free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Dousheta 122 These demons, which live in the forest and near rivers, have been known to assist animals that are being hunted, are injured, or are caught in a trap Sources: Ahye, Golden Heritage, 154–6; Carter, Myth and Superstition in Spanish-Caribbean Literature, 248–9 Dousheta Variations: Opyri, Oupir Bulgarian folklore claims that if a child dies before it can be baptized, then it will become a type of vampiric demon known as a dousheta Sources: Bryant, Handbook of Death, 99; Georgieva, Bulgarian Mythology, 102; MacPherson, Blood of His Servants, 25 Draca In Celtic mythology the draca (“drake”) is a demonic spirit that lives in lakes and rivers and preys upon women It lures them into the water where it then devours them Sources: Whitney, Cyclopedia, 2229 Century Dictionary and Dragon at the Apocalypse Variations: Apocalyptic Beast, Dabba, Dragon of the Apocalypse, Dragon of Revelation, Hydra of the Apocalypse, the old serpent, Red Beast of the Apocalypse, SATAN The Book of Revelation names the Dragon at the Apocalypse as the demon of sin This red being has seven heads with ten horns and seven crowns upon each head This demon’s personal adversary in Heaven is the archangel Michael; on earth it is St George Sources: Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, 106 – 7; Smith, Prophecies of Daniel and the Revelation, 562, 564 DrakulDRA Variations: Dracul In the Moldavia and Rumania languages the word drakul means “the dragon” or “demon nearly” and it is used to describe a type of vampiric demon that possesses the body of a deceased person and animates it Once the demon has possession of the corpse, it makes it walk around naked, carrying its coffin on its head while looking for humans to prey upon Fortunately, if the burial shroud of the person is destroyed, the demon will lose its hold on the body Sources: Andreescu, Vlad the Impaler, 183; McNally, In Search of Dracula, 21; Twitchell, Living Dead, 16 Dramas In Ars Goetia, the first book of the Lemegeton, Dramas (“action”) is named as one of the fiftythree SERVITORS OF ASHTAROTH AND ASMODEUS (see ASHTAROTH and ASMODEUS) Sources: Guiley, Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology, 246; Spence, Encyclopedia of Occultism, 187 Dramiel In the Theurgia Goetia, the second book of the Lemegeton, Dramiel, an AERIAL DEVIL, is named as one of the ten Duke SERVITORS OF EMONIEL (see EMONIEL) Good-natured and willing to obey his summoner, he commands 1,320 lesser dukes and servitors Dramiel lives in the woods Sources: Bellanger, Dictionary of Demons, 112; Peterson, Lesser a Key of Solomon, 67, 97; Trithemius, Steganographia, 23 Drelmeth In the Ars Paulina, the third book of the Lemegeton, Drelmeth is named as being one of the FALLEN ANGELS and one of the twenty chiefs He is most powerful during the third hour of the day Drelmeth is one of the SERVITORS OF VEGUANIEL (see VEGUANIEL) Sources: Davidson, Dictionary of Angels, 98; Waite, The Book of Ceremonial Magic, 67 Dresop In the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, Dresop (“they who attack their prey by tremulous motion”) is among the twenty SERVITORS OF AMAYMON (see AMAYMON) Sources: Forgotten Books, Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, 42–3; Lowry, Under the Volcano, 194; Mathers, Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin, 122 Drouk Drouk is a Celtic word that translates to mean “DEVIL.” Sources: Bellanger, Dictionary of Demons, 112; Mathers, Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, 109 Drsmiel Drsmiel is an evil angel who is summoned to separate a husband from his wife (see also IABIEL) Sources: Davidson, Dictionary of Angels, 98; Gaster, Sword of Moses, 52 DrudenDROOD Variations: Perchten, Trotha, Truden, Walküren From the demonology of South Germany and Austria comes the druden (“ghosts” or “powers”) Originally they were seen as AERIAL DEVILS, demonic witches, or evil spirits that were believed to have escaped from the Land of the Dead in order to plague mankind At night it was believed that a druden would try to sneak into a man’s room through a small www.ebook777.com