Most Terrifying Demons From Mythology

From a shapeshifter that will suck your soul to a beautiful woman who might seduce and then eat you, here are 11 of the worst demons from mythology!! Follow us on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/katrinaexplained/ Subscribe For New Videos! http://goo.gl/UIzLeB Check out these videos you might like: Unbelievable Animals SAVING Other Animals! 🐯https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxehUWvMr38 LARGEST Animals Ever Discovered! 🐙https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yj7F_tPYsU Wild Animals That SAVED Human Lives! 🐻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mllqeVSsIl0 11. POPOBAWA The popobawa, or “batwing,” is a local demon that haunts the Tanzanian islands of Zanzibar. Equipped with shapeshifting abilities, it assumes both human and animal forms at will. In its standard state, the popobawa is a medium-sized, one-eyed, bat-like creature with leathery skin. The first thing people notice is it’s dark shadow as the spirit arrives to attack. 10. La Diablesse Sometimes, the most demonic forces are paradoxically the most beautiful and deceptive. This is certainly the case for La Diablesse, a devil woman of Trinidadian folklore and Caribbean mythology in other places, including Martinique and Dominica. 9. Abaasy In the mythology of the Sakha [Yakut] people of Yakutia, Siberia, the Abaasy are demons who occupy the lower level of the universe, known as the “kingdom of darkness.” According to legend, they are the spirits of long-deceased individuals, who lurk in deserted places and near graves, awaiting the next opportunity to cause destruction. 8. Phobetor Phobetor, the god of nightmares, is from a group of black-winged daemons of Greek mythology known as the Oneiroi, who personify dreams. These daemons are not to be confused with biblical demons -- the term was a classification used for entities who are less powerful than the main Greek gods, such as Zeus. 7. Lamashtu Lamashtu is a female demon of Mesopotamian mythology. She’s a hybrid creature, covered in hair and possessing the head of a lioness, the ears and teeth of a donkey, and birds’ feet, with sharp talons. Her main claims to fame are her penchants for harming pregnant women, menacing mothers during childbirth, and kidnapping breastfeeding children. 6. Balor In Celtic mythology, Balor, or Balar, is the demonic god of death and the tyrannical leader of the Fomorians, a group of malevolent, deepwater dwelling supernatural beings. He is also sometimes considered the personification of drought, blight, and the scorching sun. 5. Pishachas Pishachas are demonic, flesh-eating ghouls of Hindu mythology who speak their own language, called Piśāca, and haunt forests, cremation grounds, and areas where violent deaths have occurred. They feed on human energy and sometimes even possess humans and control their victims’ thoughts. 4. Mamu Mamu, whose name translates to “monster,” are cannibalistic, soul-destroying spirits of Aboriginal folklore of the eastern part of Australia’s Western Desert. Their appearance is described in numerous, often contradicting ways. In some cases, these shapeshifting monsters are bald; in others, they’re hairy. They possess big, bulging eyes and sharp fangs that are capable of ripping their victims’ flesh off with ease. 3. Poreskoro In Romani Gypsy folklore, Poreskoro is a demon of disease who was the ninth child born to Queen Ana of the Keshalyi [fairies], the enslaved wife of the King of the Loçolico [demons]. A product of its parents’ toxic marriage, the bird-like creature has four dog heads, four cat heads, and a snake with a forked tongue as its tail. 2. Batibat Batibats are folkloric female demons of the Ilocanos, an ethnolinguistic group in the Philippines. They appear as obese, homely old women who live inside tree trunks, and one major way to displease one is to fell the tree it inhabits and use the wood as the post for a home. 1. Ahriman Ahriman, also known as Angra Mainyu, is an evil spirit of Zoroastrianism (one of the world’s oldest practiced religions) who repesents human confusion, disappointment, and strife, as well as greed, wrath, and envy. As the opposite of the good spirit Spenta Mainyu, who also goes by the name Ahura Mazda, he’s all about disorder, ugliness, disease, all the other things humans suffer from. #terrifyingcreatures #creaturesfrommythology #worstdemons #originsexplained