List of demons in fiction

These demons appear in works of fiction, not limited to writing or to entertainment purposes. For example, some are from video games and some are from Dante's Inferno.

List of theological demons covers those from religion, theology, demonology, and mythology; the sacred and its study.

Names of God, List of deities, and List of deities in fiction cover God and gods in various ways. List of legendary creatures and Names of the demons may also help explain what is not here.

Some demons may be in both the fictional and theological lists. Many demons have names with several spellings but few are listed under more than one spelling.

Every listing should include a parenthetical reference, usually one with a blue link.

A

• Abalam (The Last Exorcism)
• Abraxas (Charmed TV series)
• Abbadon (Cassandra Clare, City of Bones)
• Agent Smith (The Matrix movie and multimedia franchise)
• Agrajag, (Life, the Universe and Everything) by Douglas Adams
• Agrith-Naar (RuneScape online role-playing game)
• Aku (Samurai Jack)
• Alastair (Supernatural TV series)
• Alastor (Dark-Hunter book series)
• Algaliarept (Kim Harrison, Hollows print series)
• Alichino (Dante's Inferno)
• Andariel (Diablo series)
• Anna Esseker's Demon (Mirrors)
• Anyanka (Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series)
• Anzu (Sarah Rees Brennan, The Demon's Lexicon)
• Archimonde (Warcraft multimedia franchise)
• Artery (Darren Shan, The Demonata)
• Asmodeus (Umineko no Naku Koro Ni)
• Asmoth (Strange)
• Astaroth (Ghosts'n Goblins (series))
• Asura (Soul Eater manga)
• Azal (Doctor Who TV series)
• Azazeal (Hex TV series)
• Azal (Strange)
• Azazel (Supernatural TV series), a.k.a. the Yellow Eyed Demon and Yellow Eyes
• Azazel (Melissa de la Cruz, Blue Bloods)
• Azmodan (Diablo role-playing game series)
• Azrael (Dogma)
• Azura (Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion)
• Amaimon (Blue Exorcist)

B

• Baal (Diablo role-playing game series)
• Overlord Baal, the Tyrant of Terror (Nippon Ichi)
• Babau (Dungeons & Dragons fantasy game)
• Bacarra (Charmed TV series)
• Bal'lak the Pummeller (RuneScape online role-playing game)
• Balor (Dungeons & Dragons fantasy game)
• Balrog (J. R. R. Tolkien, Middle-earth books)
• Balthazar (Charmed TV series)
• Balthazar (Constantine)
• Baphomet (Doom video game series)
• Baraka (Mortal Kombat)
• Barakiel (Lineage II)
• Barbariccia (Dante's Inferno)
• Barbas (Charmed TV series)
• Bartimaeus (Jonathan Stroud, Bartimaeus Trilogy)
• Bat'Zul (City of Villains)
• The Banshee, (Strange)
• Beastie (FreeBSD logo)
• Be'lakor the Dark Master and other Daemons (Rick Priestley, Warhammer tabletop games)
• Bebilith (Dungeons & Dragons fantasy game)
• Beelzebub (Umineko no Naku Koro Ni)
• Beleth (Lineage II)
• Belfagor (Belfagor arcidiavoloby Machiavelli)
• Belial (Diablo series)
• Belphegor (Umineko no Naku Koro Ni)
• Belthazor (Charmed TV series)
• Berry & Cherry (Sanrio, Lloromannic fantasy world), a.k.a. the Devilish Demon Duo
• The Boogeyman, Boogeyman film series
• Betelguese (Beetlejuice)
• Blackheart (Marvel Comics)
• Burning Legion (Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos)

C

• Cacodemon (Doom video game series)
• Cadaver (Darren Shan, The Demonata)
• Cagnazzo (Dante's Inferno)
• Calcabrina (Dante's Inferno)
• Calcifer (Diana Wynne Jones, Howl's Moving Castle)
• Candyman (Candyman movie)
• Cameron 'Cam' Briel (Lauren Kate, Fallen series)
• Castor (Jonathan Stroud, Bartimaeus Trilogy)
• Catch (Christopher Moore, Practical Demonkeeping and Lamb)
• Cordelia Chase (Angel TV series)
• Chernabog (Disney, Fantasia movie)
• Cherry (Sanrio character); see Berry & Cherry
• Chthon (Quake game)
• Chzo (Chzo Mythos adventure game series)
• Ciel Phantomhive (Kuroshitsuji)
• Cthulhu, Lord of Ry'leh, from H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.
• The Car Christine (Christine)
• Ciriatto (Dante's Inferno)
• Claude Faustus (Kuroshitsuji)
• Costa Burra, the Death Coach (Strange)
• Clown / Violator (Spawn comic book series)
• Cole Turner (Charmed TV series)
• Crawly, a.k.a. Anthony J. Crowley (Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Good Omens)
• The Creeper (Jeepers Creepers)
• The Crone (Charmed TV series)
• Crowley (Supernatural TV series)
• Cyberdemon (Doom video game series)
• Cryto (Charmed TV series)

