Now I’m no expert in demonology, but from my research it appears that not all demons
are that bad.
Like, they kinda get a bad rep, let’s be honest.
Sure, some are selfish and greedy, but they are self aware, that has to count for something.
I’m not saying you should look up to them, but *shrug* throw a demon a bone here.
Plus, many are misunderstood.
AND, think about it, sometimes the word demon is used as slang for good!
Think of someone really good at gaming, you may say they are a video game DEMON.
Heh?
Anyways, my name is Abbey and today I’m sharing with you Top 10 Demons That are Actually
Good A handful of this are from the Dictionnaire
Infernal by Collin de Plancy written in 1863, so if I mention that, that’s what I’m
talking about.
Starting us off at Number 10 is Orobas This devilish boy was first mentioned in Pseudomonarchia
daemonum.
This text that mentions him is a section of text from a treatise on witchcraft that Johann
Wier wrote that lists names and different descriptions of demons.
It describes Orobas as a great prince.
Sounds good so far right?
Well listen to this he comes forth like a horse, but when he puts
mans idol on him, he talks of divine virtue, he gives true answers of things present, past,
and to come, and of the divine, and of the creation, he deceives none, nor suffers any
to be tempted, he gives dignities and prelacies, and the favour of friends and foes, and has
rule over twenty legions.
Like, listen to that.
Divine virtue, true answers, etc and rolls up not ON a horse but LIKE a horse.
*checkmark with finger* on the nice list for me.
9 Abaddon This judeo-christian demon, Abaddon, was thought
to just be a place to a bunch of people.
But there were snippets in texts that gave thought to Abaddon being a person or being,
though some say an angel.
But Abaddon is also the chief of demons of the seventh hierarchy.
And the king of the grasshoppers or demon locusts.
Then in Mather’s Key of Solomon, Moses uses the name Abaddon to summon a heavy rain.
If you aren’t familiar with Moses, he’s the guy that parted the red sea and freed
the Hebrews from Egypt.
DURING WHICH, one of the plagues was locusts.
And who is the king of demon locusts?
Abaddon.
And when it comes to moses, do you really think he would be asking help from a BAD demon?
While you think about that let’s move on to number eight
Torngarsuk or Torngasuk One thing about or bud Collin de Plancy is
that he listed some things as Demons that, uh weren’t demons in other people's books.
Torngasuk is just one example.
In the Dictionnaire Infernal Torngasuk is said to be a mischevous demon/spirit worshiped
by offering in Greenland and the northeastern regions of Canada.
You know who lives in those areas?
The inuit people.
And guess what, to them, he is an important sky god.
Torngasuk is described as a bear, a tall one-armed man, a half-man and half-seal creature, or
a tiny figure.
And what he does is help out medicine men and fishermen when people fall ill, so definitely
in the good books!
7 Flaga Okay so this one is only mentioned in Dictionnaire
Infernal, but Flaga looks dope.
Sure, Flaga is described as a MaLiCiouS FaiRY but c’mon.
Look at this demon.
Swooping in, riding an eagle like a badass and oh?
An eagle?
You know what those represent right?
Freedom and courage.
Those things seem pretty GOOD to me.
On top of that, some people say that flaga is nothing more than a magician that rides
an eagle according to the Dictionnaire Infernal.
Way to be the cool guy at the party right?
Number six and number five are pain and panic from hercules.
And yeah, I said it.
They are good demons.
Good, shapeshifting demons.
In case you forget which is which pain is the thicc pink boi, and panic is the one that
looks like a green bean.
Lets look at the facts.
They were assigned to kill a baby, and they couldnt do it.
You may argue that this is due to incompetence, but lets look further into this.
They fail again and again to cause any serious damage to befall Hercules.
What I am arguing is that this is because they were doing all they could to help him.
What better way to help a hero than from the antagonists side?
Hampering Hasdes plans by messing them up, but still remaining his helpers because THEY
could argue that it was just a silly mistake.
Oh, and, another reason they are good?
They copped some of Hercs merch when it dropped.
We KNOW what team they are cheering for, they blatantly show it!
Pain and Panic are ACTUALLY GOOD!
4 Melchom See the reason this demon is good is because
what his job is, or at least what it’s described as.
In Dictionnaire Infernal Melchom’s job in Hell is to carry the purse.
He’s the paymaster of civil servants in Hell.
So, he is the money behind the government officials there, and he’s just doing his
job.
Don’t we just wanna be seen as good people as we are doing our jobs?
Tons of people idolize the people with the money here on earth, right?
People see that as something to strive for, so if this guy isn’t good, what does that
mean for what we idolize?
I’ll leave you with that.
3 Garuda See, now here’s another “demon” from
the dictionnaire infernal, but this time this one is a chill being.
Sure Garuda ate a bunch of people, but he spit them back out.
They didn’t die.
Plus, he’s only really listed as a demon in the Dictionnaire infernal.
In descriptions in Hindu literature, he’s Vishnu’s loyal steed after Vishnu Hari (Vishnu’s
human form) allows Garuda to snack on his arm.
Hari’s arm was totally fine, no scratch, because Vishnu is a deity, man.
I guess if I was a deity I’d give an arm and a leg for a steed until the end of time
too.
2 Azazel Okay so according to the Book of Enoch, Azazel
is a fallen angel.
Why, because he sympathized with Satan.
Now, I don’t know about you, but sympathy is a good trait to have.
You put yourself in someone elses shoes and learn a thing or two by listening to their
side.
But no, now Azazel is demonized.
He’s drawn with red skin, yellow eyes, and a barbed tail.
Apparently he used to be handsome as an angel, but when he questioned Gods intention with
humans like the fallen angel lucifer, God cast him down.
He was like “why should god create a human being, who will shed blood and confusion,
while the angels prostrate before him and sing his glory day and night?” and God,
well, he didn’t like that answer.
Sure it was a little selfish, ya, refusing to bow down to the new creations, but right
when kids get new siblings, sometimes they aren’t too happy.
Give them some time to warm up before you send them as a plague to humanity.
Now let’s move on to our top 1 Lilith Feminist Icon, a demon Queen, Lilith.
And *clap* YOU *clap* KNOW *clap* WHAT?
She gets a bad rap.
She’s a badass demon.
The original wife of Adam as mentioned in the Book of Isaiah.
From the start, she’s described as unclean, devilish, and dangerous.
But you know what, she wanted to be seen as equal with Adam.
And them woah woah woah, oh no, we can’t have that, that’s not how it should be.
Please, that’s just how societies structures were written in old literature to perpetuate
the idea of female subordination.
So then, Adam is like, oh, my wife left me, and God sent angels who said “go back or
we will drown you”?
Huh?
Does that sound very angellic to you?
And then Lilith is replaced with eve who is made from Adams rib.
And ya I’m kinda heated that people think lilith is all that bad.
She was just an independent woman who didn’t need
no man.