A demon is a malevolent supernatural being, evil spirit or fiend in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology and folklore.
Demon, daemon or dæmon may also refer to:
Entertainment Fictional entities and role-playing games Daemon (G.I. Joe) Dæmon (His Dark Materials) Daemon (Digimon) Demon (Dungeons & Dragons) Demon (Supernatural) Daemon, character in the TV series ReBoot Daemon Blackfyre, character in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire universe and its adaptations Daemon Targaryen, character in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire universe and its adaptations Demons (Shannara) Demon or dimension traveler, class of characters in the MythAdventures series Characters in the Artemis Fowl series Characters which appear in The Demonata by Darren Shan Azazel (Supernatural), fictional character also known as "The Demon" Etrigan the Demon Demons (Mayfair Games), a 1992 role-playing game supplement for demons in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
Films The Demon (1918 film), an American silent comedy film The Demon (1926 film), an American silent Western film The Demon (1963 film), an Italian horror-drama film Demons, a 1971 Japanese film directed by Toshio Matsumoto Demon (1976 film) or God Told Me To, an American horror film The Demon (1978 film), a Japanese drama film The Demon (South African film), a slasher film Demons (1985 film), an Italian horror film Daemon (film), a 1985 British horror film Demon (2015 film), a Polish drama film Demons (2017 film), an American horror film Demon (2023 film), an Indian Tamil-language horror film
Publications Demon (comics), a comic by Jason Shiga The Demon, a DC Comics series starring Etrigan the Demon
Music Performers Daemon (band), co-founded by Nicke Andersson of The Hellacopters Demon (band), English metal band formed in 1979 Demons (band), Swedish punk band Demon Kakka, formerly known as Demon Kogure, Japanese musician
Labels and radio stations Demon Music Group, British record label Daemon Records, an independent record label Demon FM, community radio station in Leicestershire
Albums Demon (album), 2014 album by Gazpacho Demons (Candlelight Red EP), 2012 Demons (Cowboy Junkies album), 2011 Demons (From Her Eyes EP), 2014 Demons (Get Scared album), 2015 Demons (Spiritual Beggars album), 2005 Demon, album by Envelopes Demons, 2020 album by Nathan Cavaleri Daemon (album), 2019 album by Mayhem
Songs “Demons” (A$AP Rocky song) "Demon" (King Von song) "Demon" (Jay Park song) "Demons" (Doja Cat song) "Demons" (Fatboy Slim song) "Demons" (Guster song) "Demons" (Imagine Dragons song) "Demons" (Brian McFadden song) "Demons" (James Morrison song) "Demons" (The National song) "Demons" (Sleigh Bells song) "Demons" (Super Furry Animals song) "Demons" (Josiah Queen song) "Demon8", by Mercenary on album First Breath "Demon", bonus track by Trivium on album Ember to Inferno "Demon", by KYPCK on album Cherno "Daemon", by Whitechapel on album This is Exile "Demons", by Avenged Sevenfold on album Diamonds in the Rough "Demons", by Fenech-Soler "Demons", by Mayday Parade on album Monsters in the Closet "Demons", by The Wanted on album Word of Mouth "Demons", by Blue Stahli on album The Devil "Demons", by Lil Wayne on album Tha Carter V "Demons", by Kim Petras on album Turn Off the Light "Demons", by Hayley Kiyoko on album I'm Too Sensitive for This Shit "Demons", by Alec Benjamin on album These Two Windows "Demons", by Drake on album Dark Lane Demo Tapes "Demons", by Gothminister on album Pandemonium "Demons", by Mutoid Man on album Mutants
Books Daemon (novel), a 2009 novel by Daniel Suarez Demon (comics), a 2014–2016 comic series by Jason Shiga Demon (novel), a 1984 novel by John Varley Demon, a 2003 novel by Christopher Nicole Demon: A Memoir, a 2007 novel by Tosca Lee Demon and Other Tales, a 1996 collection by Joyce Carol Oates Demons (Dostoevsky novel), an 1872 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky Demons (Dillard novel), a 1986 Star Trek: The Original Series novel by J.M. Dillard Demons, a 1987 novel by Guy N. Smith Demons, a 1993 novel by Bill Pronzini Demons, a 2000 novella by John Shirley Demons!, a 1987 anthology edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois The Daemon, a 1977 novel by Peter Tuesday Hughes The Demon, a 1976 book by Eve Bunting The Demon (novel), a 1976 novel by Hubert Selby Jr. The Demon, a 2003–2004 two-part Star Trek novel by Loren L. Coleman and Randall L. Bills; the 35th and 36th installment in the Corps of Engineers series The Demons, reissue title of Demons' World, a 1964 novel by Kenneth Bulmer
