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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 2863933" data-attributes="member: 2012">Copied from Encyclopedia MythicaHere are some ideas that I'm planning on exploring in more detail for World of Kulan. This link shows my search results from <a href="http://www.pantheon.org/cgi-bin/search.pl?fa=0&Match=0&Terms=demon" target="_blank">Encyclopedia Mythica</a>. - KF72<a href="http://vallejo.ural.net/1992/show.php?001" target="_blank">Kalevanpojat</a>by Micha F. LindemansIn Finnish mythology, the Kalevanpojat are the sons of the primordial giant Kaleva. They are demonic beings that turn fertile soil into wastelands, and forests into swamps.Also found this on another site: "The demonic finnish folklore giant, Kalevanpojat, was created by the goddess Aliej from burned trees after a forest fire. Kalevanpojat was given the ability to turn fertile land into heaps of stones with the power of his magic sickle, but he could (also) convert wastland into marshy meadows."Note: This will likely become a new form of tanar'ri.--------Daimonby Alan G. HefnerDaimon is the Greek derivative for the term demon. In this sense the term "demon" means "replete with knowledge." The ancient Greeks thought there were good and bad demons called 'eudemons' and 'cacodemons.' The term 'daimon' means "divine power," "fate" or "god." Daimons, in Greek mythology, included deified heroes. They were considered intermediary spirits between men and the gods. Good daimons were considered to be guardian spirits, giving guidance and protection to the ones they watched over. Bad daimons led people astray. Socrates said he had a life-time daimon that always warned him of danger and bad judgment, but never directed his actions. He said his daimon was more accurate than omens of either watching the flights or reading the entrails of birds, which were two respected forms of divination of the time.Note: Hmm, fascinating... I'm not sure whether or not 'daemon' is dirrived from 'daimon', but the two words are so close, it likely isn't a coincidence. Now, the question becomes... Are there (should there be) good yugoloths? Again, I say it is a fascinating idea to explore.--------Zagamby Micha F. LindemansThe demon of the forgers of money. This demon could change copper into gold and lead into silver, blood into oil and water into wine. He had huge bat's wings and a bull's head. Zagam fed upon human blood.Note: A good candidate to become a low level demon prince, for D&D.--------Hantuby Micha F. LindemansThe Malay word denoting any type of invisible, frightening being; a spirit, ghost, or demon. There are many varieties of hantu, such as the storm demon, Hantu Ribut; the deep-forest demon, Hantu Rimba; the grave demon, Hantu Kubor; and the tiger demon, Hantu Belian.Note: I definitely want to stat these out. Incorporeal demon spirits. I like that idea.</blockquote>

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