Demon (disambiguation) explained
A demon 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 trilogies His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust
- Daemon (Digimon) (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, 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
- 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 (2015 film), a Polish drama film
- Demons (2017 film), an American horror film
- Demon (2023 film), an Indian Tamil-language horror film
Publications
Music
Albums
Songs
- "Demon" (King Von song)
- "Demon" (Jay Park song), 2011
- "Demons" (Doja Cat song)
- "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)
- "Demon8" (1998), by Mercenary, on album First Breath
- "Demon" (2003), by Trivium, bonus track on album Ember to Inferno
- "Demon" (2008), by KYPCK, on album Cherno
- "Daemon" (2008), by Whitechapel, on album This is Exile
- "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" (2015), by Blue Stahli, on album The Devil
- "Demons" (2018), by Lil Wayne, on album Tha Carter V
- "Demons" (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 Alec Benjamin, on album These Two Windows
- "Demons" (2020), by Drake, on album Dark Lane Demo Tapes
- "Demons" (2022), by Gothminister, on album Pandemonium
- "Demons" (2023), by Mutoid Man, on album Mutants
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), a 2009 novel by Daniel Suarez
- Demon (comics), a 2014–2016 comic series by Jason Shiga
- Demon (novel), a 1984 novel by John Varley
- Demon, a 2003 novel by Christopher Nicole
- Demon: A Memoir, a 2007 novel by Tosca Lee
- Demon and Other Tales, a 1996 collection by Joyce Carol Oates
- Demons (Dostoevsky novel), an 1872 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Demons (Dillard novel), a 1986 Star Trek: The Original Series novel by J.M. Dillard
- Demons, a 1987 novel by Guy N. Smith
- Demons, a 1993 novel by Bill Pronzini
- Demons, a 2000 novella by John Shirley
- The Demon, a 1976 book by Eve Bunting
- The Demon (novel), a 1976 novel by Hubert Selby Jr.
- The Demon, a 2003–2004 two-part Star Trek novel by Loren L. Coleman and Randall L. Bills; the 35th and 36th installment in the Corps of Engineers series
- The Demons, reissue title of Demons' World, a 1964 novel by Kenneth Bulmer
Television
Programs
Episodes
Computing
Religion, philosophy and mythology
Religion
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, 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), a lesser deity or guiding spirit in ancient Greek religion and mythology
People
- Demon (musician) (born 1977), French electronic musician
- Blue Demon (1922–2000), 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 (born 1948), vocalist and bassist for the rock band Kiss, whose stage persona is "the Demon"
Places
Sports
Basketball
Football and rugby
Science
Other
- Canfield (solitaire) or Demon, a solitaire/patience card game
- Dæmonen, 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
- Dodge Demon, a name used for various automobiles made by Dodge
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