Television Programs Demons (TV series), a British TV series which aired in 2009 The Dæmons, a 1971 Doctor Who serial
Episodes "Demon" (Star Trek: Voyager), 1998 "Demons" (Star Trek: Enterprise), 2005 "Demons" (Stargate SG-1) "Demons" (The X-Files) "eps1.3_da3m0ns.mp4", a 2015 episode of Mr. Robot "The Demon" (Arrow) "The Demon" (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX)
Computing Daemon (computing), a background process Daemon Tools, a disk image emulator Daemontools, a collection of free tools for managing Unix services Demon Internet, an Internet service provider BSD Daemon, a mascot for the BSD operating system
Religion, philosophy and mythology Religion Unclean spirit, an agent of a demonic possession
Philosophy Demon (thought experiment), a class of hypotheses Laplace's demon (1814), articulation of causal or scientific determinism by Pierre-Simon Laplace Maxwell's demon, a concept by James Clerk Maxwell concerning the statistics of second law of thermodynamics Evil demon, a philosophical concept originating with René Descartes Darwinian Demon, a hypothetical organism resulting from absence of biological constraints on evolution
Mythology Daemon (classical mythology), a lesser deity or guiding spirit in ancient Greek religion and mythology
People Demon (musician) (born 1977), French electronic musician Demon June, American football player Blue Demon (1922–2000), a professional wrestler and actor Finn Bálor (born 1981), nicknamed “The Demon” in WWE Kane (wrestler) (born 1967), wrestler for WWE and WWF Alex de Minaur (born 1999), Australian tennis player nicknamed "Demon" Dale Torborg (born 1971), professional wrestler performing in WCW under the name "The Demon" Gene Simmons (born 1948), vocalist and bassist for the rock band Kiss, whose stage persona is "The Demon"
Places Demon (volcano), Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Russia Demon, Togo Demon Creek, a stream in Alaska Algol, a star known colloquially as "the demon star"
Sports Basketball DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball, Chicago, Illinois Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball, North Carolina Northwestern State Demons basketball, Natchitoches, Louisiana Northwestern State Lady Demons basketball, Natchitoches, Louisiana UCC Demons, Irish basketball team
Football and rugby Cardiff Demons, a Welsh rugby league team Casey Demons, an Australian rules football team Melbourne Football Club, an Australian rules football team nicknamed the Demons Northwestern State Demons football, Natchitoches, Louisiana Perth Football Club, an Australian rules football team nicknamed the Demons
Science Demon bat, common name for the Beelzebub's tube-nosed bat Demon butterflies, several species of the butterfly tribe Ancistroidini Demon owl, common name for the barn owl Molecular demon, molecular arrangements that mimic Maxwell's demon Pines' demon, a certain type of collective excitation of electrons
Other Canfield (solitaire) or Demon, a solitaire/patience card game Dæmonen, a roller coaster at Tivoli Gardens Demon (roller coaster), at Six Flags Great America and California's Great America Screamin' Demon, a shuttle loop roller coaster at Kings Island in Ohio Demon (poem), by Mikhail Lermontov The Demon (opera), by Anton Rubinstein Demon (UAV), an aircraft built by BAE Systems McDonnell F3H Demon, a United States Navy fighter aircraft Hawker Demon, a Royal Air Force biplane Demons (board game), a 1979 fantasy game Dodge Demon, a name used for various automobiles made by Dodge
See also Daimon (disambiguation) The Demons (disambiguation) Demon (comics) Demonic (disambiguation) Devil (disambiguation)