D

• D'Hoffryn (Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series)
• Dabura (Dragon Ball Z)
• Draghinazzo (Dante's Inferno)
• Dante (Devil May Cry action video game)
• Dark Mind (Kirby series)
• Dark Nebula (Kirby series)
• Darkseid (DC comics)
• Deacon Frost (Marvel Comics)
• Decarbia (Lineage II)
• Delrith (RuneScape online role-playing game)
• The Demon Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Demonita (Darna)
• Devi Devi (Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat)
• Diablo (Diablo series)
• The Djinn (Wishmaster)
• Doviculus (Brütal Legend)
• Doyle (Angel)
• Dracula (Castlevania)
• Drawcia (Kirby series)
• Dretch (Dungeons & Dragons fantasy game)
• Dumain (Charmed TV series)
• The Dubyukk (Strange)
• Duriel (Diablo series)

E

• Eddie (Guilty Gear)
• Edgar Reese (Fallen)
• Errtu (Dungeons & Dragons fantasy game; R. A. Salvatore, Icewind Dale trilogy and Legacy of the Drow series)
• Etna (Disgaea)
• Etrigan (DC Comics)

F

• Faquarl (Jonathan Stroud, Bartimaeus Trilogy)
• Farfarello (Dante's Inferno)
• Femur (Darren Shan, The Demonata)
• Firebrand (Ghosts 'n Goblins video game series; Gargoyle's Quest, Gargoyle's Quest II, and Demon's Crest video games)
• The Fallen (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)
• Randall Flagg (Stephen King, The Stand)
• The Friends on the Other Side (The Princess and the Frog)
• Furfur (Umineko no Naku Koro Ni)

G

• Ghoulies (Ghoulies film series)
• Gaap (Umineko no Naku Koro Ni)
• Gary (Andy Hamilton, Old Harry's Game BBC radio comedy)
• Glabrezu (Dungeons & Dragons fantasy game)
• Gregor (Darren Shan, The Demonata)
• Golgothan Shit Demon (Dogma)
• Gothmog (J. R. R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion)
• The Gloamglozer (The Edge Chronicles)
• Gozer (Ghostbusters)
• The Griever (Darksiders)

H

• Hades (Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson & the Olympians adventure fantasy series)
• Halfrek (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Hannah Anafeloz (Kuroshitsuji)
• Har'lakk the Riftsplitter (RuneScape online role-playing game)
• Hastur (Cthulhu Mythos multiple-author fiction)
• Hastur (Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Good Omens)
• Hessian Horseman (Sleepy Hollow movie)
• Hellboy (Hellboy comic book series)
• Daimon Hellstrom (Marvel Comics), a.k.a. Hellstorm and Son of Satan
• Hell Knight (Doom video game series)
• Hezrou (Dungeons & Dragons fantasy game)
• Hiei (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Him (The Powerpuff Girls)
• Hnikarr (Sarah Rees Brennan, The Demon's Lexicon
• Horace Pinker (Shocker)
• Hot Stuff the Little Devil (Harvey Comics)
• Hugh Crain (The Haunting)
• Hex (Kileigh, Special Demon)

I

• Infernal (City of Heroes)
• Inferno (Marvel Comics)
• The Ing (Metroid Prime 2: Echoes)
• Illidan (World of Warcraft)
• IT (IT)

J

• Jabor (Jonathan Stroud, Bartimaeus Trilogy)
• Jack Ferriman (Ghost Ship movie)
• Jadis (C. S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia)
• Jakabok Botch (Clive Barker, Mister B. Gone)
• Jan Valek (Vampires)
• Jose, the Funk Metal Zombie (Lollipop Chainsaw)
• Janemba (Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn)
• Japhrimel (Dante Valentine fantasy novel series)
• Jason Voorhees (Friday The 13th)
• Jennifer Check (Jennifer's Body horror film)
• Juiblex (Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game)
• Jeff the Killer (Creepypasta character

