Demon
Demons are malevolent beings and evil spirits. Some of these demons are derived from older traditions, while other might derived from recent urban legend.
- Babi ngepet
- Hantu Air
- Hantu Jeruk Purut
- Jelangkung
- Kuntilanak
- Leyak
- Pocong
- Tuyul
- Wewe Gombel
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Famous quotes containing the word demon:
“Lucifer also has died with God, and from his ashes has arisen a spiteful demon who does not even understand the object of his venture.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)
“For certain minutes at the least
That crafty demon and that loud beast
That plague me day and night
Ran out of my sight;
Though I had long perned in the gyre,
Between my hatred and desire....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“The history of the genesis or the old mythology repeats itself in the experience of every child. He too is a demon or god thrown into a particular chaos, where he strives ever to lead things from disorder into order.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)