Home›Demons›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups figures by the wider religious tradition that recognizes them. Wikipedia notes that "within Christianity, veneration is practiced by groups such as the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Oriental Orthodox Churches, all of which have varying types of canonization or glorification processes." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every figure from one religious tradition together.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedMalevolent or hostile spirit-beings as they appear in sacred narrative, kept apart from the ranked ceremonial spirits the atlas catalogues elsewhere. What counts as a demon differs by tradition: a fallen angel in one, a lesser deity displaced by an incoming religion in another, a class of being neither wholly good nor wholly evil in a third. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedFigures 1Learn MoreThe Demons This group holds demons, malevolent or hostile spirit-beings of sacred narrative, distinct from the ranked ceremonial spirits treated elsewhere in the atlas. Across traditions demons figure as tempters, tormentors and enemies of gods and humans. The browser will find the demon figures the atlas classes here as characters. The entries describe each within its tradition, noting how conceptions of the demonic differ from one religion to another.TraditionFilter Results4 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll14,800,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll14,800,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (3)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (2)Era of Decline End YearAll100 (1)Era of Decline Start YearAll100 BCE (1)Establishment StatusAllDeclared Not Established (1)Varies by Province (2)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCustomary Norm (2)Membership Figure As OfAll2010-01-01 (2)2011-12-19 (1)2012-12-18 (1)2013-01-01 (1)2020-01-01 (3)Origin Period End YearAll3000 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)400 BCE (1)50 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll3500 BCE (1)1500 BCE (1)586 BCE (1)30 (1)Position on SexualityAllThe body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (2)Position on UsuryAllInterest is permitted but bound by ethical constraints against exploiting the poor (1)Practice StatusAllDiscontinued as a state religion (1)Living, and practised in varied local forms (1)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (2)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTen percent. (1)Status TodayAllHistorical; not practised continuously (1)Living tradition, practised today (3)TheologyAllMonistic: one ultimate reality behind all appearance (1)Monotheistic: one God (2)Panentheistic: the divine both within the world and beyond it (1)Polytheistic: many gods (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareChristianityTradition1 entryHinduismTradition3 entriesJudaismTradition2 entriesMesopotamian ReligionTradition2 entriesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005on demonology across traditionsView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.