K

• K'ril Tsutsaroth (RuneScape online role-playing game)
• Kal'Ger the Warmonger (RuneScape online role-playing game)
• Kaa Jinn (Strange)
• Kayako Saeki (Ju-On film series)
• DCI Jim Keats (Ashes to Ashes TV series)
• Khorne (Warhammer Fantasy)
• Killabilly (Lollipop Chainsaw)
• Kil'jaeden (Warcraft series)
• Kneesocks (Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt)
• Koakuma from Touhou Project
• Korrok (David Wong, John Dies at the End novel)
• Kronos (In Nomine role-playing game)
• Freddy Krueger, the Dream Demon (A Nightmare on Elm Street film series)

L

• Laharl (Disgaea)
• Lamia (Drag Me to Hell)
• Leprechaun (Leprechaun)
• Leviathan (Umineko no Naku Koro Ni)
• Libicocco (Dante's Inferno)
• Lewis Legend, the Zombie of Rock (Lollipop Chainsaw)
• Ligur (Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Good Omens)
• Lilith (Supernatural TV series)
• Lilith (Lineage II)
• Lilith (Diablo series)
• Little Nicky (Little Nicky)
• Loc-Nar (Heavy Metal)
• Longhorn Golkonda (Lineage II)
• The Lord Of Bones (Darksiders II)
• Lord of Darkness (Legend)
• Lord English (MS Paint Adventures)
• Lord Loss (Darren Shan, The Demonata)
• Lorne (Angel)
• Loki (Marvel comics)
• Lucifer (Umineko no Naku Koro Ni)
• Lucifer (The Passion of The Christ)

M

• Demon King Maarg (The Riftwar Cycle series)
• Maderas (Disgaea)
• Mariska, the Zombie Queen of Psychedilia (Lollipop Chainsaw)
• Mal'Ganis (Warcraft series)
• Malacoda (Dante's Inferno)
• Malebolgia (Spawn)
• Maledict (Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil)
• Malfegor (Magic: The Gathering)
• Malice (The Demonata)
• Mammon (Umineko no Naku Koro Ni)
• Mancubus (Doom video game series)
• Mannoroth (Warcraft series)
• Majora (The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask)
• Marilith (Dungeons & Dragons fantasy game)
• Masselin (Charmed TV series)
• Meg Masters (Supernatural TV series)
• Mehrunes Dagon (Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion)
• Melkor, a.k.a. Morgoth (J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion)
• Mephiles the Dark (Sonic the Hedgehog series)
• Mephisto (Marvel Comics)
• Mephisto (Diablo series)
• Mephistopheles (Faust)
• Metroid Prime aka Dark Samus (Metroid Prime trilogy)
• Mephisto Pheles (Blue Exorcist)
• Mercutio (AdventureQuest Worlds online role-playing game)
• Milan Incubi (Strange)
• Mileena (Mortal Kombat)
• Mola Ram (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom movie)

N

• N°1 (Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl novel series)
• The Nameless Demon (Strange)
• N'zall (Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl novel series), see also Abbot
• Nadia Moore (The Demonata)
• Nalfeshnee (Dungeons & Dragons fantasy game)
• Narvarog (Fablehaven)
• Nanatoo (The Mighty Boosh)
• Nausizz (Crossed Swords video game)
• Nebiroth (Super Ghouls'n Ghosts)
• Necrodeus (Kirby series)
• Nero (Devil May Cry 4)
• Neuro Nōgami (Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro)
• Newt (Kim Harrison, Hollows print series)
• Nightmare (Kirby series)
• Nouda (Jonathan Stroud, Bartimaeus Trilogy)
• Nurgle (Warhammer Fantasy)

O

• The Old Ones (Anthony Horowitz, Power of Five book series)
• Oyashiro (07th Expansion, Higurashi When They Cry visual novel series)
• Rin Okumura (Blue Exorcist)

P

• Pazuzu (William Blatty, The Exorcist)
• Pinhead (Hellraiser)
• Psaro (Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen)
• Pumpkinhead (Pumpkinhead)
• Red Pyramid (Silent Hill)

Q

• Quasit (Dungeons & Dragons fantasy game)
• Queen Akasha (Queen of The Damned)
• Queezle (Jonathan Stroud, Bartimaeus Trilogy)
• Quitoon (Clive Barker, Mister B. Gone)
• Qwan (Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl novel series)
• Qweffor (Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl novel series)
• Quasami, Warrior Devil (Strange)
• Quorthon, One of the Sleeping Demons (Book Of Witchcraft)

