31 Monsters!
Oct. 16th, 2010 05:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vivienIt's a two for one tonight, because I came home last night, had a wine cooler, and completely spaced my duties as purveyor of mythic facts.
I will share two monsters from the same Hebrew tradition - dybbuks and mazikeens.
According to Wikipedia:
Dybbuks:
In Jewish folklore, a dybbuk (Hebrew: דיבוק) is a malicious, or benevolent possessing spirit believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person.
Dybbuks are said to have escaped from Gehenna or to have been turned away from Gehenna for serious transgressions, such as suicide, for which the soul is denied entry. The word "dybbuk" is derived from the Hebrew דיבוק, meaning "attachment"; the dybbuk attaches itself to the body of a living person and inhabits the flesh. According to belief, a soul that has been unable to fulfill its function during its lifetime is given another opportunity to do so in dybbuk form. It supposedly leaves the host body once it has accomplished its goal, sometimes after being helped.
According to Monstropedia
Mazikeen
In Jewish mythology, Mazikeen (Shedeem, Shehireem) are invisible tiny demons.
Legend says that a wicked man once heard a thundering knock at his door, but when he opened his door, he saw nothing but an ass grazing under a tree. Terrified, he mounted the ass and rode it away as fast as he could. As the man rode, the ass grew taller and taller until it was as tall as the highest tower in the town. And that was where the ass left the man, perched like a weathercock on the steeple. Obviously, said the townspeople as the ass galloped away, the beast was a Mazikeen.
I will share two monsters from the same Hebrew tradition - dybbuks and mazikeens.
According to Wikipedia:
Dybbuks:
In Jewish folklore, a dybbuk (Hebrew: דיבוק) is a malicious, or benevolent possessing spirit believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person.
Dybbuks are said to have escaped from Gehenna or to have been turned away from Gehenna for serious transgressions, such as suicide, for which the soul is denied entry. The word "dybbuk" is derived from the Hebrew דיבוק, meaning "attachment"; the dybbuk attaches itself to the body of a living person and inhabits the flesh. According to belief, a soul that has been unable to fulfill its function during its lifetime is given another opportunity to do so in dybbuk form. It supposedly leaves the host body once it has accomplished its goal, sometimes after being helped.
According to Monstropedia
Mazikeen
In Jewish mythology, Mazikeen (Shedeem, Shehireem) are invisible tiny demons.
Legend says that a wicked man once heard a thundering knock at his door, but when he opened his door, he saw nothing but an ass grazing under a tree. Terrified, he mounted the ass and rode it away as fast as he could. As the man rode, the ass grew taller and taller until it was as tall as the highest tower in the town. And that was where the ass left the man, perched like a weathercock on the steeple. Obviously, said the townspeople as the ass galloped away, the beast was a Mazikeen.