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Demons

Le Stryge

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

Demons portrayed in the stained-glass windows of Strasbourg Cathedrals.

Strasbourg, France

Stained-Glass Demons

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

Kyichu Lhakhang.

Kyichu Lhakhang Temple

One of Bhutan's oldest temples was purportedly built to stop a giant female ogre from preventing the spread of Buddhism across Tibet.

Walberla sunset

Wiesenthau, Germany

Walberla

An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.

Mengwi, Indonesia

Ogoh-Ogoh Museum

A small museum full of giant effigies of Bali's demons and monsters.

Blatce, Czechia

Houska Castle

Folklore says this medieval fortress was plopped atop a portal to hell to trap the demons below.

You’re awake now, don’t worry.

31 days of halloween

Tell Us About Your Most Terrifying Nightmare

What haunts your sleep?

Sarah Laskow October 23, 2017

<em>The Nightmare</em>, Henry Fuseli, 1781.

31 days of halloween

The Original ‘Nightmare’ Was a Demon That Sat on Your Chest and Suffocated You

Maere, mara, mahr, mahrt, mårt—by any name, it was and still is a terrifying visitor.

Sarah Laskow October 23, 2017

Demon ruler Bael, from the <em>Dictionnaire Infernal</em>.

The Best Demon Illustrations of All Time

Even today, the 1863 edition of the "Dictionnaire Infernal" is the stuff of nightmares.

Eric Grundhauser July 10, 2017

Mathematician Cliff Pickover named the eerie sequence of digits Belphegor’s Prime, after a demon of ingenious inventions.

How a Mathematician Turned an Obscure Number Into a Scary Story

Beware the prime Number of the Beast.

Eric Grundhauser October 18, 2022