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Taghut A demon who was worshipped by the Quraysh before Muhammad (Koran 2:257-9). Talassio A Roman or Etruscan marital demon that was called upon when the bride was taken to the house of the groom. He is supposed to have been a friend of Romulus and played a part in the stealing of Sabine women. The term 'Talassio' was used when the bride entered her new house (Livius I, 9,12). Tamiel, Tamel, Temel, Tamuel ”perfection of God” The angel of the deep. Enoch lists him among the fallen angels. Taninivver One of the seven surviving evil emanations of God. His future extermination is supposedly predicted in Isaiah 27:1. Tap [Gaap] Tausa A fallen angel in Mandaean lore, who bewails having sinned against the Great Life by allowing his pride to have led him into rebellion. [See Taus-Melek] Taus-Melek, Malek Tawûs, Melek-I-Taus The peacock angel worshipped by the Yezidis as the devil-god and benefactor of mankind. Taus-Melek is a Buddhist paraphrase for Satan. To the Yezidis, a Kurdish Moslem sect inhabiting the mountains of Upper Mesopotamia (Iraq), he ”is a fallen archangel, now pardoned, to whom God has committed the government of the world and the management of the transmigration of souls.” Tawrich Tawrich is the personification of hunger. She belongs to the Daevas, a group of demons. Her eternal opponent is Haurvatat. Teba’at One of the seven leaders of the apostate angels. Tephros, Tephras An evil spirit who brings on darkness and sets fires to fields. He is a demon of ashes conjured up by Beelzeboul (Beelzebub) at the command of Solomon. But he is not wholly evil, since he cures fevers through the power or aid of Azael. He can be invoked in the names of Bultala, Thallel, and Melchal. Tessub [Rimmon] Teumiel The 7th sefira of the ten unholy sefiroth. Thaphabaoth, Thartharoth, Thautabaoth, Onoel In Ophitic sources, he is listed along with Michael and Gabriel, as an angel (or demon) hostile to man. In Gnostic lore, he is an archontic demon, one of the seven rulers of the lower realms. When invoked he manifests in the form of a bear. Thaphabaoth is the Hebraized form of the Greek Tartarus. Thaumiel An unholy sefira, corresponding to (opposite of) Kether (”crown”). Thaumiel’s cortex is Cathariel. Thausael One of the leaders of the fallen angels mentioned in the Enoch books. Th'uban An Islamic demon that looks like a dragon. Tipua Demons from Maori myth. They can assume whatever shape they wish. Tir In ancient Persian lore, the angel of June and governing angel of the 13th day of the month. He was regent of Mercury and has been represented as having the body of a fish, with a boar’s head. His one arm is black while the other is white. On his head rests a crown. In Muslim lore, he is the demon of fatal accidents and one of the five sons of the fallen archangel Iblis. Tiril One of the leaders of the fallen angels according to Voltaire. Tonga-Hiti A Polynesian headache demon, one of the two Ponaturi that managed to escape Urutonga's revenge for the death of her husband. Tubuas One of the angels reprobated at the Church Council in Rome in 745 C.E. Tumael, Tumiel, Tuniel, Tamiel One of the fallen angels in the Enoch listings. Turel, Turiel, Turael ”rock of God” As Turel he is one of the 200 fallen angels who followed Semyaza in the descent from Heaven to cohabit with the daughters of men (Genesis 6). As Turiel he is a messenger of the spirits of Jupiter and a messenger for the angel Sachiel or Setchiel. Tutivillus, Titivil In medieval legend, a demon that collects all the words skipped over or mutilated by priests in the celebration of the Mass. These he deposits in that pit which is said to be paved with 'good intentions' never brought to effect. Typhon The Hebrew Sephon, meaning ’dark” or ”northern”; in Aramaic he is Tuphon, identified by the Greeks with Set, god of darkness. According to Cornelius Agrippa, the Typhon of classic mythology is identified with the cabalistic angel Sammael. Demons Main Page
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