R

• Rakdos (Magic: the Gathering)
• Ramuthra (Jonathan Stroud, Bartimaeus Trilogy)
• Red Guy (Cow and Chicken)
• Retriever (Dungeons & Dragons fantasy game)
• Randall Flagg (Stephen King, The Stand)
• Rias Gregmory (High School DxD)
• Rock Demons The Edge Chronicles
• Ronove (Umineko no Naku Koro Ni)
• Rosier (Karen Chance, The Cassandra Palmer series)
• Rubicante (Dante's Inferno)
• Ruby (Supernatural)

S

• Samara Morgan (The Ring)
• Sardius (Super Ghouls'n Ghosts)
• Satan (Umineko no Naku Koro Ni)
• Satan (Blue Exorcist)
• Sauron (J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth books), a.k.a. the Dark Lord, the Necromancer, the Eye, the Lord of the Rings
• Sammael, the Desolate One, aka Lord of Resurrection (Hellboy)
• Savanti Romero (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Scanty (Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt)
• Scarlet Van Halisha (Lineage II)
• Scarmiglione (Dante's Inferno)
• Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)
• Screwtape (C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters)
• Scumspawn (Andy Hamilton, Old Harry's Game BBC radio comedy)
• Sebastian Michaelis (Kuroshitsuji)
• Serguthy (Egyptian History hieroglyphics)
• Sepulchure (DragonFable and AdventureQuest Worlds online role-playing games)
• Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
• Shax (Charmed TV series)
• Silitha (Darksiders)
• Simon Cartwright (The Ugly)
• Slaanesh (Warhammer Fantasy)
• Slender Man (Slender: The Eight Pages Video game, Creepypasta character)
• The Source of All Evil (Charmed TV series)
• Solomon Grundy (Batman Arkham City)
• Sparda (Hideki Kamiya, Devil May Cry video game series)
• Spawn (Image Comics}
• Spine (The Demonata)
• Straga (Darksiders)
• Sweeney Todd (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
• The Stygian (Darksiders)

T

• Tash, (The Chronicles of Narnia) by C.S. Lewis
• The Tall Man (Phantasm)
• Tchernabog (Blood video game)
• Tempus (Charmed TV series)
• Thammaron (RuneScape online role-playing game)
• Tiamat (Darksiders)
• Toby (Paranormal Activity film series)
• Tony Reno (Sometimes They Come Back Again)
• The Grand High Witch, The Witches (Roald Dahl)
• To'Kash the Bloodchiller (RuneScape online role-playing game)
• Trigon (DC Comics)
• Turok-Han (Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series)
• Tzeentch (Warhammer Fantasy)
• Teksu ParaDox (Imvu)

U

• Ungoliant (J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion)

V

• Vein (Darren Shan, The Demonata)
• Vergil (Devil May Cry)
• Vigo The Carpathian (Ghostbusters II movie)
• Vikke, the Zombie King of Viking Metal (Lollipop Chainsaw)
• Violator (Image Comics)
• Vordred (AdventureQuest Worlds)
• Vrock (Dungeons & Dragons fantasy game)
• Vulgrim (Darksiders)
• Vyers (Disgaea)

W

• Ware (If I Pay Thee Not In Gold)
• Warlock (Julian Sands, Warlock)
• Wormwood (C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters)
• The Wendigo, Stephen King's Pet Sematary

X

• X(an/th) (Xanth book series)

Y

• Yaksha (The Last Vampire)
• Yin-Yarn (Kirby series)
• Yk'Lagor the Thunderous (RuneScape online role-playing game)
• Yuuki Terumi (BlazBlue)

Z

• Zankou (Charmed TV series)
• Zanshin (Throne of Darkness)
• Zelloripus (Weird Dreams)
• Zed, the Punk Rock Zombie (Lollipop Chainsaw)
• Zepar (Umineko no Naku Koro Ni)
• Overlord Zetta (Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome)
• Zero/0² (Kirby series)
• Zoxim (Strange)
• Zuul (Ghostbusters movie)

See also

• Demonology
• Christian demonology
• Fallen angel
• List of angels
• List of theological demons
• Gehenna
• Hell

• List of legendary creatures
• Satanism
• Hierarchy of demons
• Classification of demons
• Exorcism - Expelling Demons
• Devil

• Demons In folklore, mythology, and religion.
• Names of the demons
• Daemon (mythology)