Demon (disambiguation)

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A demon is a malevolent being in mythology or occultism.

Demon or daemon may also refer to:

In mythology

Daemon (classical mythology), a good or benevolent nature spirit in classical Greek mythology
Unclean spirit, the agent of a demonic possession

In the arts

Literature

Demon (novel), by John Varley
"Demon" (poem), by Mikhail Lermontov
Demons (Star Trek novel), a 1986 Star Trek: The Original Series novel
The Demon (novel), by Hubert Selby, Jr
Demons (Shannara), a common name for many different creatures in the Shannara series of epic fantasy novels
Demons (Dostoyevsky novel), by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dimension traveler or demon, a class of characters in the MythAdventures series
A family of characters in the Artemis Fowl series
The Demons which appear in The Demonata, by Darren Shan
Demonic: How the Liberal Mob Is Endangering America, a 2011 book by political commentator Ann Coulter
Dæmon (His Dark Materials), the term for a manifestation of a person's soul in the Philip Pullman trilogy His Dark Materials
Daemon (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
Daemon (novel series), a 2006 two-part novel by Daniel Suarez about a computer algorithm known as The Daemon

Comics

Demons in the Marvel Universe, several Marvel characters
Etrigan the Demon, a DC comics character

Television

Demons (TV series) a British TV series which aired in 2009
Demon (Star Trek: Voyager), a 1998 episode of Star Trek: Voyager
Demons (The X-Files), a 1997 episode of The X-Files television series
Demons (Star Trek: Enterprise), an episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise
"Demons" (Stargate SG-1)
The Dæmons, a 1971 Doctor Who serial
"The Demon" (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX)
Demon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), several fictional supernatural species
Azazel (Supernatural), a fictional character often referred to as "The Demon"
Demon (Supernatural), the fictional villains of the series
Daemon (Digimon), an evil character from Digimon
Daemon, a character in the TV series ReBoot

Film

Demon, also known as God Told Me To, a 1976 American horror film
The Demon (1978 film), a Japanese drama film
The Demon (1979 film), an South African slasher film
Demon (2015 film), a Polish film
Demons (film), a 1985 Italian horror film
Daemon (film), a 1985 British horror film
Demonic (film), an upcoming American horror film

Music

Demon (band), an English rock/metal group formed in 1979
Demons (band), a punk rock/garage punk band from Sweden
Demon (musician) (born 1977), French electronic artist
Demons (Spiritual Beggars album), 2005
Demons (Cowboy Junkies album), 2011
Demon, an album by Envelopes
"The Demon", the on-stage persona of Gene Simmons of KISS
The Demon (opera) by Anton Rubinstein
Demonic (album), studio album by American heavy metal band Testament
Demon Music Group, a British record label
Daemon Records, an independent record label started up in 1990
Demons (EP), an extended play by Candlelight Red

Songs

"Demon" (song), a 2011 song by Jay Park
"Demons" (Brian McFadden song)
"Demons" (Fatboy Slim song)
"Demons" (Guster song),
"Demons" (Imagine Dragons song)
"Demons" (James Morrison song)
"Demons" (Sleigh Bells song)
"Demons" (Super Furry Animals song)
"Demons" (The National song)
"Demons", a 2009 song by Tech N9ne song featuring Three 6 Mafia
"Demons", a song by Avenged Sevenfold on the album Diamonds in the Rough
"Demons", a single by Fenech-Soler

In recreation

Games

Daemon (Dungeons & Dragons), or "Yugoloths", a race
Daemon (Warhammer), a fictional race
ZDaemon, a modern version of the game Doom
Canfield (solitaire), a Solitaire game which in England is called Demon
SPARTANs as referred to as Demons by the Covenant in the Halo video game series
Demon (video game), a 1982 monochrome vector arcade game from Rock-Ola

Roller coasters

Screamin' Demon, a shuttle loop roller coaster at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio
Demon (roller coaster), a 1976 multi-looping roller coaster at Six Flags Great America and California's Great America
Dæmonen, a roller coaster at Tivoli Gardens
Zoomerang (Alabama Adventure), a roller coaster formerly called the Demon
The Demon (Wonderland Sydney), a Vekoma Boomerang roller coaster at Wonderland Sydney in New South Wales, Australia

Sports

Dale Torborg (born 1971), professional wrestler performing in WCW under the name The Demon
Melbourne Football Club, an Australian Football League team
Cardiff Demons, a Welsh rugby league team

In science and technology

Demon (thought experiment), an entity in a type of thought experiment
- Maxwell's demon, a thought experiment created by the physicist James Clerk Maxwell to "show that the Second Law of Thermodynamics has only a statistical certainty"
- Laplace's demon, the first published articulation of causal or scientific determinism by Pierre-Simon Laplace in 1814

In computing

Daemon (computing), a background process
Daemon Tools, a disk image emulator
daemontools, a collection of free tools for managing Unix services
BSD Daemon, mascot for the BSD operating system
Demon Internet, an Internet service provider now a subsidiary of Vodafone

Vehicles

Hawker Demon, a Royal Air Force biplane
F3H Demon, a United States Navy fighter aircraft
Dodge Demon, a variant of the Dodge Dart automobile
Demon (UAV), an aircraft built by BAE Systems

Other uses

Demon (volcano)
Demon butterflies, several species of the butterfly tribe Ancistroidini
Demon, Togo
Demon Creek, a stream in Alaska, United States