial, the alien ...

'', a 1971 ''Doctor Who'' serial

Episodes

* Demon (''Star Trek: Voyager''), a 1998 episode of ''Star Trek: Voyager'' * "Demons" (''Star Trek: Enterprise''), a 2005 episode of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' * "Demons" (''Stargate SG-1'') * Demons (''The X-Files''), a 1997 episode of ''The X-Files'' television * "eps1.3_da3m0ns.mp4", a 2015 episode of ''Mr. Robot'' * The Demon (''Arrow''), an episode of ''Arrow'' * "The Demon" (''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'')

Computing

Daemon (computing) In computer multitasking, multitasking computer operating systems, a daemon ( or ) is a computer program that runs as a background process, rather than being under the direct control of an interactive user. Traditionally, the process names of a ...

, a background process * Daemon Tools, a disk image emulator * Daemontools, a collection of free tools for managing Unix services * Demon Internet, an Internet service provider * BSD Daemon, a mascot for the BSD operating system

Religion, philosophy and mythology

Religion

* Unclean spirit, an agent of a demonic possession

Philosophy

* Demon (thought experiment), a class of hypotheses ** Laplace's demon (1814), articulation of causal or scientific determinism by Pierre-Simon Laplace **

Maxwell's demon Maxwell's demon is a thought experiment that would hypothetically violate the second law of thermodynamics. It was proposed by the physicist James Clerk Maxwell in 1867. In his first letter Maxwell called the demon a "finite being", while the ' ...

, a concept by James Clerk Maxwell concerning the statistics of Second Law of Thermodynamics ** Evil demon, a philosophical concept originating with René Descartes ** Darwinian Demon, a hypothetical organism resulting from absence of biological constraints on evolution

Mythology

Daemon (classical mythology) Daimon or Daemon (Ancient Greek: , "god", "godlike", "power", "fate") originally referred to a lesser deity or guiding spirit such as the daimons of ancient Greek religion and mythology and of later Hellenistic religion and philosophy. The wo ...

, a good or benevolent nature spirit in classical Greek mythology

People

Demon (musician) Jérémie Mondon, known by his stage name Demon, is a French electronic music producer, born in 1977 in Paris. His music comes under the genre known as French touch. Music career The start of Demon's career was particularly influenced by the ...

(born 1977), French electronic musician * Blue Demon (born 1922), a professional wrestler and actor * Finn Bálor (born 1981), in NXT and WWE * Kane (wrestler) (born 1967), wrestler for WWE and WWF * Alex de Minaur (born 1999), Australian tennis player nicknamed "Demon" * Dale Torborg (born 1971), professional wrestler performing in WCW under the name "The Demon" *

Gene Simmons Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz; he, חיים ויץ, ; born August 25, 1949) is an Israeli-American musician. Also known by his stage persona The Demon, he is the bassist and co-lead singer of Kiss, the hard rock band he co-founded with Paul ...

(born 1948), vocalist and bassist for the rock band Kiss, whose stage persona is "the Demon"

Places

* Demon (volcano), Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Russia * Demon, Togo *

Demon Creek Demon Creek is a stream in Nome Census Area, Alaska, in the United States. Demon Creek was likely named by prospectors in or before 1908, the year in which the name was added to maps. See also * List of rivers of Alaska This is a List of rivers ...

, a stream in Alaska * Algol, a star known colloquially as "the demon star"

Sports

Basketball

* DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball, Chicago, Illinois * Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball, North Carolina * Northwestern State Demons basketball, Natchitoches, Louisiana * Northwestern State Lady Demons basketball, Natchitoches, Louisiana * UCC Demons, Irish basketball team

Football and rugby

* Cardiff Demons, a Welsh rugby league team *

Casey Demons The Casey Football Club, nicknamed the "Demons" and formerly the "Scorpions", is an Australian rules football club based in Cranbourne East, Victoria. The club, which was known until 2005 as the Springvale Football Club and the Casey Scorpions ( ...

, an Australian rules football team *

Melbourne Football Club The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. It is based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, ...

, an Australian rules football team nicknamed the Demons *

Northwestern State Demons football The Northwestern State Demons football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Northwestern State University located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (F ...

, Natchitoches, Louisiana * Perth Football Club, an Australian rules football team nicknamed the Demons

Other

* Canfield (solitaire) or Demon, a solitaire/patience card game *

Dæmonen Dæmonen is a floorless steel roller coaster at the Tivoli Gardens amusement park in Copenhagen, Denmark. Designed by Bolliger & Mabillard, it reaches a height of , is long, and reaches a maximum speed of . The roller coaster features a v ...

, a roller coaster at Tivoli Gardens * Demon (roller coaster), at Six Flags Great America and California's Great America * Screamin' Demon, a shuttle loop roller coaster at Kings Island in Ohio * "''Demon''" (poem), by Mikhail Lermontov * ''The Demon'' (opera), by Anton Rubinstein * Demon (UAV), an aircraft built by BAE Systems * McDonnell F3H Demon, a United States Navy fighter aircraft * Hawker Demon, a Royal Air Force biplane * ''Demons'' (board game), a 1979 fantasy game * Demon bat, common name for the

Beelzebub's tube-nosed bat Beelzebub's tube-nosed bat (''Murina beelzebub''), also Beelzebub bat or demon bat, is a species in the vesper bat family Vespertilionidae, found in the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia, specifically the Quảng Trị and Gia Lai province ...

* Demon butterflies, several species of the butterfly tribe Ancistroidini * Demon owl, common name for the

barn owl The barn owl (''Tyto alba'') is the most widely distributed species of owl in the world and one of the most widespread of all species of birds, being found almost everywhere except for the polar and desert regions, Asia north of the Himalaya ...

* Dodge Demon, a high-performance variant of the Dodge Dart and

Dodge Challenger The Dodge Challenger is the name of three different generations of automobiles (two of those being pony cars) produced by American automobile manufacturer Dodge. However, the first use of the Challenger name by Dodge was in 1959 for marketing a ...

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